To say the least, I love food. I love to cook and I love to eat. What I don’t love is gaining weight, which seems to come quite easily to me. Since I have been recently successful in beginning to lose weight, I have decided to try different products which contribute to this success. One of those products is called Smart Balance Buttery Spread.
Smart Balance Buttery Spread is made from 67% vegetable oil and you can use it instead of butter as a spread for rolls and muffins, for pan cooking, and even for baking. Well, that is something I liked to hear. I have mostly been a user of those cooking sprays instead of using butter, but that didn’t really do anything for the taste of the food. I generally used butter as little as possible because of the health risks. When I saw my dad using Smart Balance Buttery Spread, I became interested. I decided to try it on the breadsticks that we were having with our spaghetti that night and I was surprised. Although it didn’t taste like butter, it was much better than many of the other products on the market that I had tried.
When it was finally up to me as to what groceries I would buy for my household (since once again moving out of my parents’ home), I bought butter and I also bought Smart Balance Buttery Spread. You see, as of right now my husband is not yet as interested as I am in the whole concept of healthier eating. So I bought the butter for him. Well, just to prove the point to my husband that healthier eating does not have to mean less taste, I decided to try a little experiment on him.
I made green beans as a side dish with our dinner on the night of the “experiment.” I usually cook the green beans with a little bit of butter and garlic salt. This time, I used the Smart Balance Buttery Spread just to see if he would notice. As we sat down, I took a bite of the green beans and I thought, “Wow, these taste better than they usually do.” In the meantime, I kept silent about it. A few minutes later, I turned to my husband and asked him if he noticed anything different about the green beans. He said, “Yeah, they taste better tonight. What did you do to them?” When I told him that I had replaced the butter with the Smart Balance, he was impressed. I know — it sounds like a cheesy commercial. But it’s true! If my butter-loving husband can be impressed with this butter substitute, I am willing to bet that you and your family can too.
If you are looking for a better butter substitute, I highly recommend Smart Balance Buttery Spread.
Smart Balance has an entire line of products dedicated to heathier eating, particularly to help you improve cholesterol and balance fats in your diet. For more information, please visit the Smart Balance website.