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How many times have you tried a recipe, only to find you didn’t have the right ingredients? Or maybe you just want to make a recipe less fattening, lower the cholesterol, or substitute ingredients to allow for allergies. Since it isn’t always practical to run to the store, either you have to shelve the recipe, or find substitutions. I thought it would be nice to have a spot listing proven substitutions.





If a thread for this already exists, I apologize. All I found were a few threads dealing with individual ingredients.
 
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Buttermilk – This depends upon the type of recipe.

Baking:​
  • 1 c. of milk / 1 tbsp. of either lemon juice or lime juice
or
  • 1 c. milk / ½ tbsp. of white vinegar
Set the mixture aside for about 10 – 15 minutes (at room temperature) to allow it to set up.​

Cooking meat:​
I have found that it is better to use plain active-culture yogurt as a buttermilk substitution in meat recipes (e.g., Fried Chicken).
Note: You may need to thin the yogurt out.​
 

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I rarely make a recipe the way it states, since either I don't have all the ingredients or I just want to reduce fat yet add some extra flavour.

Baking (esp for snacky type things like muffins, loaves and coffee cakes) I have no problem with substitutions. If a recipe calls for oil I will cut it in half and substitute any of these options - applesauce, yoghurt, banana, a jar of baby food puree (prunes, apricots, carrots etc) and sometimes if there is a liquid I will decrease the liquid and use any of these ingredients to make up the remainder. I also have to add a 1/2 tsp of baking soda if the recipe does not already call for it, because most of these ingredients are acidic.

I will often substitute 1/2 whole wheat flour for regular flour as well as throwing in seeds, nuts and berries (remember to toss the berries in a small amount of flour before folding them in last so they don't sink.)

There may be a slight difference in texture (heartier), but the result is always just as tasty imo.
 
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