Lentil-weavers, what do you put between the jam and the bread?

[PhDlifeNeedsaNewLife]

Those of you without your own cows, that is.

We've been eating actual butter for a couple years now, but dh and I have gotten fat in that time , and besides I'm starting to vaguely recollect about saturated animal fats being not brill for you. Thinking about going to a 'spread'-type thing, but a) HATE the plastic boxes, recycling or no, and b) haven't a clue which, if any, are more 'natural'.

Would anyone like to make any recommendations?

Or am I just being ludicrously crystal-dolphin about it all?

No idea but your post was excellent and made me laugh (being born of lentil weavers and all).

You'll probably find it will involve crushing your own nuts or somesuch.

Go for organic real butter. Keep some nice well cared for dairy cows in business. Forget the spread nonsense. Get a butter dish so you can have some sitting out in a cool place - not the fridge - so you can spread it THINLY This will solve the waistline problem

Butter. Because I fear all the other stuff - margarine isn't great for you either, and definitely not anything reduced-fat or otherwise messed about with.

The healthiest fats are some liquid oils such as olive oil, so maybe olive-oil-based spread would be a good option - however if it's been treated to make it solid, I think it might still not be ideal.

I (though not DP!) try to minimise the amount of butter I use or go without depending on what's in the sandwich.

Am only lentil-weaverish in some ways though. there may be a quinoa-based alternative I haven't heard of

Oh yes I agree with organic butter and butter dish too.

hm that's funny okay we can stay with butter - suits me!

d'you know, I've been looking for about 5 years and never once seen a decent butter dish in a second-hand or antique store? would rather buy that there new for aesthetic/environment reasons, but I've seen so few I could count them on my thumbs and both ugly.

(actually that's not true, but dh wouldn't let me spend £63 on one that looked like a darling little thatched cottage )

Habitat for butter dish, ours was a fiver, or woollies I think do those glass ones.

Agree re butter dishes. I've been on the lookout for a great one for years.

Butter substute - I sometimes use yogurt / fromage frais / anything white, refrigerated and spreadable.

Organic butter best though.

ha, just spotted "quinoa-based alternative" - lol snowleopard

Peanut butter

Def real butter, and use a potato peeler to get a thin spread, which helps the waist.

Peanut butter or tahini.

Me and ds don't have anything between. If I'm in a particularly lentil-weaving frame of mind I sprinkle bread with flaxseed oil.

no idea what you'r getting at, hanaflower

My mum has spreading cheese or cream cheese spread lightly instead when slimming. She said there is nothing that has such a dramatic efect on her as cutting out butter (suppose it depends on your ownbody). Personally I prefer having butter, but less of it (leave a chunk in the butter dish outof the fride and you will use less as it spreads easier). The sunflower spreads etc have all been messed with - hydrogentated and lots of other things I don't understand. Butter goes through a simple process, and let's face it comes from a cow and is churned then packed. No idea what processes or factories the spread varieties go through.

Surely all that shaking should use up the calories - maybe even leaving you a bit undernourished and in need of a hot chocolate too.

me too hanaflower Specially with nice cuppa tea...

lol poppynic

You aren't very enthused about the peanut butter option are you?

OH OH OH How about almond or cashew butter?

It's high protein....

PhD - here I like the Alessi and Nigella Lawson ones!

butter dishes from Amazon? - oh, obviously

oh I would be VERY enthused about the PB option, shrooms, except tbh I don't have much jam on bread - it's usually vegemite!

Oooh - we have the Alessi butter dish. I was coming on to recommend it!

I just googled butter dish, tbh.

Or here if you're keen to recycle/use second hand

You could try pumpkin seed butter, verrry good for you.

Personally we have organic butter, but in a paper packet.