Have you ever hit the kitchen, all fired up to make something special, only to discover that you were missing a few key ingredients? Don’t worry, sometimes you might have to re-think a dish, but there are always substitutions.
I regularly make substitutions when I prepare pancakes or brownies. Buttermilk is not something I keep in the fridge, but add one tablespoon of vinegar to one cup of milk and I’m good to go. Brownies; I keep dutch cocoa around all the time so I can easily substitute 3 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder mixed with 1 tablespoon oil for unsweetened baking …read more

Every home cook or foodie has, at one time or another, either run out of or forgot to pick up something they needed to finish a dish or meal.
When this has happened to me I’ve gone online to find a substitution and came across a handy chart from Kraftfoods.com.
One of my favorite substitutions has actually become a habit — for example, I hate buying a quart of buttermilk when all I need is a cup or so. By combining a tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon juice with a cup of milk and letting it sit for a few …read more