Things You'll Need:
- Cookbook
- Fruit puree
- Olive oil
- Ground pepper
- Rice spread
- Margarine
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Step 1
Select several recipes that look good to you. Different types of cooking require different types of butter substitutes. Choose some recipes to try to help you decide what substitutes you like the best.
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Step 2
Olive oil with pepper or cheese is a great flavoring for loaves of italian bread.Make toasted breads with flavored oils. Olive, nut and fruit oils all will add flavor to breads and rolls without adding the cholesterol levels associated with buttering bread. If you want to serve garlic bread, for example, use olive oil and garlic to season it rather than garlic butter.
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Step 3
Look for spreads that have 50% oil when frying or sauteeing.If a spread has any less oil than this, it will not melt properly and your food may scorch rather than cook.
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Step 4
Pan-fried chicken needs much less butter and grease if the batter is more substantial.Batter your food with milk, eggs and flour. Because butter substitutes do not fry as well as real butter, add egg to your frying batter to make it cook faster and soak up less grease.
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Step 5
Fruit puree may also alter the color of your dish, so do not be alarmed if a cake appears more purple than you remember.Try fruit purees, rice spreads or vegetable oils for baking. All of these can be substituted in equal amounts for butter. However, since these types of substitutes can make your cakes and breads denser than they would be with butter, you may wish to add just a pinch more baking soda and sweetener to the batter to counteract this.
