Hey are you frying them dry?
 - olive oil
-earth balance butter
I feel that way about musrooms and onions and found the earth balance fine, but better if slow fried at a lower temp.  The onions get sweeter with the lower heat.

Hope that helps.
Be

You probably hit the nail on the head, I was doing them on high!! What do you mean frying them dry?

also lori, a little salt to sweat the onions helps them carmelize :)

Thanks, you've both been very helpful, looking forward to onions again!!

By the way, just made a remarkable discovery..................I've had a bitter taste in my mouth wehn eating for a few days now. It was beginning to concern me so I Googled it. Turns out it's Pine Nuts!! They can cause it several days after eating and it can last up to 2 weeks!! Who knew?? ( I just discovered the joys of roasted pine nuts in a pesto, hope this doesn't happen every time!!)

Hi Lori,You can substitute walnuts for the pine nuts in pesto.  The flavor change is minimal.  Many people are slightly (or highly) allergic to pine nuts.  You can also freeze pesto and use the extra another day.  Holly

I LOVE pesto :).....and make a big batch regularily but I usually use organic baby spinach instead of basil, lots of garlic, EVOO, and toasted pine nuts (although I will try the walnuts that was mentioned above)....then I put into small servings and freeze....one of my favorite things is to top pizza dough with it instead of tomatoe sauce, toss with just about any veggie....works great with spaghetti squash. So versatile....

It is my favorate salad. And my kids loved it too. super easy and oh so yummy.

i made this for my sister's tea party themed wedding shower - even my 80 year old grandma thought it was delicious! (and these are NOT people who generally like to try new things...probabaly helped that i didn't advertise that it was tempeh...)