Thursday, April 28, 2011

Cooking Substitutions - This For That, Getting Creative With Your Recipes


Have you ever felt like something homemade and when you start you find you have an ingredient or two? Cooking substitutes are common not only to a case like this, but when you feel like the recipe, but want to change it a bit, because you're tired of the same old thing. I often substitute certain items for others, because I have a short or something, to experiment with the recipe. It makes me feel like a professor of science fiction when I do, but I came up with some interesting food. Some were good and some not so good. My family and friends are quick to point out the latter.
In preparing the cake from the box container directions tell you how much oil to use. Instead of oil used apple sauce. Buying a four pack of apple sauce (5 oz. each) and use in place of the oil determine the directions. One container of apple sauce instead of oil four packs. This will make your cake a little lower in calories and very humid. Another variation is the envelope of the pudding, like Jello instant pudding in the same amount of flour and 3 oz pudding in 3 oz of flour. Use puddings such as lemon or banana and your cake will automatically become a welfare or lemon or banana cake. Some people that I gave this recipe to neglect to use pudding and the ratio of flour using the entire envelope of the pudding that does not hurt the recipe at all. They are not harmful to the cake, but change the flavor a bit and make the cake more interesting. Cooking replacements are common today, because it cooks in search of more interesting dishes to serve to their families.
When a spice cake that usually calls for buttermilk. Well, how many of us have buttermilk available in our refrigerators? You can quickly create your own. To one cup of buttermilk to use one tablespoon of lemon juice or white vinegar and add enough whole milk to make one cup. Let this mixture stand for about five minutes and you have a buttermilk substitute. Another way to use a buttermilk substitute one cup of whole milk plus 1-3/4 teaspoons cream of tartar. Another way to use a buttermilk substitute one cup of whole milk and one cup of plain yogurt. The latter is the easiest, because in today's refrigerator is generally at least one cup of plain yogurt. These are the easiest of the cooking instead.
Now we get into the harder ones. Although it does not appear to be difficult when you read the ingredients and proportions, they will change the recipe and something you have to constantly taste to make sure the taste is what you are looking for. For example: if you need a replacement for one cup of whole milk, we can ½ cup evaporated milk with ½ cup water. I do not know about you, but no matter what you do with canned milk still tastes like canned milk. Another variation here is one cup of water ½ cup powdered non-fat dry milk. To light cream: Use one tablespoon of melted butter sweet enough milk to make one cup. I remember my mother making butter and milk to drink when cold. It tasted awful. You got rid of a cold that would not have to drink more of that invention. I hope that these replacements are useful for cooking. Cook and enjoy.

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