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As if the war between butter and margarine weren't enough to think about, now I have to choose between kinds of margarine. Have you ever wondered what the difference is between these two? They're both organic, dairy free, and made without hydrogenated oils, but what else sets them apart besides their names?
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I can't believe I haven't seen this for sale on eBay yet.
(Let the "butter vag" jokes begin . .
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Who doesn't love a soft and chewy bagel on the weekend? I don't care that they're full of carbs, since our bodies need them for energy. Plus I try to go for whole grain bagels anyway, so they're healthier than ones made with white flour.
After putting together a quiz about hot buttered rum, I couldn't let the weekend pass without making a batch. So I decided to experiment with a hot buttered rum batter recipe. The batter — a mixture of butter, powdered and brown sugar, spices, and melted ice cream — is frozen and can be used at anytime, To make the toddy, rum and boiling water are added to a heaping tablespoon of batter. 
Our love-hate relationship with butter is getting out of control. This doesn't even take into account foreign imitation imitation butter.
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The only thing better than vintage recipes and cookbooks are vintage-cooking videos. While looking for Thanksgiving ideas, I came across this vintage commercial for a turkey made with real butter. You pat lots of butter all over, cover it with cheesecloth dipped in melted butter, and bake it slowly, basting with butter. 
Butter has a bad reputation in the cooking world but the truth is that there are many other cooking ingredients that are just as unhealthy for us as butter. It's scary that many of us don't even bat an eye at when tossing them into our recipes.
To see the scariest recipe ingredients to watch for, just
WebMD has compiled a list of the scariest ingredients, healthwise, for your recipes that you should keep an eye out for when you're cooking this holiday season (and beyond):
IngredientCommon ServingCaloriesFat (g)Saturated Fat (g)
Mayonnaise1/4 cup396446.5
Bacon grease2 T2502813
Heavy whipping cream (liquid)1/4 cup2052214
Puff pastry2 ounces312223
Cheese (like cheddar)2 ounces2281912
Light whipping cream (liquid)1/4 cup17418.511.5
Sausage, cooked2 ounces209186.1
Bacon4 strips150134
Butter1 T102127.2
Sour cream1/4 cup123127.5
Cheddar cheese, 1 oz1/4 cup1159.46
Pie crust, 9-inch deep dish1/8 slice11582
Half-and-half1/4 cup7974.3
Me, I always scan a recipe for any of these ingredients and if it has 'em, I typically skip it. 
I'm a huge fan of enhancing my meals with a little somethin' somethin'. A slice of cheese here, a pat of butter there, a smear of peanut butter on that. It's just a little bit, so it can't really affect my diet, right?
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