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looking to modify a recipe

sandysford Posts: 1,139 Joined: 2002/11/18	2003/04/14, 12:16 PM I thought this might be very useful to some of you: Looking to modify a recipe? Try some of these common substitutions and replacements. INSTEAD ...... TRY....... Beef- 70-85 % Lean Ground or Chuck 92% or leaner ground beef or 92% lean ground turkey or buffalo Bread Crumbs - as breading or when called for to mix with meat Unprocessed bran flakes + mixed with oat lour, crushed all bran cereal flakes, oat flour, or oatmeal Butter Butter Replacement Product, Butter Buds, imitation butter flavor extract Cheese Reduce amount and use part skim mozzarella or reduced fat/non-fat cheese chicken – Whole Bird or Dark Meat Boneless, skinless chicken breast or breast of turkey Egg - 1 Whole 2 egg whites or 1 tbsp. cornstarch dissolved in 3 tbsp. of water Flour - White Oat Flour, 100% Whole Wheat Flour, soy flour Gravy Omit or thin with water to aus jus consistency Kool- Aid or Juice Crystal Light Milk - in cereal Vanilla or strawberry protein powder mixed with water Milk- Whole, in cooking or baking Non-fat or low-fat milk or just water Oatmeal – Flavored Packets Natural oats & chopped fruit or sugar free preserves Oil - in baking Equal amount of unsweetened applesauce or 3:1 ratio of ground flaxseed meal to oil Oil - in cooking Omit or try reducing by ½ or 2/3 Oil - when sautéing Wine, broth, lemon, lime, apple, or orange juice Salt Garlic, chile, onion, or lemon Sour Cream Fat-free plain yogurt or non-fat sour cream Soy Sauce Reduced-sodium soy or reduced-sodium chicken, beef, or vegetable broth, liquid aminos Sugar – Brown Diabetic/sugar-free pancake syrup or artificial brown sweetener (made by Sugar Twin) Sugar - White Artificial sweetener of choice or 1 teaspoon mashed banana per tablespoon sugar being replaced Syrup - Pancake or Maple Syrup Sugar free (diabetic) pancake syrup. In cereal, try artificial sweetener and a few drops of maple extract Syrup - Chocolate Cocoa powder and artificial sweetener to taste Syrups- Flavored (used in coffee) Sugar-free syrup or artificial sweetener to taste and a few drops vanilla extract or other extract of choice -------------- I will lift my own weight someday!!!!!
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/04/14, 12:59 PM Im going to print this one out and hang it in my pantry -Thanks sandysford
mackfactor Posts: 766 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/04/15, 05:09 PM Hey, Sandys - what the heck is Paradigm status? -------------- "Don't follow leaders and watch your parking meters!" -- Bob Dylan
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2003/04/15, 06:53 PM Thanks for the great list, sandysford! -------------- Challenge + Consistency = Results
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/04/15, 08:04 PM Good list sandysford. I pasted and printed it in word. BTW nice pick of you and the man. -------------- We must become the change we want to see. Ivan Montreal Canada
sandysford Posts: 1,139 Joined: 2002/11/18	2003/04/16, 12:49 AM I don't know what my status means, guess I will have to pay donantion and become a ft professional. I can't even pronounce it. LOl -------------- I will lift my own weight someday!!!!!