I'm Doing Without

do you have tomatoes,and some form of meat? If you do,melt the cheese on toast, put on the tomatoes and cooked meat and you got yourslef some pizza toast!

you can actually luse butter flavored cooking as a substitute for butter or margarine in frying and other things in baking. Here is a website of ingredient substitutes that I find helpful sometimes: http://www.revolutionhealth.com/healthy-living/food-nutrition/recipe-central/ingredient-swap/healthy-ingredient-substitutions?s_kwcid=ContentNetwork|1113914664 Good luck.

Depending on what your making, sometimes an oil can be used and omitting or using less liquids..I have this site that fortunately I have not had to use yet, but it takes what you do have and gives you recipes for meals to make.. http://www.cookingbynumbers.com/ I not only have this in my favorites, I also e-mailed it to my yahoo, no way am I going to loss this site...

If you are using boxed mac and cheese use 1/2 cup milk. Make your cheese sauce separate from the noodles and let it cook a bit, stirring constantly. I always make it separately even with the butter. It comes out better. Make open faced cheese sandwiches and toast them in the oven.

Don't you just hate when this happens, I usually end up putting on some clothes and running to the store, I don't like borrowing from my neighbors, thank goodness the grocery store in not that far from where I live. As for being broke I don't believe you are broke you are retired from the military. You are like me I am always saying I am broke. My family tell me I am not broke I am stingy.

I hate it when I get something on my mind that I want and don't have the ingrdients. I bet whn you go do your grocery shopping you end up with a freezer full of butter! LOL Or like me you'll get everything you need except butter! LOL I make grilled cheese by putting my bread in the toaster and then adding the cheese and cover with saran wrap for a few minutes until it melts. You wont get the butter taste but it will do in a pinch! Have a good day and DONT FORGET THE BUTTER when you go shopping! LOL

I use applesauce in place of butter or margarine unless I'm frying something, then I use pan spray. I made some great Chex Mix last night that I used butter-flavored pan spray on instead of margarine or butter and it's great!! Especially considering the calories and fat I saved. I always have extra in the freezer. Always have a backup! If you can't afford to put aside a whole box of butter or margarine, put aside one stick or a plastic container with a day or two's worth. These days especially, it pays to stock up when you can. Worse days are ahead, I do believe.

I cook all the time without butter or margarine. There are only a small few things I make that require it and I have even done without it for some things that do need it. About the only things I would need the butter for would be grilled cheese, mac n cheese, mashed potatoes, or baked/boiled potatoes mashed on the plate. Also those potato dish box mixes that call for butter or margarine. But I don't use those much. Over the years I have cut out the amount of butter/margarine and oils I use so I just don't need it much anymore. Since I don't know what you do have on hand, I can't help you figure out what to cook. But I suppose if you really want grilled cheese sandwiches and since I always use margarine instead of butter, and margarine is made from vegetable oil, I would suggest putting just a little oil in the skillet and making the sandwich as usual but without the butter. Let the oil work to brown the bread. No guarantees on the taste though. Maybe experiment a little and put some favorite spices into the oil first to fry a bit to flavor the oil...a little oregano maybe for an Italian flavor. One of my favorite substitutions is to use powdered coffee creamer instead of milk in things like mashed potatoes, gravy, mac n cheese box mixes, and other potato box mixes that call for milk. I can't tell the difference. Just don't use the kinds that have the odd flavor such as Cremora. They don't taste like milk or cream and will give the foods an odd flavor.

i try to keep well stocked so i can cook whatever whenever but we allrun out of things but i try not to. i can't think of any substitutions for butter.

Don't you just hate when that happens? If I run out of something I REALLY need then I'll either ask a neighbor to borrow it (stick of butter, sugar, etc.) If they don't have it then I'll run out to get whatever it is I need. If you're out of butter you can always use cooking spray or even a little olive oil to put in the pan for grilled cheese. Otherwise, peanut butter and jelly or hotdogs will have to do for lunch.

a little oil for cooking,frying? or just salt. sometimes mayoinaise helps

Hi Ldyjarhead, If I run out of butter, I just use peanut butter and toast, other wise I find some else to eat. Or I will fry an egg and put it on a toast. Tamara

Well, for being with out butter. You still can make Mac N cheese. Just use a little more milk then you normally would use and a touch of olive oil if you have some of that. For grilled cheeese that is a little different. My son srayed the fry pan with pam and it worked. But it didn't taste the same. Not as fattening that is what he said. If having a sandwich then dressing. Your friend onlydia. I just look around the kitchen. and have a good old time trying. Have a nice day.

To tell you the truth you still a lot better that many of us. We don't normally use batter for cooking. Instead we use regular oil. I wish i can do stocking in our pantry as much as i would love too but it is not possible. Always short in budget and sideline is not enough to make it. I personally love to cook and what ever we have i im not afraid to try something new either whatever it comes that would be a good meal already.

My hubby, who used to do quite a bit of grill cooking, even at a Navy Exchange, says that if you have Mayo, spread it on your bread to grill for grill cheese, and it tastes really pretty good. If you have a potato, and Italian dressing, you fan cut the potato, pour the dressing over it, cover it with plastic and microwave it, and it tastes really good, sprinkle on cheese.(saw that on a cooking show.) I ran out of butter last week, but had to be at one of the towns where there is an Aldi's, with about $5.00 in pocket, so I got two pounds of butter. I ran out cause hubby used a full stick to make shrimp scampi, then I tried a new brownie recipe that called for two sticks. I usually have it stashed in the freezer, too.

You can cook up a hot soup. That requires no butter, and as it is soon to be winter, and getting nippy outside, soup will warm your tummy.

Ya it's a bummer when things like this happen. I just try to use whatever I have on hand to make a meal work, and I have come across this many tines at my job, as I am a cook there, and let me tell you it's hard, wspecially when I'm cooking gor at least 16 people.

Usually, I skip making that dish. Butter is an essential. So it's hard to find dishes that don't require it.

I am right there with you. I am so broke right now it is not even funny. Thank God I just got my myLot payment a few hours ago. I am headed off to Aldi as a matter of fact to get butter. Isn't that a big coincidence? Anyways, you can make spaghetti with some jarred spaghetti sauce. No need for butter there. And you can make a chicken salad or tuna salad sandwich and spread mayonnaise on the bread. Or you can make Top Ramen noodles. There you go - 3 cheap meals that will fill you up and you don't need any butter! Hope that helps. I know times are tough nowadays and we are tightening our belts even tighter! Have a nice day and happy myLotting!!!

I have no idea what you could possibly use in place of butter to cook with. I know what you mean about being broke and you wouldn't want to make a trip out to the store just for one thing... gasoline costs too much! I hope you found something that you could make without it. I guess you could always have a PB&J sandwich! LoL! YUM