In this study, pointed out by Dr Eades, using butter on a potato lessens the effect of the carbs on the postprandial rise in glucose levels.


http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/28/3/286?etoc

Makes me wonder if an occasional potato, slavered with butter, might not be such a bad food choice, at least for maintenance.

I wouldn't mind eating more butter, but that's a problem when you're not on maintenance--what to put it on that isn't carby.

Asparagus, broccoli, steak, flax muffin, etc.

Steak, eggs, shrimps, fish...

Butter on steak is awesome. If you never had it you might think it's weird, but after you taste it you'll change your mind. You can mix butter with fresh herbs and garlic, or shallots and then store it in the freezer (shaped like log and wrapped in plastic). It really adds to flavor.

Butter your cheese.

Lots of very high end Steak restaurants cook their steaks with noting but salt and pepper over a wood fire and "finish" the steak with a bit of butter slathered across the steak. And folks pay big bucks for it. This is what makes a steak a steak IMHO.

No sauces, no funny stuff, just a bit of sea salt, a bit of fresh cracked pepper and butter.


Hey, when I do make a sandwich with low carb bread, I always butter both pieces of bread, then add the mayo and cheese and meat.

This also reminds me of a Simpsons bit where they are eating, and of course it is an anti meat and butter bit, but it is still funny and the other day I did wrap some bacon around some breakfast sausage (the sausage was fried in butter) Mmmmmmmmmm........

Homer: As long as you live in my house you will live by my rules. Now boy, butter up that bacon.

Bart: But dad..

Homer: Do it..

*Bart butters his bacon*

Homer: Now Bacon that sausage.

Bart: But dad, my heart hurts.

*Homer looks at Bart sternly and Bart wraps bacon around the sausage and eats it*

BTW, I bought some organic "Cultured" butter last time I went to the health food store, oh my Lord! I spent the whole life of that 4 dollar half pound of butter looing for things to put it on! YUM!

Put it in your coffee. NOM NOM NOM

I think the Tibetans put butter in their tea!!

I eat the occasional sweet potato drowning in butter. Yummmmm

This is *exactly* how my hubby makes steak. And there is a reason why this is how the high-end restaurant do it, because it's awesome! It's almost a ritual now. We sit down in front of our plate, and he declares "We'd pay a fortune for this in a restaurant!" and we laugh and dig in.

In addition to the salt, pepper and butter, I like to put some garlic powder on my steaks.

Ooohh ... I'll second that!!!!

We like butter mixed with Blue cheese, about a 50/50 mix. Very nice on a steak.
Compound butters also good. Die-hard paleos (no dairy) eat your hearts out. Show me the evidence.

Here in Germany it's "de rigeur" to put herbed garlic butter on your barbecued pork, I especially like it on the neck cuts of pork which are extra fatty anyway... Keeps you full for hours!!!

amanda