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Marthe48

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17. I use coconut oil, olive oil and butter
Sat Feb 15, 2025, 11:42 AM
Feb 2025

depending on what I'm making. I use a combination of these fats in the recipes. For baking, usually about 1/3 butter, 2/3s coconut oil. For gravy, mostly olive oil, but maybe a bit of butter for flavor. I think my daughter uses Smart Balance products, but I'm not sure which variety.

I just got a bottle of avocado oil by accident, but it can be used like olive oil, so far so good. Can you use nut oils? I've seen walnut oil in the store. If I treat myself to bacon, I save the fat and add it to savory recipes.

Here is a link to some alternatives, at least for baking: https://www.everydayhealth.com/news/healthy-alternatives-to-butter/
My daughter has made gf chocolate cookie bars with chick pea flour or paste and they are stunningly good.


Hope you can find something you like.



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We tried Country Crock plant butter leftieNanner Feb 2025 #1
Country crock w olive oil Geechie Feb 2025 #2
Tyvm! SheltieLover Feb 2025 #3
I make my own buzzycrumbhunger Feb 2025 #4
Ty! SheltieLover Feb 2025 #5
I think it does! buzzycrumbhunger Feb 2025 #15
LOL SheltieLover Feb 2025 #16
I use olive oil instead of butter on most things. multigraincracker Feb 2025 #6
Thx! SheltieLover Feb 2025 #9
I have a friend that is a Cardiologist that suggested multigraincracker Feb 2025 #11
Ty! SheltieLover Feb 2025 #12
I use applesauce or yogurt Laurelin Feb 2025 #7
Ty SheltieLover Feb 2025 #8
Wow. Your taste buds and mine are very different. Original Earth Balance has been my go-to for years... hlthe2b Feb 2025 #10
It wasn't so much the taste. It literally turned my somach. SheltieLover Feb 2025 #14
A friend made chocolate chip cookies and substituted avocado for japple Feb 2025 #13
I use coconut oil, olive oil and butter Marthe48 Feb 2025 #17
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