How to Make Corn Meal from Popcorn

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil provides healthy fats while reducing saturated fat.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast adds flavor without dairy.

vegetables

🥗Healthier: leafy greens

💰Cheaper: frozen mixed vegetables

Frozen vegetables are often cheaper and retain nutrients.

Start with store-bought popcorn that you have leftover.

Grind the popcorn using a mortar and pestle to break up the kernels.

Pound the kernels with the pestle to break the outer shell.

Grind the kernels between the mortar and pestle to create a fine powder.

Use a coffee grinder to grind the popcorn into cornmeal quickly.

Measure out 110 grams of the cornmeal (about 1 cup) for the cornbread.

In a bowl, combine 150 grams (1/2 cup) of sugar, 110 grams of cornmeal, 190 grams (1 cup) of all-purpose flour, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda.

Melt 110 grams of butter and add it to the dry ingredients.

Pour in 250 milliliters (1 cup) of buttermilk and add 2 eggs to the mixture.

Mix in chopped jalapenos and bacon for flavor.

Pour the mixture into a baking pan lined with wax paper.

Bake in a preheated oven at 175 degrees Celsius (300 degrees Fahrenheit) for 30 to 40 minutes.

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