Butter replacement

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  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    neanderthin wrote: »
    breezy0906 wrote: »
    berrr94 wrote: »
    What would be a good replacement when cooking instead of using butter? I know it's very fattening but I don't know what else to use! Help! :)

    Have you tried Ghee? Its basically super refined butter. Its delicious and like half the fat and carbs. Great for cooking. I haven't tried it like spread on a piece of bread but its amazing for sauteing and grilled cheeses :)
    Well, no it's not half the fat and it has no carbs at all. It's basically a clarified butter that is taken to the next stage where some color is added from an extended cooking time and it actually has more calories than regular butter.

    It has the milk solids removed (the clarifying) so it is good for people who are lactose intolerant because it has no lactose left.

  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,218 Member
    earlnabby wrote: »
    neanderthin wrote: »
    breezy0906 wrote: »
    berrr94 wrote: »
    What would be a good replacement when cooking instead of using butter? I know it's very fattening but I don't know what else to use! Help! :)

    Have you tried Ghee? Its basically super refined butter. Its delicious and like half the fat and carbs. Great for cooking. I haven't tried it like spread on a piece of bread but its amazing for sauteing and grilled cheeses :)
    Well, no it's not half the fat and it has no carbs at all. It's basically a clarified butter that is taken to the next stage where some color is added from an extended cooking time and it actually has more calories than regular butter.

    It has the milk solids removed (the clarifying) so it is good for people who are lactose intolerant because it has no lactose left.
    Yes butter technically has lactose but I've not yet found anyone that was lactose intolerant to have a problem with butter, and just to clarify I deal with these issues daily. A glass of milk has about 12g's per cup and 1 tbsp. of butter has almost none or in and around 0.02g's.

  • goblue8426
    goblue8426 Posts: 41 Member
    I love all kinds of fat, but especially butter. I typically use either butter, olive oil or coconut oil depending on what I'm cooking but would like to get into ghee as well.
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    MindySaysWhaaat wrote: »
    So, this doesn't really relate a whole lot to your question, but I use Imperial brand margarine instead of butter. The reason actually ISN'T because it's less calories: It's simply that it's what my mom used when I was growing up, and I always thought it actually WAS butter (I actually called it Imperial butter).

    So imagine my surprise when my fiance told me to pick up a box of butter, I get home with my Imperial margarine, and he goes "Mindy....this isn't butter...." and I am like "Huh....?"

    plus imperial tastes nommy.
  • MamaJ1974
    MamaJ1974 Posts: 443 Member
    My husband has to watch his saturated fat intake so I use olive oil instead of butter or margarine in cooking whenever I can. Doesn't save calories but it's a healthier fat. He uses "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" spray on his food. If I'm going to butter vegetables or toast I just use a little bit of regular butter.
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