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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 654332" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Do NOT just switch from butter to margarine. Trans fats are WORSE than saturated fat. And solid margarine has trans fats.</p><p> </p><p>You have to change how you cook. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> It's hard. I know. We had to do it.</p><p>We STILL use butter for baking. Sorry, no other way to make shortbread.</p><p>We just do it less often and make it last longer - and make our cookies smaller. I'd rather have one small cookie every day, than a big one every third or fourth day.</p><p> </p><p>Anything that uses MELTED butter, you can substitute oil.</p><p>For spreading on bread... soft margarine works. I still use butter, because I don't eat a lot of bread. Bread and butter is a treat for me - and it's still better than cookies and candy.</p><p> </p><p>Check labels on high end oils... for example. walnut oil is to be stored in the fridge once opened.</p><p> </p><p>Maybe just cut out baking for a while. Use fruit for desert. Or fruit and yogurt, or a smoothie. It works better to prepare a different menu than you have used in the past, than to just try to modify recipes. (I tried that, too...)</p><p> </p><p>By the way... the fastest, easiest desert ever is... a banana. Peel and eat. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 654332, member: 11791"] Do NOT just switch from butter to margarine. Trans fats are WORSE than saturated fat. And solid margarine has trans fats. You have to change how you cook. :( It's hard. I know. We had to do it. We STILL use butter for baking. Sorry, no other way to make shortbread. We just do it less often and make it last longer - and make our cookies smaller. I'd rather have one small cookie every day, than a big one every third or fourth day. Anything that uses MELTED butter, you can substitute oil. For spreading on bread... soft margarine works. I still use butter, because I don't eat a lot of bread. Bread and butter is a treat for me - and it's still better than cookies and candy. Check labels on high end oils... for example. walnut oil is to be stored in the fridge once opened. Maybe just cut out baking for a while. Use fruit for desert. Or fruit and yogurt, or a smoothie. It works better to prepare a different menu than you have used in the past, than to just try to modify recipes. (I tried that, too...) By the way... the fastest, easiest desert ever is... a banana. Peel and eat. :D [/QUOTE]
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