Trying to avoid butter and oil can be hard when you are trying to follow a whole food plant-based diet. Especially when avoiding it compromises having your favorite snacks, like tortilla chips and popcorn. Try this Spicy Nacho Doritos® seasoning recipe and you won't miss the junk food!
We have a popcorn maker here at home which has been awesome because popcorn is a healthy whole grain snack3, if you hold the fat and some of the salt! However, what is one to do when avoiding both oil and dairy products? I like to avoid using cheddar cheese popcorn seasoning or any popcorn seasoning you can find at the store. They more often than not contain dairy and preservatives.
This homemade copycat Spicy Nacho Doritos® Seasoning is easy and light. What you spray on your snack to get it to stick is up to you. You can use a spray oil and try to keep it light, or you can spray it with diluted lime. I bought these small spray bottles and filled one with diluted lime juice and the other with vinegar for spraying on popcorn. With lime juice, you can make popcorn with absolutely no fat or oil!
You can also get creative with this seasoning and use it in beans for burritos or even sprinkle it over my Vegan Mexican Spicy Stuffed Peppers Recipe.
I was a little confused when I went to the store to look for ground red pepper for another recipe I was making. Isn't Cayenne a ground red pepper? I found that the ground red pepper had a slightly less spicy taste and a little more of that roasted red pepper taste. I figured it would be perfect in this recipe, and I was right! Ground red pepper are made from a variety of different ground chilis in the capsicum family, whereas ground cayenne is just cayenne pepper.
In addition to making a lighter, healthier snack, using these herbs can help you lose weight. Cumin has been proven to aid in metabolism, lower cholesterol, and decrease blood sugar 1. Cumin is also listed as one of Dr. Greger's 21 tweaks for weight loss, which you can read about in his amazing book - How Not to Diet. Also, capsaicin from peppers has been shown to aid in weight loss - by increasing your metabolism and suppressing appetite 2.
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