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If you need chocolate you'll
find that one ounce of is the same as three tablespoons of unsweetened
cocoa and one tablespoon of fat. Instead of one tablespoon of
cornstarch you could use two tablespoons of flour; instead of
one tablespoon of flour (for thickening) try half a tablespoon
of cornstarch; and instead of one cup sifted flour (for cooking)
you could be really radical and try one and a half cups of bread
crumbs or one cup of rolled oats. Lastly, instead of one cup
of shortening you could use one cup and two tablespoons of butter
or margarine.
If you want to add flavour to
your meals with spices you can try stocking dried herbs and spices
rather than fresh. For instance, instead of one clove of garlic
you could substitute one eighth of a teaspoon of garlic powder
or one teaspoon of chopped garlic. Instead of one teaspoon of
dry mustard you could use one tablespoon of prepared mustard;
one tablespoon of onion powder is the same as either one medium,
or four tablespoons of freshly chopped onion.
Remember that some of the best
recipes around have been 'cooked' up by people desperately trying
to cover their tracks; so the advice would be 'be bold, be daring,
but use your initiative!' |
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