Good low calorie butter substitute?
kbs4111
Posts: 3 Member
My daily calorie goal is set pretty low, so 100 calories per serving of butter can really suck (though I only have it with toast in the morning, and sometimes at dinner).
Do you guys have any recommendations for substitutes, or low calorie butters?
Do you guys have any recommendations for substitutes, or low calorie butters?
0
Replies
-
There is no substitute. Some people will go for margarine, but I prefer the taste of actual butter and actually switched to it not long after I started losing weight. I've also found that half a serving is good for one slice of bread/toast.3
-
Any of your "light" butter flavored spreads are either whipped or they pack a lot of water.
Water on toast.....yuck, and for the whipped varieties they may help you use less.0 -
Benecol, Smart Balance, or Country Crock spread1
-
The spray-on kind can give you some butter flavor with very few calories.1
-
Lisa_Ookoo wrote: »The spray-on kind can give you some butter flavor with very few calories.
Pretty decent...........I Can't Believe it's Not Butter spray in the refrigerated section......no weird aerosol taste.3 -
I get butterbuds for putting in mash/baked potatoes/veggies/soups etc and I use lurpak lightest for toast.
1 -
Butterbuds 8kcal/sachet
Butter = approx 750kcal/100g
Lurpak lightest = 377kcal/100g1 -
I just use a smaller serving of butter.8
-
Nutbutter on toast might be a better use of calories for the nutrition. Still higher calories, but you get some protein and other nutrients.1
-
I just use a smaller serving of butter.
^^This. I don't like any margarine/vegetable spreads. In fact, if they are they only option (like at a friend's house, for example), I use so much more of the light margarine. Pretty much defeats the purpose. 50 cals of real butter tastes so much richer than 50 cals of spread, IME.5 -
If I am having toast in the morning, it is because I'm having eggs. When I am cutting calories, I find that soft boiled eggs on toast are a good option. The egg on the toast tastes good without butter.1
-
-
Butters good depending on how much you use. i would stick with the real thing rather then low fat options. margarine gives you a different taste lol. i only use butter to cook my morning scrambled eggs and then coconut oil for fish and meat and other thing foods.0
-
Wife can't have butter so it's not usually in the house. She buys Earth Balance. It's not bad and actually works on popcorn.2
-
Real butter, it doesn't take much to impart that buttery goodness on whatever you're putting it on.2
-
My daily calorie goal is set pretty low, so 100 calories per serving of butter can really suck (though I only have it with toast in the morning, and sometimes at dinner).
Do you guys have any recommendations for substitutes, or low calorie butters?Real butter, it doesn't take much to impart that buttery goodness on whatever you're putting it on.
I use Earth Balance Olive Oil Spread, but I don't think I'd call that a substitute I simply like the taste of the product. I use Regular butter as well but I don't use tons of it so don't really notice the cals being high. I use Earth Balance products because I love the taste of them, they also have Earth Balance Olive Oil Mayo usually found in the cooler section as well.
0 -
Thanks for all the replies!1
-
I used the Land O Lakes whipped butter. Still butter, more air and water mixed in.2
-
I often skip the butter if I'm eating my toast with eggs. But really there is no replacement for butter. I just use less than I used to.2
-
I light light laughing cow cheese on bread or toast, so long as it won't screw with the other flavours.0
-
My daily calorie goal is set pretty low, so 100 calories per serving of butter can really suck (though I only have it with toast in the morning, and sometimes at dinner).
Do you guys have any recommendations for substitutes, or low calorie butters? /quote]
I use Land O Lakes light whipped butter. It's 50 cal/1 tbsp, which I rarely use the entire tablespoon if I am putting it on toast or my veggies with lunch or dinner.0 -
My daily calorie goal is set pretty low, so 100 calories per serving of butter can really suck (though I only have it with toast in the morning, and sometimes at dinner).
Do you guys have any recommendations for substitutes, or low calorie butters? /quote]
I use Land O Lakes light whipped butter. It's 50 cal/1 tbsp, which I rarely use the entire tablespoon if I am putting it on toast or my veggies with lunch or dinner.
So that posted weird...
My response was:
I use Land O Lakes light whipped butter. It's 50 cal/1 tbsp, which I rarely use the entire tablespoon if I am putting it on toast or my veggies with lunch or dinner.0 -
I have been debating that question myself. i dont really care for margarine's taste, and I can really crave butter, its been hard to cut that down. But its also a pain to get/weigh a small amount, so i just bought some whipped butter today to try and make it easier to get a small portion. I was thinking of trying a few of the blends with real butter if that doesnt work out well. As long as it has real butter in it. I have used some of the smart balance before when i went the whole healthfood nazi route, it wasnt too bad, but i never really liked it. I wasnt counting calories, I was just using it because it was supposed to be "better" for me. (eyeroll) So hopefully can avoid doing that again, might be new options since that was about 7 years ago.0
-
Ok what is whipped butter? I searched high and low for this at the grocery store yesterday and found none. The staff had no idea what it was either. Is it an only in America product?0
-
I use Smart Balance but there is
nothing
that compares to real butter
1 -
-
Christine_72 wrote: »Ok what is whipped butter? I searched high and low for this at the grocery store yesterday and found none. The staff had no idea what it was either. Is it an only in America product?
Ah didn't see this follow up. I am not sure, but it sounds like it must not be regularly available elsewhere if you & they don't recognize it. I have no idea why not. It is just what it says, butter that's been beaten/whipped, like with a giant whisk, so that air is folded into it, just like you would do to make whip cream. It ends up fluffier. They often serve it that way at a higher end restaurants in little paper cups. Basically, its like a tub of margarine, only its butter.
And as long as you give it a bit to soften, or microwave it a few seconds, (darn refrigerator makes it almost as hard as the stick) it *is* easier for me anyway to get less butter, because it spreads better.
If it was in the store, it would be right where they sell the sticks/tubs of butter and margarine.0 -
Nope. Spread a wedge of laughing cow cheese on your toast for 35 calories.
Mmmm butter. It's really not part of my diet. I love getting something buttery at a restaurant once in a blue moon though.0 -
Brummel & Brown Yogurt Spread. Tastes enough like butter to me, 45 calories per serving (1 tablespoon).1
-
Unfortunately original Earth Balance isn't lower in calories than standard dairy butter--they're both 100 calories per tablespoon. (That's comparable to other fat-dense foods, like nut butter; a tablespoon of oil is 120 calories.) Whipped versions or "light" margarines will help with the calorie count, and there are products like buttery flavored spray, but I don't think anything does a good job of replicating the taste of butter. If you're really craving butter, I'd recommend using less and trying to eat it less often.0
This discussion has been closed.
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.4K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.2K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 427 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.7K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions