Butter vs. Margarine/Spreads
Olive oil vs. other oils
Lean mince vs. regular mince
Whole grain bread vs. white
Skim milk vs. Whole milk
I head for the former; hubs heads for the latter. Which do you use and why?
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Always keep a bottle of both canola and olive oil on hand as they're the healthier types. Use a lot of olive oil for cooking, but also use others, mainly canola. Use canola in baking where I don't want the strong flavor of the olive oil, or sometimes in frying for the same reason. Also keep some sesame oil on hand when I need it's extra strong flavor (a little dab'll do it.)to spice something up. No other oils in my cupboard.
Use butter mostly in baking, esp. cookies, but try to use healthy type spreads for things like toast.
Also use pam when I need to coat a pan for baking and sometimes frying. Spray a little and then rub it about with a napkin or paper towel.
Always use leaner ground beef as I don't want the extra fat.
Whole grain breads! They're better in that they have lots of good fiber and they taste great. No taste in plain old white for me.
Gotten used to skim milk. Once again it's the healthier choice. Actually whole is too much for me now, but love a little 1 or 2% now and then.
What is a healthy type spread, because when I looked at ingredients, they all seemed to contain oil?
Hubs thinks you can cook out/drain the fat.
When you're making burgers, it's not possible to get all the fat out. For ground up beef you can cook up and drain the fat and put it in a strainer and run hot water over it to get most of the fat out, but then you have cooked away some of what you paid for to begin with. Why not just get a better grade of meat with less fat and way less trouble cooking.
All margarines and spreads have oil or fat in them, but I think if you read labels carefully you need to stay away from "partially hydrogenated" stuff as that's what's in trans fats which everyone is trying to get rid of in their food products. The thing with butter is that, although it doesn't have any trans fat, it does have cholesterol as do all dairy products. Now what we need is a "low fat" butter. :)
Butter vs. Margarine/Spreads
Olive oil vs. other oils
Lean mince vs. regular mince
Whole grain bread vs. white
Skim milk vs. Whole milk
Butter : cos it tastes n smells much better in baked goods..
olive oil: taste and it's good for u..
lean mince: a butcher friend advised getting anything below 3 stars...u dun wan to know what goes into it!!
whole grain: prefer the nuttier flavour
skim/ full: skim. but i do prefer the taste of full cream milk!
thanks for linking btw!! :D
will u be in Adelaide much longer??
thanks:) no worries...it will remind me to check out your blog occasionally;) i'm actually in auckland at the moment on a work holiday visa, and will be back in adelaide in a few months, when my spousal visa is granted. then, we'll be there for good as that's where hubs is from. and you? are you from adelaide, going to uni there...?
:) i'm from Singapore...have been studying in Adelaide for the past 3 years and have one more year to go...Adelaide's a great place to live...just the right size and lotsa interesting sights to visit... hee... my favourite place in the world is Central Market actually!! Do u shop there??
I only went once but I do love markets like that. Back to Singapore then? Sounds like we'll cross over in Adelaide for a few months.
yup..back to Singapore then... :)perhaps we can meet up when u get here...i'l love to show u my favourite stalls in central market!! Lotsa lovely food there!!!
Would love to, thanks:)
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