Why Substitute?

Emergency: If you don’t have a needed ingredient, there are usually options.
Health Related: Eliminating peanuts, for example :: Most allergies are with milk, egg, peanuts, shellfish, soy, wheat
Creative: Tarragon rather than oregano, for example

Allspice

1 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon + 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

Apple Pie Spice

1 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon + 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg + 1/8 teaspoon cardamom

Baking Powder

• Single Acting: 1 teaspoon = 1/4 teaspoon baking soda + 5/8 teaspoon cream of tartar – 1/2 tsp of cornstarch if you are not using it right away
Confectioner sugar ?!?
• Double Acting: Releases gas twice – Hard to do in the home

Baking Soda

There is NO substitute for baking soda

Basil

Substitute peas

Bread Wheat Flour

Xanthan Gum – Helps do the task that gluten does

Other gluten-free wheat flour substitutes are garbanzo beans, teff, sorghum and quinoa flours

Butter

• Replace half the amount of butter in your recipe with applesauce; if the recipe calls for one cup of butter, use half a cup of butter and half a cup of applesauce. If you don’t mind a denser, more moist bread, replace all the butter with applesauce to cut even more calories and fat.
• Use Greek yogurt cup for cup to replace all or part of your butter
• Canola oil can be used in place of melted butter.

Buttermilk

1 cup = 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar plus enough regular milk to make 1 cup (allow to stand 5 minutes in the fridge)

Chili Sauce

1 cup = 1 cup tomato sauce, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons vinegar, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, dash of ground cloves and dash of allspice

Chocolate, Unsweetened

1 ounce = 3 tablespoons cocoa plus 1 tablespoon butter or regular margarine or vegetable oil

Cornstarch (for thickening)

1 tablespoon = 2 tablespoons flour
You must cook longer than you would with cornstarch.

Cream

• 1 C = 1/3 cup melted unsalted butter + 3/4 cup milk.
• 1 C = 1/3 cup melted unsalted butter + 3/4 cup low-fat milk + 1 TBL flour or cornstarch.
• 1 C = 1 cup skim milk + 2 TBL cornstarch.
• 1 C = 1/6 cup melted butter + 7/8 cup half-and-half.

Egg: 1 whole egg

• 1 egg = 1/4 cup egg substitute
• 3 TBL powdered flax

Mayonnaise

1/2 C = One egg yolk to 1/2 cup of oil. Plus 1 tsp Dijon and salt

Miso

Soybean allergy:

Parmesan – from Italy

Substitute American Parmesan if mixed

Peanut Butter

Substitute cashew butter,

Pine Nuts

Substitute walnuts

Sugar, Confectioners’ or Powdered

1 cup = 1 cup granulated sugar plus 1 tablespoon cornstarch; process in a food processor using the metal blade attachment until it’s well blended and powdery.

Tahini

Ground up sesame seeds

Tomato Juice

1 cup = 1/2 cup tomato sauce plus 1/2 cup water

Wine, Red

Any amount = The same amount of grape juice or cranberry juice

Wine, White

Any amount = The same amount of apple juice or white grape juice