{"id":28011,"date":"2014-05-13T11:15:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T15:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=28011"},"modified":"2016-08-05T13:15:36","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T17:15:36","slug":"amaranth-popcorn-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/amaranth-popcorn-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Amaranth “Popcorn” Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ancient Aztecs regarded amaranth as a supernatural food and used it in their religious ceremonies \u2014 and for good reason. Don\u2019t be fooled by its small size \u2014 the nutritional benefits of amaranth are more similar to dark leafy greens than grains, with four times as much calcium as wheat and twice as much iron and magnesium. It\u2019s also a complete protein, containing all the essential amino acids. Like quinoa, amaranth is not technically a grain; it\u2019s a seed, which makes it gluten-free<\/a>. These seeds can be cooked similarly to whole grains, but we love popping the tiny morsels for a crunch, nutty flavor.<\/p>\n

\"Popped
Photo by Perry Santanachote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Air-Popped Amaranth “Popcorn” Recipe<\/b><\/h3>\n

Serves 1<\/i><\/p>\n

[skinnybox]<\/i><\/p>\n

Cook time: \u00a03 minutes<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/b><\/h3>\n

1\/4 cup amaranth
Salt or dried herbs (optional)<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/b><\/h3>\n
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  1. Heat a deep nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Test the pan by splashing a few drops of water in. If it evaporates instantly, it\u2019s ready.<\/li>\n
  2. Add 1 tablespoon amaranth and stir with a wood spoon constantly until toasted and popped, about 15-20 seconds. Transfer to a bowl and repeat with the remaining amaranth.<\/li>\n
  3. Season to taste and eat it like popcorn, or sprinkle it on your salad or yogurt.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \"Popped
    Photo by Perry Santanachote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Tired of traditional popcorn? Pop up a batch of these teeny, tiny, protein-powered amaranth seeds for a healthy snack or salad topping. Get the recipe here. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":28013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27,9,427,17],"tags":[121,80,81,87,345,350],"class_list":["post-28011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gluten-free","category-healthy","category-recipes","category-snacks","category-vegan","tag-grains","tag-protein","tag-quinoa","tag-snacks","tag-tax1conditions","tag-tax2type-2-diabetes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}