My neighbor called me and asked me if she could borrow some butter. Except when I showed up at her door with margarine…she looked at me like, “That ain’t butter sista!”
<<insert embarrassed neighbor who doesn’t do a lot of cooking>>
I didn’t even know what “real” butter was until last week. Apparently I have been using fake butter all these years. And I hate that it took a neighborly lesson of “let me borrow your butter” to bring me to my breaking point…but it did.
So I just want to make it very clear to all of you {and any neighbors who might be reading this – ahem}…I have made the switch to REAL butter.
And now when you ask to borrow butter…I will happily bring over some butter…not margarine. Your welcome.
Flash forward 2 weeks later and in walks said neighbor who asked to borrow my margarine butter.
She witnessed me about to throw out a few strawberries that had been in the refrigerator and were on their last day when she suddenly yelled, “Waaaaaiiiitttttt!”
Me: What?? Calm down.
Neighbor: You aren’t throwing those away are you?
Me: Yes, why?
Neighbor: You can use those to make strawberry butter.
Me: Glossy eyed blank stare. Pause. Pause. Pause.
Neighbor: Have you never made homemade strawberry butter?
Me: <<me thinking to myself…this is going a lot like the margarine/butter dilemma…I see it now>>
*cough* no *cough*
Neighbor: Give me those strawberries…we’re making strawberry butter!
And that’s how the Homemade Strawberry Butter day went down in history.
I was pretty much sold when she told me it only required THREE ingredients. 3 people. Not a million. THREE.
Even better news…since I had recently realized margarine was no comparison to butter…I actually had REAL butter on hand. Mark that on your calendar.
Oh, how she was proud.
Ingredients:
1 stick of butter softened {real butter not margarine…don’t make me preach it} 1/2 cup of chopped strawberries 1/4 cup of confectioners sugar – more or less to tasteLiterally all you do is throw those three things in to a food processor {you can use a blender or mixer as well} and mix.
It’s pretty much amazing on anything…especially a bagel.
Thankfully my neighbors don’t judge my inability to bust out recipes with food that’s about to go bad. At least I hope not.
What about you, are you the type of chef that can make recipes appear with anything in your refrigerator? If so, share your secrets!
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This looks so yummy! I definitely need to do this next time.
You’re hilarious Mandy. I love that you’re not too embarrassed to share the details of the story behind the butter. Don’t feel bad–I use a lot of fake butter too until just recently. Would you mind to share this on my blog hop? Thanks!!
http://carriethishome.com/2013/07/frugal-crafty-home-blog-hop-31/
We’re a Country Crock family. I’m guessing real butter is better for you? Do I need to be switching?
Until I started ‘really’ cooking, I just figured margarine was real butter, too! LOL! YUM! That looks delish!
Yes, real butter not only tastes more delicious, it’s much healthier for you. Of course, it’s a fat, so eat in moderation people. But it’s not full of all kinds of crazy chemicals/ingredients like your margarines and country crocks…sorry, I work in the natural health field. I rant…ANYWAY – that strawberry butter looks fantastic and I can’t wait to try it out!!! YUMMMMM!!!
Don’t feel bad… due to some restrictions to M’s diet we switched to unsalted margarine. Um, yeah… If I’m being honest I salt/sea salt my serving. Another tasty treat for those strawberries, cut them up, cover with a heap of sugar and stir. Let them sit in the fridge for about 30 minutes to an hour and put them on a biscuit/toast/pound cake. Yum!
Hilarious! I wonder what other kinds of butter you could make using that recipe. This sounds like something I would do.
How long does it keep for?
Oh man! Now I’m wishing I hadn’t just thrown out a bunch of strawberries! So going to try this with the blueberries though. So glad you made the switch to real butter!
Oh yes! Definitely a real butter household. Margarine tastes like plastic to me. I’ll have to make some of this strawberry butter.
If it makes you feel better… I never have real butter in the house. But this recipe made me want to go get some!!! & from the comments I feel like I need to stick to real butter from now on!
Looks so yummy! I made the switch when I worked in a health spa. We left country crock outside for 7 days in the blistering summer and not one bug was on it! It’s basically one molecule away from plastic 🙂 real butter is the Bomb! Thanks for the recipe!
Ooh this looks so yummy! And the C’s would love to help make it, too! Donnie was actually the one who got me to switch to real butter after we were married. We always had the fake stuff growing up! {He also opened my eyes to mayo rather than miracle whip–I always thought they were the same thing too!} Thanks for the recipe, Mandy! Hope you’re having a great week!
~Abby =)
This sounds amazing! I have some “last day” strawberries in my fridge right now! And, I may or may not have known about the “real butter” thing either….! Who knew Country Crock was fooling us all these years, right!?!? Haha! Have a great week, Mandy!