How to find a compromise between eating butter on your toast and being healthy.... well, we just mix it with canola oil (olive oil would be better, but we are poor college students). We mix 1 part butter to 1 and a half parts oil. It is runny at room temperature, but when you keep it refrigerated it is nice and spreadable. (The better you mix it, the more oil you can use. An electric whisker would work great...I just use Dan!).
We actually like the taste of the combination better than straight butter! The oil helps to carry the flavor more or something. Anyway, we are hooked. And it is WAY better than eating Margarine, taste-wise and health-wise!
So, first we take a large chunk of butter and keep it at room temperature until it is soft.
Then add the oil and whisk it together. Then refrigerate it until is firms up, and Wa-La! You have a healthier butter!
