Homemade Margarine

If you are looking for a low cholesterol butter substitute, the best thing is to make your own margarine since this will not include trans fats as most store bought margarine does.

2 Tbsp Real Butter
2 Tbsp Light in flavor olive oil

To make margarine, melt the real butter and stir in an equal amount of light in flavor olive oil.  Let this mixture cool and it will solidify into margarine.  Since vegetable oil is not great for diets, its best to use light in flavor olive oil instead.

Another option, which is much easier, is to substitute 1/2 of the butter called for in a recipe with light in flavor olive oil.  This way the butter taste will remain in the recipe but it will have less cholesterol. It is the same effect as using margarine but easier.
Zero fat diets are actually counterproductive.  If you are looking for a low cholesterol butter substitute, the best thing is to make your own margarine since this will not include trans fats.  To make margarine, melt 1 part real butter and stir in 1 part vegetable oil.  Let this mixture cool and it will solidify into margarine.  Since vegetable oil is not great for diets, you can use light in flavor olive oil instead.  Another option, which is much easier, is to substitute 1/2 of the butter called for in a recipe with light in flavor olive oil.  This way the butter taste will remain in the recipe but it will have less cholesterol.

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