Tasty Treats for Frugal Families

No-one can be healthy all the time, everybody needs a small indulgence now and then. Also I find if you are trying to steer your family into frugal eating, it is much easier to keep them on board if you make them something sweet, tasty and unhealthy . For these times I recommend Toffee Popcorn.

Ingredients
40g popping corn
2 tbsps oil
40g demerara sugar
40g butter
2 tbsps golden syrup.

Heat the oil in a large pan with a lid (if you can't find the lid, a baking tray placed on top of the pan will do instead). Cover the bottom of the pan with the popping corn. Allow to pop, shaking the pan from time to time to prevent burning.Turn the popped corn into a large bowl. Meanwhile put the sugar, butter and syrup into a bowl and heat together in the microwave for several minutes. Drizzle over the popcorn, tossing the popcorn to try to distribute the  toffee sauce evenly. Remember that the toffee will be very hot and the coated popcorn should be left a couple of minutes to cool down before tasting. I didn't.
This will make a large bowl of popcorn at a cost of 38p, comparing favourable with the £1.50 or so it costs to buy it in the supermarkets. It also tastes delicious.