Oh-no--i-don-t-have-any----cooking-alternatives-to-help-in-a-bind
By Christine Steendahl
For many cooks, there are occassions when we do not have the right ingredients in the cupboard to make our intended dish. If you find yourself in this situation, don’t despair, there are usually other ingredients that can easily be substituted, saving the cook a visit to the grocery store. Here are some tips.

Milk
Many recipes require milk. If you find you are out of milk or don’t have enough to prepare a specific recipe, make sure you keep a supply of evaporated milk on hand. Evaporated milk or reconstituted milk can be stored for a long time and once mixed with water and sometimes a bit of butter, can easily taste as fresh and delicious as regular milk.

Baking Powder
If you do not have powder readily available, use soda and a dash of buttermilk. For a tablespoon of double acting powder, substitute 1/4 teaspoon of soda and a 1/2 cup of buttermilk.

Self Rising Flour
Self rising flour is simple to create at home, just mix one cup of all purpose flour with 1/4 teaspoon of soda, 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of powder.

Butter Milk
Out of butter milk? You can simply create your own. You can substitute 1 cup of butter milk with 1 cup whole milk and a tablespoon of vinegar. You can also substitute 1 cup of butter milk with 2/3 cup of plain yogurt and 1/3 cup whole milk.

Garlic
Ran out of

garlic? Use garlic powder instead. About 1 clove of garlic equals 1/8 of a teaspoon of garlic powder.

Honey
You can quickly replace honey with sugar and water. 1 cup of honey is equal to about 1 and 1/4 cup of sugar and a 1/4 cup of water.

Substituting Sugar
If you are short on sugar on hand or would like to replace it because of health concerns, here are some tips to substitute sugar:

Sugar can be replaced with maple syrup, corn syrup, brown sugar, honey, stevia, and molasses. Although, some recipes will ask for sugar or a granular sweetener instead of syrup due to and texture requirements.

If you are trying to reduce the amount of sugar you eat because of health concerns, look for the many sweeteners, sometimes called sugar alternatives at your grocery store. These sweeteners include but are not limited to, Sweet and Low, Splenda, Equal, and plant based Stevia.

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Christine Steendahl
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