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Butter VS Margarine!

Pass The Butter, Please This is interesting . . . Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back. It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavorings.. DO YOU KNOW.. the difference between margarine and butter? Read on to the end...gets very interesting! Both have the same amount of calories. Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams. Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study. Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods. Butter has many nutritional benefits where margari

Red Pepper Sauce

Fast, Easy and Good! What more can you ask for? How about no points! Try this super easy sauce on eggs, chicken, fish or vegetables. If you think it makes too much, just freeze it in small batches and use it later. RED PEPPER SAUCE 1 28 oz can of diced tomatoes 1 12 oz jar of roasted red peppers (not in oil) healthy pinch of red pepper flakes 1/4 tsp black pepper 2 - 4 cloves of garlic. minced 1 tsp olive oil Heat the oil in a small saute pan until it shimmers. Turn off heat and add garlic. Dump everything into a blender (including garlic). Completely puree contents. Taste to make sure the spices are suitable to you. Done. 1/4 cup is 0 points