Black Tie Popcorn

I live for popcorn, when I'm buying it (microwavable, obviously), I always reach for the one with the highest fat/salt content. I've been trying to make healthier food choices since gaining 10lbs after giving up meat-apparently one should not eat grilled cheese sandwiches twice a day. I grabbed some popcorn kernels and thought about ways to make bland ass popcorn taste better and coconut came to me. Oddly enough, I've been craving coconut in every single form since introducing more fruits and veggies into my diet-I want to smother everything in coconut and eat it for days.

Also, I've always been a fan of rosemary in theory. I love the look and smell of rosemary but every time one of those little sticks lands itself on my tongue, I sit there like a toddler trying to blow it off. WELL NOT TODAY, ROSEY!! This recipe is a great way for me to slowly fall in love, it's chopped so finely and mixed with popcorn, which is a textural playground, so I didn't even notice it. While I was prepping my ingredients to make this popcorn, I thought to myself that for the first time since starting Novelty, I'd be making something solely for the blog. I always eat whatever it is that I make on here, I try really hard not to waste food. Well, I wasn't paying attention while styling my popcorn and mindlessly popped some in my mouth and almost died-this popcorn is SO good! Without further rambling, my dressed up popcorn  . . .

Rosemary Popcorn
2 Cups popped popcorn
1/2 TSP Salt
1/2 TSP Pepper
1/2 TBSP Chopped Rosemary
2 TBSP Butter

• Melt butter in small sauce pan until it begins to bubble, add rosemary- be sure to coat your rosemary thoroughly.
• Cook for another 30 seconds or so-just enough to warm the rosemary and release its aroma.
• Have popcorn in a large bowl, pour butter mixture over popcorn, season with salt and pepper.
• Enjoy!

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Toasted Coconut Popcorn

2 Cups popped popcorn

3 TBSP shredded coconut

2 TBSP coconut oil

• Begin toasting shredded coconut in small saucepan on low-med heat. 
• Just as coconut begins to brown, add coconut oil and cook until melted. 
• Once coconut oil is melted, remove from heat and pour over popcorn (in a large mixing bowl).
• Add a pinch of salt to enhance the sweetness of the coconut and enjoy!

Peachy Keen

A couple weeks ago while food shopping, I spotted "donut peaches" (aka Saturn Peaches) and knew that I had to buy a few. I don't particularly care for peaches, which is attributed to the fact that I can count on 1 hand how many times I've eaten them. That's just how I live my life though-buy the peaches now, form a plan later! I found myself with some extra time last week and decided to make use of said donut peaches. Of course, I turned to my best friend, Pinterest (sorry Alyssa!) and found an easy recipe for peach crostata. I'll tell you this, the recipe is just as easy as it claims to be- this one can be added to the low impact/high value recipe box that I don't actually keep.

Ingredients
Peaches (2-3 small)
1/2 TSP Cinnamon
Pinch of Nutmeg
Pie Crust (I used store bought)
1 TBSP butter
2 TBSP sugar
1 egg

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees, cut peaches to preference.
2. Mix peaches, 1 TBSP sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
3. Roll out pie crust until it is 12-15 inches and pile peach mix in the center.
4. Cube butter and place throughout peach mixture and fold crust inward.
5. Beat egg and apply as wash on pie crust, then dust with remaining TBSP of sugar. 
6. Bake for 13-17 minutes-checking throughout. 

Original recipe found here. 

A Post About Toast

We all enjoy the humble piece of toast on occasion. Be it a dry piece when we have a stomach ache or an overly buttered piece from your favorite diner, but how many times do we take the time to really dress up our toast and enjoy it? I decided that I was going to have toast for breakfast everyday for 5 days and report the results.

I was determined to find different (healthy-ish) ways to enjoy toast and I feel pretty confident that I succeeded-and I didn't just throw some eggs on that ish either! All of the below variations include foods that are common in most households and do not require anything more that toasting your bread and slicing some fruits! Tell me you favorite toast recipe, I'm always looking for ways to spice up my breakfast!

Monday- Sliced avocado with alfalfa sprouts and fresh salt and pepper

Tuesday-Sliced Bananas over peanut butter with sprinkled chia seeds

Wednesday- Sliced pears drizzled with honey and topped with chopped pecans

Thursday- Multi grain toast with flavored butters (Honey/Orange and Strawberry)

Friday-Sliced apples with crumbled blue cheese

My husband would like you all to know that he titled this post. I had it tentatively titled as "Toast Swag" and he insisted that "A Post About Toast" is far superior. So here we are, folks.