whatever is cheapest

Sorry Elizabeth, I don't buy it and thought it was all generally non-butter stuff. I didn't mean to lump it

I use margarine. I'm bad

Real butter in sticks bought buy the pound (walmart brand)
We also like Fleischman's olive oil spread

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Butter , we churn our own .. perks of having a cows

The "bad" thing about margarine is the trans fat (which comes from hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils), but butter has a lot of saturated fat so too much of either is not good. The experts tend to go back and forth about which one is truly worse for you depending on the results of the latest study or which way the wind is blowing that day.

That being said, these days a number of the of margarine type spreads and sticks have cut out their trans fats which, in my opinion, makes them as healthy or healthier than regular butter.

I use butter in some of my baking (depending on what it is) - especially cakes and things. Some of my cookie and muffin recipes call for oil so I typically use canola. If I am making something where I can use either butter or stick margarine, I use Promise (which, according to Nutrition Action, my nutrition "bible," is the healthiest of the stick margarines). If I'm spreading it on something, I use one of the trans fat free tub margarine spreads - usually Promise Light, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Light, or Fleischmann's Light.

I should also mention that I have a history of high cholesterol, so I feel like I'm better off using something that's trans fat free and still fairly low in saturated fat rather than regular butter.

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Stephanie
Mom to: Caleb (8/03), Ian (9/05), & Lucas (11/08)

well we always have a variety of butter margerine and oil products lol..

if i have a recipe that calls for stick margerine i only use imperial
for toast ect we use real butter put in one of those butter containers like your grandma used to have lol

we have olive oil and conola oil.

For everyday butter (not that we use it everyday), like for toast, etc. I use Country Crock. No idea if it is butter or margarine. It is what I grew up on. For baking any stick butter/margarine. I am not too picky as long as it is on sale.

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I use butter sticks. I always buy the cheapest I can find.

I use real unsalted butter in baking. For cooking I use canola oil or olive.

For spreading we use Promise light butter. It has omegas and vitamins and really is pretty cost effective since we don't spread butter very often.

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