Quick & Easy Ranch Popcorn for Family Movie Night

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Between my blogging and social media activities, my husband corresponding with clients and my daughter constantly texting and surfing the web, our phones get some major workouts.  I mean, we are on our phones pretty much all day for everything.  I know that I would not be able to survive without my phone, especially with my service plan, I would be lost.  And with 3 phones to pay for, it used to break the bank.  Luckily, we have been with Walmart Family Mobile for over a year now and the affordability alone makes it the best.  However, it JUST got better!!

They recently launched their newest plan, the Walmart Family Mobile Plus Plan.  With this new plan, we get up to 10GB of 4G LTE data PLUS (see this is where the Plus comes in) a free movie with VUDU every month for each line.  For us that would be 3 free movies each month and for only $49.88 per line.  And of course the selection of phones at Walmart has always been great for us and Lexi is happy with her newest phone, the LG Leon LTE which is currently on rollback for $69.82.

Disclaimer: All prices for phones and plans included in this post are accurate as of the date of posting; however, these prices are subject to change. Please refer to http://cbi.as/28aqc or your local Walmart for current pricing.

The whole concept of the Plus Plan is perfect for us because on Saturdays, we have Family Night where each week we unplug and a different member of the family gets to choose what we do as a family.  Now, when I say unplug, I simply mean that we put our phones away, not necessarily go electronics free.  Sometimes we do games but most times we do movies.  Unfortunately, before the new Walmart Family Mobile Plus Plan, money was usually pretty tight or we had already exhausted all free movies at our disposal.  Now that isn’t an issue, we can watch all the movies we want!

Now of course, we can’t watch a movie without popcorn and our favorite flavor just happens to be ranch.  And as the title of this post indicates, its super easy to make!  You just need 2 ingredients, popcorn and ranch seasoning mix.  Yes, you could make your own, but then it wouldn’t be quick and easy!

As far as popping method, I believe that is a personal preference for most people.  I have actually never made stove top popcorn and dumped microwave popcorn years ago.  I prefer air popped popcorn, even though it gets pretty messy and my dog tends to hang out right behind me waiting for pieces to fly to the ground.

Once the popcorn is done, simply sprinkle the ranch on top.  You could put melted butter on top to help the seasoning stick, but I have yet to perfect a method that doesn’t make my popcorn soggy.  Once I do though, I will definitely tell you all about it.

And voila, delicious ranch popcorn!  Time to order the movie, sit down and relax and enjoy or Family Night courtesy of the Walmart Family Mobile Plus Plan and VUDU!!

Do you have Family Nights?  What activities do you plan?

 

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