Substitutions for Commonly Called for Ingredients

What should you do if you are in the middle of asubstitution.o 1/8 teaspoon of garlic powder can be
recipe and realize you are out of an ingredient? Yousubstituted for 1 clove of fresh garlic.o 1 pound of
could send your child to the local convenience storefresh mushrooms will be about the same as a 10
for cream cheese and end up having to serve yourounce can of mushrooms.o Powdered sugar can
caviar with Velveeta because to a 13 year old theysubstitute for granulated sugar in baking. If you are
are both soft cheeses. This really happened whenlooking for a delightful taste alternative try a cup of
my Mother sent me for cream cheese.honey with a pinch of baking soda in place of a cup
Instead of sending off the kids, or launching into aof granulated sugar.o 2 cups of fresh chopped
panic attack and reaching for the Zoloft trytomatoes is equivalent to a 16 ounce can of crushed
substituting.tomatoes. You may have to drain the can or adjust
Here are a few quick and simple substitutions.o Whenfor moisture in the recipe.o Adding about 2
using fresh herbs instead of dried, use 1 TablespoonTablespoons of molasses to a cup of granulated
fresh for 1 teaspoon dry.o Vinegar for lemon juice.sugar will substitute well for a single cup of brown
Use ½ teaspoon white vinegar for 1 teaspoonsugar.o Sherry or port wine can be used instead of
lemon juice.o When your recipe calls for buttermilkred or white wine. Just lower the amount to 2
add 1 Tablespoon of white vinegar to your regularTablespoons equals ½ cup.
milk. Some old banana bread recipes even call for this