Good low calorie butter substitute?

kbs4111
kbs4111 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 14 in Food and Nutrition
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?
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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    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.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    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.
  • H_Ock12
    H_Ock12 Posts: 1,152 Member
    Benecol, Smart Balance, or Country Crock spread
  • Lisa_Ookoo
    Lisa_Ookoo Posts: 134 Member
    The spray-on kind can give you some butter flavor with very few calories.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    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.
  • BiomedDent
    BiomedDent Posts: 107 Member
    I get butterbuds for putting in mash/baked potatoes/veggies/soups etc and I use lurpak lightest for toast.
  • BiomedDent
    BiomedDent Posts: 107 Member
    Butterbuds 8kcal/sachet

    Butter = approx 750kcal/100g
    Lurpak lightest = 377kcal/100g
  • Stella3838
    Stella3838 Posts: 439 Member
    Nutbutter on toast might be a better use of calories for the nutrition. Still higher calories, but you get some protein and other nutrients.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    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.
  • Stella3838
    Stella3838 Posts: 439 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    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.

    ^^^^ Totally this! Yum!
  • Zarka_91
    Zarka_91 Posts: 99 Member
    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.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    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.
  • Rocknut53
    Rocknut53 Posts: 1,794 Member
    Real butter, it doesn't take much to impart that buttery goodness on whatever you're putting it on.
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    edited January 2017
    kbs4111 wrote: »
    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?
    Rocknut53 wrote: »
    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.

  • kbs4111
    kbs4111 Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks for all the replies!
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    I used the Land O Lakes whipped butter. Still butter, more air and water mixed in.
  • lulalacroix
    lulalacroix Posts: 1,082 Member
    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.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,342 Member
    I light light laughing cow cheese on bread or toast, so long as it won't screw with the other flavours.
  • schac061
    schac061 Posts: 41 Member
    edited January 2017
    kbs4111 wrote: »
    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.
  • schac061
    schac061 Posts: 41 Member
    schac061 wrote: »
    kbs4111 wrote: »
    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.
  • ConnieT1030
    ConnieT1030 Posts: 894 Member
    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.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    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?
  • alyssa0061
    alyssa0061 Posts: 652 Member
    I use Smart Balance but there is

    nothing

    that compares to real butter

  • lilmiss_sunshine29
    lilmiss_sunshine29 Posts: 136 Member
    kbs4111 wrote: »
    Thanks for all the replies!

    Cream cheese

  • ConnieT1030
    ConnieT1030 Posts: 894 Member
    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.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    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.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Brummel & Brown Yogurt Spread. Tastes enough like butter to me, 45 calories per serving (1 tablespoon).
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    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.
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