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Healthy Butter

Fighting4Healthy
Fighting4Healthy Posts: 336 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I love butter on my toast in the morning, I use Country Crock Margarine 1 Tbsp is 70 calories and 70 fat calories-- is there a "healthier" butter or butter imitation?

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  • overzoelous
    overzoelous Posts: 161 Member
    I like the 0 calorie parkay spray butter. It tastes great!
  • ddicarlo14
    ddicarlo14 Posts: 1
    I use I can't believe it's not butter in a spray bottle. Yummy
  • irisheyez718
    irisheyez718 Posts: 677 Member
    I recently started using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter lite, and I was really surprised at how good it tastes. 45 calories in a TBS and 5 grams of fat.
  • seniorfaye
    seniorfaye Posts: 295 Member
    I use that spray also!! I really like knowing I'm not using any calories on my bread and it taste pretty good. I would of course rather have a tabl. of real butter on my muffin or bread, but sometimes you just have to sacrifice a little....
  • JessieEstes84
    JessieEstes84 Posts: 17
    I used to love butter too but now I have completely cut it out. I have switched toast with butter to whole wheat cinnamon swirl toast with apple butter. It's a really good alternative with less calories.
  • lodro
    lodro Posts: 982 Member
    why not use butter.
  • lodro
    lodro Posts: 982 Member
    I used to love butter too but now I have completely cut it out. I have switched toast with butter to whole wheat cinnamon swirl toast with apple butter. It's a really good alternative with less calories.

    but lots and lots of carbohydrates. i'd rather stick to fats. much healthier.
  • DragonSkip
    DragonSkip Posts: 59 Member
    I used to love butter too but now I have completely cut it out. I have switched toast with butter to whole wheat cinnamon swirl toast with apple butter. It's a really good alternative with less calories.

    MMM another good one is Pumpkin Butter! Don't really know about the calories but it tastes great. Haven't had any since I started MFP but hoping to can my own this fall!
  • aippolito1
    aippolito1 Posts: 4,894 Member
    According to one of my fitness magazines, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Light is the best butter substitute so that's what I buy. It's made from natural things, is lower calorie than butter, has less fat, and tastes pretty good. I also like Smart Balance Heart Right Light.
  • kayemme
    kayemme Posts: 1,782 Member
    i still prefer real butter. i just use less of it. and unsalted if you are watching sodium. the two of us use about one stick every 2 weeks.
  • calibri
    calibri Posts: 439 Member
    I use Smart Balance Light for baking; light cooking spray for cooking.
  • Rilke
    Rilke Posts: 1,201 Member
    People! People! Stop eating that processed crap!!! You are depressing me greatly :(

    Use BUTTER. I love Kerrygold Irish butter. It comes wrapped in gold foil and it is in a league of its own.
  • CoCoMa
    CoCoMa Posts: 904 Member
    I use real butter, it's the best health option, and it tastes great!! I eat it sparingly though.
  • ChantalGG
    ChantalGG Posts: 2,404 Member
    Try cream cheese. :)
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