** Butter or Smart Balance ? **

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Welcome Thea! It sounds like we need you, too. Two cents or

20 - it's all good. You never can learn too much about

natural ways of staying well, I think. I'm glad you're

finding some success at getting well through alternative

means. For me, that was the key. I had to figure out what

worked to get me healthy instead of just trusting doctors

to do it. Now it's a bit of a combined effort, but I definitely

am the one in charge!

 

I'm curious about why you added lecithin to the butter mix.

Also, am I correct in thinking that lecithin comes from eggs

or soy? Just checking before I decide as I don't eat either

since they make me feel fatigued and not as well.

 

Finally, did you add just a bit of milk to a butter/lecithin

mix or what? Does it have to be full fat milk or any variety?

I guess I'm wanting to know more about your *recipe* for

butter so I can experiment and figure out what works best

for me.

 

Thanks,

Cindy

 

Cindy Kirchhoff, life coach

http://livinginrhyme.com

Reclaim your power and your passion - and your health

 

, Thea Hardy <thea wrote:

>

> 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

>