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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
2 tsp margarine
3 cup hot-air popped popcorn dry
1/4 tsp paprika
1/8 tsp garlic salt
1/8 tsp ground red pepper (cayenne?)
Directions
Melt margarine. Drizzle melted margarine over hot popcorn; toss to
coat.
Stir together paprika, garlic salt and ground red pepper. Sprinkle
popcorn with the spice mixture and toss again. Makes 2 servings.
1 1/2 cup serving, 73 calories 2 g protein, 8 g carbohydrate, 4 g
total fat, 1 g sat. fat, 151 mg sodium, 11 mg potassium 1/2 bread
exchange, 1/2 fat exchange (My note 1 ts marg. is 1 fat exch.)
Source: Diabetic Cook Book, Better Homes & Gardens c. 1992 Shared
but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier Oct 93
Servings: 2
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