Make in 2 Minutes Cinnamon Popcorn

1/2 cup unpopped popcorn (or whatever your popcorn popper calls for)
1/2 cube butter (more or less -just to have the cinnamon mixture stick) - for a healthier version you can also use the butter spray (but that's also more expensive!)
Cinnamon-Sugar mixture

Put popcorn in popcorn popper - let pop! :) Melt butter in microwave and drizzle over popcorn. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture over popcorn and ENJOY!


Price Guesstimate: Less than $1

Steph's Comments: I've been trying to make cheaper snacks lately, so instead of eating fruit snacks or granola bars, I've been trying to make breads and muffins, and also POPCORN! My kids like plain popcorn a lot, so we often do that, but to dress it up a little bit (or when friends are over who don't like plain stuff!) we do this cinnamon recipe and it's very yummy. (And I made it up, so that's fun too!) :) 

FABULOUS Chicken Marinade

1 c. soy sauce

1/2 c. water

1/2 c. oil

1 TB. black pepper

1 TB. minced garlic

1 TB. ground ginger

1/2 c. brown sugar

Mix all ingredients and marinate chicken overnight - or AT LEAST 2 hours. ENJOY! (Best on the bbq!)

Price Guessimate: Way Cheap :)

Steph's Comments: I usually don't eat whole pieces of meat because it's more expensive, but chicken has been on sale lately, so we've enjoyed bbq-ing it, and this is BY FAR my favorite marinade. I got it from a random guy who came and did a presentation at my church a year ago. It's fabulous!

Homemade Syrup

1 c. brown sugar (packed)
1 c. white sugar
1 c. water
1/2 t. maple flavoring

Add all ingredients into a pan. Slowly bring to a boil and boil for one minute while constantly stirring. Serve on fresh pancakes, waffles, french toast, etc. Yields: Approx. 2 c. syrup.

Price Guesstimate: $1?

Steph's Comments: I warn you, once you start using homemade syrup you're going to have a tough time going back to the store stuff. This syrup stores really well in the fridge, and all you have to do is re-heat it in the microwave and it tastes just as good as fresh-off-the-stove. For a long time I've been wanting to play around with adding some butter flavoring to it, but I haven't yet - once I do I'll let you know how it works out!