Cooking Substitutions: Kitchen Hints and Helps
Simple Solutions
How many times have you been cooking only to discover that you didn’t have the ingredients needed? No need to fret because here are some simple solutions that my grandmother taught me that are sure to fix the problem, and they don't begin and end with: a pinch of this and a handful of that. Of course, truth told, she did teach me to make a fabulous pie crust using the terms “pinch” and “handful”. Nonetheless, the nice thing about having solutions is that you probably already have the items in the house and didn’t even know they could be used or combined with other items to create perfect substitutions.
Cooking Substitutions
INGREDIENT
| WHAT IS NEEDED
| WHAT TO USE INSTEAD
|
|---|---|---|
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
| ANY AMOUNT
| 3 PARTS WHITE WINE VINEGAR TO 1 PART APPLE JUICE
|
BAKING POWDER
| 1 TEASPOON
| 1/4 TEASPOON BAKING SODA AND 1/2 TEASPOON CREAM OF TARTAR
|
BREAD CRUMBS
| 1 CUP
| 1 CUP DRY CEREAL (FLAKES)
|
BROWN SUGAR
| 1/2 CUP (FIRMLY PACKED)
| 1/2 CUP SUGAR AND 2 TABLESPOONS MOLASSES
|
BUTTERMILK
| 1 CUP
| 1 TABLESPOON LEMON JUICE AND ENOUGH MILK TO YEILD 1 CUP
|
CAKE FLOUR
| 1 CUP
| 1 CUP LESS 2 TABLESPOONS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
|
CHOCOLATE (UNSWEETENED)
| 1 OUNCE (1 SQUARE)
| 3 TABLESPOONS UNSWEETENED COCOA AND 1 TABLESPOON SHORTENING
|
COCONUT
| 1 CUP FRESH
| 1 CUP DRIED (FLAKED) OR 3/4 CUP DRIED (SHREDDED)
|
CORNSTARCH
| 1 TABLESPOON
| 2 TABLESPOONS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
|
CREAM OF TARTAR
| 1/2 TEASPOON
| 1/2 TEASPOON LEMON JUICE
|
CREAM (HEAVY)
| 1 CUP
| 3/4 CUP WHOLE MILK AND 1/4 CUP MELTED BUTTER
|
EGGS
| NEED 4 - HAVE 3
| USE 1 TEASPOON OF CORNSTARCH FOR THE 4TH EGG
|
FLOUR (ALL PURPOSE)
| 2 TABLESPOONS
| 1 TABLESPOONN CORNSTARCH
|
GARLIC
| SMALL CLOVE
| 1/8 TEASPOON GARLIC POWDER
|
HONEY
| 1 CUP
| 1-1/4 CUP GRANULATED SUGAR AND 1/4 CUP WATER
|
LEMON PEEL
| 1 TEASPOON (GRATED)
| 1/2 TESAPOON DRIED
|
MILK (WHOLE)
| 1 CUP
| 1 CUP SKIM AND 1 TABLESPOON MELTED BUTTER
|
RAISINS
| 1 CUP
| 1 CUP DRIED CURRANTS OR PITTED CHOPPED DATES
|
TOMATO SAUCE
| 1 CUP
| 1/2 CUP TOMATO PASTE AND 1/2 CUP COLD WATER
|
YOGURT (PLAIN - NON FAT)
| 1 CUP
| 1 CUP SOUR CREAM
|
Happy Cooking
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