Butters and spreads

[Adele21]

Im in danger of going down a rabbit hole here, 🙄 so currently i use flora buttery, granted not much, i occasionally buy butter, looking at whats added ect looks like butter is best for me, butter milk bit of salt , done,
flora stabilizers colouring ect etc... so asking advice here would it be best to just have butter, as only use now n them on bread or jackets, which i have now reduced a lot, or keep with flora,
thanks All x🙂

 

[rebrascora]

As a diabetic, the jacket potatoes and bread are the problem, because they are carbs and will raise your BG levels. Butter does not contain any carbs neither does Flora Buttery I would imagine, but the latter is an ultra processed food and almost certainly contains seed oils, so to me the butter is by far the better option, you just need to find other lower carb things to put it on, like cabbage!. I absolutely love savoy cabbage cooked with a knob of butter..... or bacon fat!

 

[Leadinglights]

Butter every time, I would rather not have than have the 'spread' stuff.

 

[Adele21]

Ohhhh bacon fat used to fry bread in that as a treat years back, thank you, i dont have them often now and swap out potatoes for sweet potatoes, love cabbage, and have reduced bread to just one slice every other day, Taking some planning but getting there
thanks🙂

 

[Leadinglights]

Ohhhh bacon fat used to fry bread in that as a treat years back, thank you, i dont have them often now and swap out potatoes for sweet potatoes, love cabbage, and have reduced bread to just one slice every other day, Taking some planning but getting there
thanks🙂

You might want to try butternut squash instead of potatoes or sweet potatoes. eg baked potato wedges and sweet potato wedges are the same carbs 15g carb for 55g portion, baked butternut squash 10g carb per 130g portion.

 

[Pam123]

Butter and i has to be Lurpak

 

[Inka]

I use butter. The spreads and margarines are so processed. I remember reading that the man who invented margarine refused to give it to his family.

 

[rebrascora]

Ohhhh bacon fat used to fry bread in that as a treat years back, thank you, i dont have them often now and swap out potatoes for sweet potatoes, love cabbage, and have reduced bread to just one slice every other day, Taking some planning but getting there
thanks🙂

Do be aware that sweet potatoes contain pretty much the same amount of total carbs as ordinary potatoes, but probably a higher proportion of sugar and slightly less starch, so they are not necessarily a better choice. Mashed cauliflower (you have to drain it really well after boiling and then add a good dollop of cream cheese instead of butter and maybe a teaspoon of mustard if you like it. Celeriac can be used to make lower carb chips, par boiled for 3 mins and then however you do your chips/deep fat fryer/oven or air fryer. Butternut squash or swede is a lower carb option for roasties.

 

[snowball12]

Flora, lactose intolerant

 

[rebrascora]

Butter contains really very negligible amounts of lactose, because lactose is water soluble and butter is the fats from the milk/cream.

 

[snowball12]

Butter contains really very negligible amounts of lactose, because lactose is water soluble and butter is the fats from the milk/cream.

Tell that to my stomach!!! I just can't tolerate it. I can eat cheese once a week now. I was born intolerant to lactose unfortunately

 

[nonethewiser]

Butter everytime, on veggies on toast & jacket potato's to name a few.

Only time use spread is when butter is hard so won't spread on bread to make a sandwich, but mostly like me sandwiches toasted anyway so butter is mostly used.

 

[Proud to be erratic]

Butter.
My NY resolution this year was to minimise all the processed stuff that surrounds us and the various "slides' that try to pass themselves off as healthy butter substitutes are some of the worst culprits.

Butter or nothing. Avocado used as a spread is a great option when the bread has got tired and a bit stale.

 

[JonathanGi]

Butter every time but never on a jacket potato.

 

[trophywench]

Butter, slightly salted.