Four Common Ingredient Substitutes

It's happened to all of us. We get home from the grocery store and realize a couple of key ingredients for our fabulous dinner party were forgotten at the store. I'm here to help. I sometimes use these easy breezy ingredient substitutes instead of going back to the store, and they work great!

1. For 1 tsp lemon juice:  use 1 tsp lime juice or 1/2 tsp vinegar or 1 tsp white wine
2. For 1/3 cup soy sauce:  use 4 tbsp Worcestershire sauce mixed with 1 tbsp water
3. For 1 tsp vinegar:  use 1 tsp lemon or lime juice or 2 tsp white wine
4. For 1 cup of wine:  use 1 cup water or 1 cup chicken broth or 1 cup fruit juice mixed with 2 tsp vinegar 

• tsp=teaspoon
• tbsp=tablespoon

Lower Fat Dairy

I think these are great tips and easy to implement into your daily cooking and baking routine.  Both fat free and low fat sour cream, yogurt, and milk are used on a regular basis in the lizzycooks kitchen.

In baking, use plain fat-free or low-fat yogurt or fat-free or low-fat sour cream.  Another way to decrease the amount of fat and calories in your recipes is to use fat-free milk or 1% milk instead of whole or reduced-fat (2%) milk. For extra richness, try fat-free half-and-half or evaporated skim milk.
-American Heart Association