Have you ever attempted to tackle a certain recipe, only to find you don’t have all the ingredients in your pantry? Fear not! Sometimes you can find adequate substitutions.
1. If a recipe calls for chives, you can easily substitute green onions.
2. Out of cracker crumbs? Use bread crumbs instead. For every 3/4 cup of cracker crumbs, you can use 1 cup of bread crumbs.
3. No cream cheese? Just use cottage cheese, beaten until smooth. Amounts are the same.
4. Yogurt and sour cream can be substituted for each other in equal amounts.
5. No buttermilk? You can either use plain yogurt or regular milk with added lemon juice. Plan on adding 1 T. of lemon juice per one cup of regular milk.
6. Out of fresh onions? Try
using 1 T. dehydrated
minced onion for every
small onion a recipe calls
for.
7. Don’t want to use wine in a
recipe? Then skip it! You
can easily just use 13 T. water, 3 T. lemon juice, and 1
T. of sugar per cup of wine
required.
8. No fresh tomatoes? For
every 2 cups of fresh tomatoes, a 16 ounce can of
diced tomatoes will work
just fine!
9. Ran out of baking powder?
No problem! For every teaspoon needed, mix 1/4 t. of baking soda along with 1t. of cream of tartar.
10. Most people don’t keep dry mustard in their pantries, but usually have a fridge full of half used bottles. 1 T. prepared mustard will substitute one teaspoon of dry.
11. Fresh herbs are often expected in many recipes, but a good rule of thumb is that you can always use 1t. of dry herbs in place of 1T. of fresh.
12. Worcestershire sauce and steak sauce can substitute each other in equal amounts.
13. No confectioners sugar? For every cup, you can use 1 cup plain granulated sugar and a t. of cornstarch.
14. If a recipe calls for cornstarch for thickening, feel free to substitute 2 T. all purpose flour for every T. of cornstarch. 4 to 6 teaspoons of quick cooking tapioca will also work if you don’t have flour.
15. No allspice? Just toss in 1/2 t. of cinnamon and 1/2 t. of ground cloves for every t. of allspice.
16. Ran out of ketchup? Try 1 cup tomato sauce, 1/2 cup sugar, and 2 t. vinegar for every cup of ketchup needed.