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Tips & Tricks
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Baking Substitutions
| Instead of |
Use |
| 1 t. baking powder |
1/4 t. soda plus 1/2 t. cream of tartar |
| 1 T. cornstarch(for thickening) |
2 T. flour or 1 T. tapioca |
| 1 c. sifted all-purpose flour |
1 c. plus 2 T. sifted cake flour |
| 1 c. sifted cake flour |
1 c. minus 2 T. sifted all-purpose flour |
Dairy Substitutions
| Instead of |
Use |
| 1 c. buttermilk |
1 c. sour milk or 1 c. yogurt |
| 1 c. heavy cream |
3/4 c. skim milk plus 1/3 c. butter |
| 1 c. light cream |
7/8 c. skim milk plus 3 T. butter |
| 1 c. sour cream |
7/8 c. sour milk plus 3 T. butter |
| 1 c. sour milk |
1 c. milk plus 1 T. vinegar or lemon juice or 1 c. buttermilk |
| 1 c. skim milk |
1/3 c. nonfat dry milk powder & water to make 1 c. |
| 1 c. whole milk |
1/2 c. evaporated milk & 1/2 c. water |
| 1 whole egg |
2 egg yolks |
| 2 c. sour cream for dips |
1 c. plain yogurt & 1 c. mayonnaise |
| 3/4 c. tartar sauce |
1/2 c. mayonnaise & 1/4 c. pickle relish |
Seasoning Substitutions
| Instead of |
Use |
| 1 t. allspice |
1/2 t. cinnamon plus 1/8 t. cloves |
| 1 c. catsup |
1 c. tomato sauce, 1/2 c. sugar and 2 T. vinegar |
| 1 clove garlic |
1/8 t. garlic powder or 5 drops of liquid garlic |
| 1 t. Italian spice |
1/4 t. each oregano, basil, thyme, rosemary plus dash of cayenne |
| 1 T. lemon juice |
1/2 t. vinegar |
| 1 T. mustard |
1 t. dry mustard |
| 1 med. onion |
1 T. dried minced onions or 1 t. onion powder |
| 2 1/2 t. pumpkin pie spice |
1 1/2 t. ground cinnamon
1/2 t. each ground nutmeg, ginger
dash ground cloves |
| 1 T. fresh herbs |
1 t. dried, crushed |
| 1 c. tomato juice |
1/2 c. tomato sauce & 1/2 c. water |
| 1 c. barbecue sauce |
1 c. catsup & 2 t. worcestershire sauce |
| 15 oz. can tomato sauce |
6 oz. tomato paste & 1 c. water |
| 1 c. bread crumbs |
3/4 c. cracker crumbs |
Sweet Substitutions
| Instead of |
Use |
| 1 square (1oz.) unsweetened choc |
3 T. cocoa (regular type, dry) & 1 T. butter |
| 1 2/3 oz. semisweet chocolate |
1 oz. unsweetened choc. plus 4 t. sugar |
| 1 c. honey |
1 to 1 1/4 c. sugar plus 1/4 c. of molasses or corn syrup |
| 1 c. granulated sugar |
1 c. packed brown sugar |
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Deodorize cutting board
Rub it with a sliced lemon or lime, or
Rub them with a paste of baking soda and water.
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Washing Dishes
When washing dishes in your dishwaher, use white vinegar in the
rinse compartment instead of those expensive rinse solutions.
My dishes have never been more clean and they actually squeak.
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Wine cubes:
Don't throw out all that leftover wine:
Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.
Opening jars
Try using latex dishwashing gloves.
They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.
Food stains
Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers.
Just slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.
Food stains
Spray your Tupperware with nonstick cooking spray
before pouring in tomato-based sauces-no more stains.
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Applesauce as a
Substitute for Oil
You may substitute up to 50% applesauce or fruit puree
in place of oil when you bake to reduce fat content,
i.e.: 1 c. oil called for in recipe, use 1/2 c. applesauce.
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Easy Onion Dicing
Slice onion first from end to end so that each half contains half
of the root end. Slice off flower end. Place the flat side of one of the
halves down on the cutting board, slice through the onion without cutting
through the root end (the root end is thus holding the sliced onion intact)
then, rotate the onion and cut against the slices for diced onion. Repeat
for second half.
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