Ran out of lemon juice……….try substituting lime juice and vinegar!

Cindy — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:39:56 +0000

Food	Substitutes	Stretchers
Baking Powder 1tsp	1/4tsp bicarbonate of soda, plus 1/2tsp cream of tartar, plus 1/2 tsp ground rice. Sift together
Beer		Ginger Ale, lemonade, tonic water
Bolognese Sauce		Extra meat, shellfish, vegetables, olives, Soya granules
Bread Crumbs (for coatings)	Crushed cornflakes or water biscuits
Self raising flower 4oz	40z plain flour, plus 1 level tsp baking powder. sift together
Chicken		Onion, celery, rice , pasta
Chilli		Bulgur, beans, rice, spaghetti, sweet corn
Corn flour 1tbsp (as thickener)	2 level tbsp plain flour
Cream single 1/2 pint	225ml milk plus 60ml melted unsalted butter
Creamed corn		Milk or stock and onion (for soup)
Fish		cut up and stir fry with vegetables or mix with spicy rice
fruit juice		soda water, mineral water
Gravy	Condensed tinned soup or packet soup made with half quantity of water	Pureed vegetables, tomato sauce, mushrooms
Green Pepper	red or yellow peppers	stuffing of rice
Minced beef	minced pork or lamb	Grated courgette, carrot pr marrow, rice pasta, onion, green pepper, lentils
Honey 225ml	225g sugar plus 4tbsp water or golden syrup
Ice cream	Frozen Yoghurt	Fruit, sauce, cereal topping
Lemon Juice 1tsp	1/2tsp vinegar, limejuice
Milk whole 1/2pt	1/2pt skimmed milk plus 3tsp melted butter	Instant dried milk
Noodles	Spaghetti
Sour cream	natural yoghurt
Steak		Dice and stir fry with vegetables
Sauce tartar 115ml	7tbsp mayonnaise plus 2tbsp chopped sweet mixed pickles
Tomato sauce 285ml	Condensed tomato soup or packet of soup made with half the water.	Carrots, broccoli, celery, green pepper, olives

(list from the Practical Problem Solver, Readers Digest)

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Ran out of lemon juice……….try substituting lime juice and vinegar!