Re: Butter Substitutes

[Guest guest]

Hi folks:

If people feel the need to 'spruce up' the taste of vegetables to

make them palatable there are alternatives to high fat (and high

calorie) spreads. Much lower fat spreads is one obvious

alternative! Hummus for example.

But why not try chutney? If you are not familiar with chutneys I

suggest go to the supermarket (don't be concerned about the

ingredients at this stage, get any you can find) taste them and ask

yourself whether you like them, and whether, if healthy, they could

be a helpful addition to your diet.

Next, if you do find them tasty (I certainly do), do a Google search

for chutney recipes - you will certainly find hundreds of them,

perhaps thousands.

Then adapt the recipes you find by using the ingredients you find in

them that you believe to be healthy, and the flavorings you find in

the recipes and prefer.

You can make it in bulk and 'can' it for future use.

Perhaps we should even have a " Grand Chutney Contest " for who can

figure out the tastiest, lowest calorie recipe?

Rodney.

These recipes are loaded with all kinds of stuff most of us here

think are very healthy, as well as a few things most of us would

frown on. Many of these recipes contain sugar. Sucralose will

certainly do the job. I am sure there is also a place for guar as a

near-zero-calorie thickener .................. endless

possibilities for sprucing up lots of things.

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> >From: Francesca Skelton <fskelton@e...>

> >Reply-

> >< >

> >Subject: [ ] Re:butter subs (was Re: To read abstract

lowering

> >cholesterol upto 30%)

> >Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 13:20:36 -0400

> >

> >I use omega 3 Spectrum Spread which is actually a health food.

The taste

> >is

> >great and some vegetables really need a pat of something. If you

eat an

> >occasional ear of fresh corn for example. Or on sweet potato.....

> >

> >If you can make veggies more palatable, perhaps people would eat

more of

> >'em.

> >

>

> I love corn on the cob with nothing on it- if it's really good

corn, I find

> it doesn't need anything. Same for sweet potato.

>

> The only place I could find a use for butter is on bread, and I

don't eat

> that, anyway.

[Guest guest]

Now that I have seen the " healthy " chutneys available at Trader Joe's,

at decent prices, I for one have " reformed " . I'll use up my spread

that I've already bought and won't replace them.

Of course, there's also salza (which I often use as a salad dressing

and which has a myriad of other uses). And lime juice.....and even

lemon juice........

on 5/19/2004 12:14 PM, Rodney at perspect1111@... wrote:

> Hi folks:

>

> If people feel the need to 'spruce up' the taste of vegetables to

> make them palatable there are alternatives to high fat (and high

> calorie) spreads. Much lower fat spreads is one obvious

> alternative! Hummus for example.

>

> But why not try chutney? If you are not familiar with chutneys I

> suggest go to the supermarket (don't be concerned about the

> ingredients at this stage, get any you can find) taste them and ask

> yourself whether you like them, and whether, if healthy, they could

> be a helpful addition to your diet.

[Guest guest]

I like the salsa on omelets, salads, some veggies. Nice thing - it contains tomatoes. I found a brand I like at target, archer farms, also cheap. Not too much sodium. The only thing I ever put on bread is pnut butter, or some imported cherry preserves.

Regards.

----- Original Message -----

From: fskelton2002

Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 11:49 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: Butter Substitutes

Now that I have seen the "healthy" chutneys available at Trader Joe's, at decent prices, I for one have "reformed". I'll use up my spread that I've already bought and won't replace them.Of course, there's also salza (which I often use as a salad dressing and which has a myriad of other uses). And lime juice.....and even lemon juice........