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I can't believe that you can't believe it's not butter :-p

Shropshire1959
Shropshire1959 Posts: 982 Member
edited February 19 in Food and Nutrition
O.K folks what do you like to spread on your bread (or Ryvita) .. and why.

Me, proper butter, every time........ because it takes great .. just log it and enjoy it.

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  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,517 Member
    Yup, I use butter. I also use organic butter and make ghee as well.
  • craftywitch_63
    craftywitch_63 Posts: 829 Member
    Smart Balance light with Omega 3s - I just love the taste and can probably use the Omega 3s
    Freshly ground raw, unsweetened peanut butter with or without banana
    Mashed avocados or berries
    Hummus
    Apple Butter
    Laughing Cow light cheese

    Okay, I just had breakfast, now I'm hungry again! :happy:
  • scraver2003
    scraver2003 Posts: 526 Member
    Kerigold butter from grassfed cows. Worth every penny.
  • Shropshire1959
    Shropshire1959 Posts: 982 Member
    Kerigold butter from grassfed cows. Worth every penny.

    cool
  • Shropshire1959
    Shropshire1959 Posts: 982 Member
    Smart Balance light with Omega 3s - I just love the taste and can probably use the Omega 3s
    Freshly ground raw, unsweetened peanut butter with or without banana
    Mashed avocados or berries
    Hummus
    Apple Butter
    Laughing Cow light cheese

    Okay, I just had breakfast, now I'm hungry again! :happy:

    Apple Butter??
  • suznut8
    suznut8 Posts: 28
    It has to be real butter!!
    No plastic tasting chemical like margarine
  • erin6989
    erin6989 Posts: 29 Member
    Smart Balance light with Omega 3s - I just love the taste and can probably use the Omega 3s
    Freshly ground raw, unsweetened peanut butter with or without banana
    Mashed avocados or berries
    Hummus
    Apple Butter
    Laughing Cow light cheese

    Okay, I just had breakfast, now I'm hungry again! :happy:

    Apple Butter??

    Apple Butter is the greatest thing! You can make it from diced up apples, sugar and cinnamon in the crock pot. Its basically just applesauce that has been cooked longer and it is divine! I put it on toast or bagels or *gasp* ice cream on the off chance that I have some!
  • Shropshire1959
    Shropshire1959 Posts: 982 Member
    Apple Butter is the greatest thing! You can make it from diced up apples, sugar and cinnamon in the crock pot. Its basically just applesauce that has been cooked longer and it is divine! I put it on toast or bagels or *gasp* ice cream on the off chance that I have some!

    Nice one. Thanks.
  • PaleoPath4Lyfe
    PaleoPath4Lyfe Posts: 3,161 Member
    Yup, I use butter. I also use organic butter and make ghee as well.

    Add grass fed to this statement and that is me. Except I no longer eat bread of any kind.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,517 Member
    Yup, I use butter. I also use organic butter and make ghee as well.

    Add grass fed to this statement and that is me. Except I no longer eat bread of any kind.
    I don't have any intolerances to grain and would never remove it, but for people that do I can sympathize.
  • jasonmh630
    jasonmh630 Posts: 2,850 Member
    Kerigold butter from grassfed cows. Worth every penny.

    THIS^^^

    Kerrygold is the only butter I buy. Best store bought butter in existence.
  • QueenMaryam04
    QueenMaryam04 Posts: 43 Member
    BUMP!!!
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPsSzLnXJkg

    ^^^ clip from a British comedy "I can't believe it's not I can't believe it's not butter"
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Nothing, I just eat the bread :smile: Although I have some fig butter I need to crack open...
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
    I usually use I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Light - I rarely have toast with butter on it, so I basically only use it while cooking, and not very much of it. I know I should switch to real butter, but I can't really tell the difference and I've been using this stuff for years, even before I was trying to lose weight.
  • mom2kpr
    mom2kpr Posts: 348 Member
    Real butter or Smart Balance w/Olive oil - just because it's softer & easier to spread on soft bread :happy:
  • RejsGirl
    RejsGirl Posts: 199 Member
    Brummel & Brown, that stuff is the bomb.
  • lisaabenjamin
    lisaabenjamin Posts: 665 Member
    We use whichever low fat spread is on offer in the supermarket. I don't actually really like 'real' butter, and I certainly don't like the extra calories it adds to my diary! That said, I rarely eat much bread now as I am a recovering bread-and-butter-holic - clean for several months now!! :drinker:
  • MattyFTM
    MattyFTM Posts: 68 Member
    I Can't Believe It's Not Butter recently did an advertising campaign here in the UK. They changed the recipe and used the slogan "I can't believe I Can't Believe It's Not Butter just got better". The idea behind that is ridiculous. Their name suggests that you already can't tell the difference between their product and real butter. If it tastes so much like butter that you can't tell the difference between the two, how can you make it better? You can't make it taste more like butter if I already "can't believe it's not butter".

    Either way, for most purposes I actually prefer artificial spreads over real butter. They're what I was brought up on. We virtually never ate proper butter, it was always some type of spread like I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. Real butter generally tastes too... buttery. If that makes any sense. Butter is obviously far better for cooking with (I mean, Mashed Potato without real butter doesn't taste half as good) but just to spread on bread or a cracker or something, the fake stuff wins every time.
  • slk_5555
    slk_5555 Posts: 177 Member
    I will make do with Lurpak Spreadable Lightest. But ideally I would have Lurpak or President butter - I seem to like butter which looks white in appearance rater than yellow/golden:-/

    Usually on a sandwich I wont bother with butter & just use Hallmans light mayo instead.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I rarely use either butter or margarine on bread, though when I do I usually go for Smart Balance "better butter" (mix of butter, canola and evoo with added plant sterols).
  • andylowry
    andylowry Posts: 89
    I like refrigerated olive oil.
  • sheepysaccount
    sheepysaccount Posts: 608 Member
    I use butter if I have some sort of lunch meat on bread. Otherwise I prefer Nutella or jam without anything else...
  • EreborsPrincess
    EreborsPrincess Posts: 139
    Real butter, preferably Kerrygold or Lurpak.
  • Finkerbell
    Finkerbell Posts: 154 Member
    I use Earth Balance because regular butter makes me sick :sad:
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