Food Spotlight: Movie Popcorn at Home

Mushroom Popcorn from JustPoppin.com

Since school has been out, I've been letting the kids move bed time a bit later than their usual 7:30 p.m. Twice a week we've been doing movie night or more like movie afternoon. It's definitely a treat for them as they are only allowed to watch very little television during the week.

Since the kids have food allergies, I usually make popcorn for them instead of buying bags of pre-popped corn. Some popcorn companies make other things in their factories like nut bars and cookies and I'm definitely worried about cross contamination...

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[In the kitchen] Sweet little treats

Our kids have food allergies - dairy, egg, nuts, to name a few. As a mom, it's hard to find a nice treat to give them when they've been extra sweet or well behaved on most days. We visited a local ice cream shop and they had these wonderful ice cream cookie sandwiches. Kasie and Sandro are allergic to dairy and eggs so having one of those were out of the question. Instead I made these tiny little soy ice cream sandwiches for them today. Smooth vanilla soy ice cream paired with crunchy dairy and egg free heart cookies. They were a big hit! That made me so happy they could enjoy something I enjoyed so much as a kid.

I bought all the ingredients at Whole Foods but you can find these brands at most local natural and organic markets as well.

Shopping List:

- So Delicious Dairy-free Frozen Dessert by Turtle Mountain, available at Whole Foods
- Sha Sha & Co. Cocoa Snaps, available at Whole Foods

Super Simple Directions:

- 2 Cocoa snaps for each mini sandwich

- tiny scoop of soy ice cream

- scoop soy ice cream on to the base cocoa snap and top off with second cocoa snap

- they have to be either eaten immediately or put in the freezer for later snacking

Enjoy!