“Margarine works wonderfully in most recipes in place of butter, as long as you use the right margarine product.”

- Chef Waldy Malouf

Chef/Co-Owner, BEACON Restaurant, Bar, Bakery (NYC)

Author, THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY COOKBOOK: A Leading American Chef Savors the Region's Bounty

Author, HIGH HEAT

Recipes

Onion-Walnut Muffins

Pumpkin-Cranberry Muffins

Chocolate-Mocha Angel Food Biscotti
served with Strawberry Whipped Topping

Crisp Polenta Cakes with Smoked Salmon and Caviar Spread

Waldy's Bangers and Mash
chicken-apple sausage with herbed mashed potatoes and sauteed baby tomatoes

Chocolate Almond Pancakes with Roasted Red Fruit raspberries, strawberries, currants and plums

By eating Chef Waldy’s five-course meal that he made using soft margarine spreads instead of butter, you save a grand total of 34 grams of fat, 50 grams of saturated fat and 267 milligrams of cholesterol! This simple substitution of soft margarine instead of butter saves you:

• Over half the amount of total fat you should eat in one day
• Two and a half times the saturated fat you should eat in one day
• More than half the amount of cholesterol you should eat in one day

To put this in perspective, that’s a savings of:

• The amount of saturated fat found in one cup of heavy cream
• The amount of fat in more than one steak, the saturated fat found in more than four steaks and the cholesterol of nearly two steaks. (6 ounce serving of sirloin steak)
• More than the amount of fat, five times the saturated fat and more than two times the cholesterol found in a double hamburger from a popular fast food restaurant

Note: Based on a 2000 calorie adult diet, current dietary guidelines are for an individual to consume no more than 60 grams of fat per day, no more than 20 grams of saturated fat and not to exceed 300 milligrams of cholesterol per day.