Butter vs Low fat/calorie margarine!
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RAFValentina
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SO... I've been using butter lately, but for some reason 5g of butter goes further than 5g of margarine... so I can actually have the better taste for the same calories because I use half the weight and butter is double the calories roughly... for the same effect...
anyone else found this!?
anyone else found this!?
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I've switched 100% to butter. I've found I use less for taste, so the calorie difference is pretty minor.
Plus... I butter. But, that being said, I don't use hardly any at all.0 -
I'll always use butter, I've finally convinced mom to use butter instead also.
If it can go bad, it's good for you. If it can't go bad it's bad for you.0 -
I think butter is just better for you. Good butter should have a 2 ingredient list maximum (cream + salt). I prefer my ingredient list to be 1 (no salt). Margarine is just a bunch of chems. It makes me think I'm eating plastic. Give me whole foods any day!0
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Butter. No trans fats.0
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Thanks for this - it's just what I needed to kick my margarine habit to the curb!0
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hmm, so butter is better than my promise non butter? i love fresh homemade real butter. i love butter. well thats good to know. *happy dance*0
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hmm, so butter is better than my promise non butter? i love fresh homemade real butter. i love butter. well thats good to know. *happy dance*
Compare ingredient labels (not nutrition). Decide if you want those ingredients in your body. Food is fuel.0 -
Loving all your posts! ALSO... I think margarine has a higher water content so the other stuff is just concentrated bad! However some margarines made out of natural oils and arent the diet versions aren't so bad looking at them! Besides, if I'm using half the amount and its just good natural stuff it's fine! Calories aren't the be all and end all sometimes... and we need a little bit of all these things, butter fats included!0
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i will take cows over something created in a lab any day0
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I totally agree, butter for me every time!0
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I'll always use butter, I've finally convinced mom to use butter instead also.
If it can go bad, it's good for you. If it can't go bad it's bad for you.
Love that quote!
Yes I've switched to butter too and not the fake crap. I buy the Kerrygold Irish butter which is awesome.0 -
What about items like Brummel and Brown which is made from Yogurt or Smart Balance? Aren't they supposed to be healthier than butter?0
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SO... I've been using butter lately, but for some reason 5g of butter goes further than 5g of margarine... so I can actually have the better taste for the same calories because I use half the weight and butter is double the calories roughly... for the same effect...
anyone else found this!?
Yes, you CAN believe it's not butter!0 -
This will be the only time I will say something is black and white BAD but trans fats are BAD. Margarine is loaded with the stuff.
Plus real butter comes from cows, so it's much more natural and healthy. And it tastes SOOO much better and works a lot better in all sorts of baked goods that contain butter.0 -
I love butter! I always have used it, just in moderation now. Although recently I've been using Land of Lakes whipped sweet cream butter for toast and things like that. It is less calories because its whipped and its real! Only problem is its hard to spread, it says to let it come to room temp for 20 minutes...but sometimes I want toast now!0
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I cut my block of butter into pieces (I refuse to pay for the company to pre-portion it into 4 little sticks and charge me twice as much) putting out 1/4 of the block on the counter so it is always at room temperature, with a butter-dish either just the covered one or the fancier water containers with the butter stuffed in the lid (not quite sure on them as I haven't ordered mine yet) It leaves me some soft butter for when I want that piece of toast NOW... or I can just put the fresh from the fridge butter on top of the oven while i'm baking the loaf of bread .... that softens it up0
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I soften my butter in the microwave.0
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Just eat the butter. :happy:
I remember when I was in college I had a stick of margarine in my fridge for some reason. I think I was baking something and "borrowed" a bit from a friend or something. Anyway, my parents came to visit and my mom looked in my fridge, saw the margarine and said, "Oh, Kaitlin! I thought we raised you better than that!"
(Of all the things to be disappointed about discovering in a daughter's college pad....)0 -
Hrmm... I don't know. I like butter a lot I just don't use it unless I'm cooking something (even then I use EVOO more often). I have I can't believe it's not butter for toast because it actually spreads and I like the taste.0
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I just prefer real food....so butter. Even if butter's higher in cals and everything else that people are worried about I would still eat butter.0
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