Just add butter

I was thinking the other day about butter. I am a big fan of butter. I realize that it is high in fat and calories, but, truly, you don't need much for some impact. I have a whole slew of food items that I make that taste better with a small pat of butter:

- canned green beans (we always do French cut) - oatmeal (steel cut with fig jam and a small pat of butter yields an utterly luxurious breakfast) - white rice - tomato sauce - steak - eggs (my sister-in-law always tries to make me use olive oil, but eggs with butter are SO much better)

Do you guys use butter as a secret ingredient? Or do you have any other little cooking tricks like that? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile