** Butter or Smart Balance ? **

[Guest guest]

/*Hi All,*/

 

I'd like to ask that question about Smart Balance. It just became

unavailable here, for whatever reason. But it was awesome tasting. I

don't have the container, since I ran out months ago, so I don't know

about the chemicals or process it used. I don't think it was too bad,though.

 

Butter MAY be more " Natural " , but I can't stand the fat taste even in it

anymore, and Mary's suggestion sounds very time consuming! I'm a

divorced single guy, and without someone to " Share " duties with, I'm

really limited!

 

I'm going to check in my Health Food store today, to see if they have a

butter alternative.

 

And how about the Breakstone Blend? It looked pretty natural to me ....

Again, I just threw out that container.

 

The fat IS bad for one's heart, and can bring on Cancer, too!

 

Oh, and the Soy spray with butter taste that I had is AWESOME. It's only

good for cooking, though, because of it's liquid nature. I had to throw

it out because my refrig went bad, and haven't replaced that yet.

 

 

/*Thanks, :-)

 

Steve*/

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi, I am new to the group. I am fighting cancer, diabetes, asthma,

fibromyalgia and you name it. Conventional medicine has not helped me

much, and I am very into alternative answers, still looking for

solutions, but having some success with some things.

 

I used to make what I called butter-oil much like Mary's mixture. I

added a little liquid lecithin to it. Nowadays, I make ghee, which

doesn't taste exactly like butter, but like browned butter. But I

often use coconut oil which has lots of good, healthy fats that are

part of a balance. I use them together. But for a spread, I think

Mary's recipe is great - if you want it to taste less fatty, you can

add quite a bit of milk as long as you use the liquid lecithin - it's

not good for frying with then, but good on things, vegetables, and

useful in most cooking.

 

Steve, it's not really all that hard to make and it lasts well. You

could make it faster than you could go to the store! :-) It doesn't

taste as fatty as a lot of commercial products, and with the liquid

lecithin (which is good for you) and milk, it's really quite mild

from a fat standpoint. The easiest way to make it is to just let it

get scootchy (the butter), add the oil and stuff, including a little

salt if you do salt, and use a stab blender in a deep cup.

 

Likewise, homemade mayonnaise, also made with the stick blender, is

pretty darned easy and sooo good. It does take some time to make

these things, but they are so much better for us.

 

Just my two cents (or was that twenty!)

 

Happy to find this group - I need you folks!

 

Thea