If you are like me your creativity in the kitchen has gotten ramped up a few notches out of neccessity. I keep pulling out recipes and having everything but one ingredient. So I spent some time on line researching common substitutions and thought I would share them here…..just in case it may help you too.
Saturday, I made poppy seed chicken. I had every cracker EXCEPT Ritz crackers. I substituted panko bread crumbs and it was just as good. The recipe linked here calls for cheese. I don’t use cheese in mine but maybe it is a good addition. My family loves this served over rice and with any green vegetable on the side.
Sunday, I decided to make crockpot Mississippi Pot Roast. I had everything except Lipton Onion Soup mix…..so I substituted a beef boullion cube, some onion powder, a pinch of celery seed and a pinch of pepper
If you want the whole list of substitions listed on the All Recipes site, click here. I pulled out some of the more common ones for you below:
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Brown sugar
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1 cup, packed
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1 cup white sugar plus 1/4 cup molasses and decrease the liquid in recipe by 1/4 cup OR 1 cup white sugar OR 1 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
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Condensed cream of mushroom soup
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1 (10.75-ounce) can
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1 (10.75-ounce) can condensed cream of celery, cream of chicken, or golden mushroom soup
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Cream (heavy)
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1 cup
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1 cup evaporated milk OR 3/4 cup milk plus 1/3 cup butter
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Egg
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1 whole (3 tablespoons or 1.7 oz)
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1/4 cup liquid egg substitute OR 13 tablespoons mayonnaise OR half a banana mashed with 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
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Flour–Self-Rising
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1 cup
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7/8 cup all-purpose flour plus 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of salt
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Honey
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1 cup
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1 1/4 cup white sugar plus 1/3 cup water OR 1 cup corn syrup OR 1 cup light treacle syrup
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Ketchup
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1 cup
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1 cup tomato sauce plus 1 teaspoon vinegar plus 1 tablespoon sugar
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Lemon juice
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1 teaspoon
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1/2 teaspoon vinegar OR 1 teaspoon white wine OR 1 teaspoon lime juice
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Sour cream
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1 cup
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1 cup plain yogurt OR 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar plus enough cream to make 1 cup OR 3/4 cup buttermilk mixed with 1/3 cup butter
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