Emergency Kitchen Solutions

Have you ever been cooking a dish and realize right smack dab in the middle that you are missing a key ingredient?  Maybe you just don't feel like running next door to the neighbors house for that cup of brown sugar, or your wild 2 1/2 year old is actually taking a nap so going to the store isn't an option.  Well now you can thank me, because here is a handy guide of substitutions. Seriously, I think it is so stinking cool that there is actually a substitution for an egg!

• 1 cup honey = 1 1/4 cups sugar + 1/4 cup water 
• 1 cup whole milk = 1/2 cup evaporated milk + 1/2 cup water
• 1 tsp. lemon juice = 1/2 tsp. vinegar
• 1 cup butter = 1 cup margarine or 7/8 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup yogurt = 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 Tbsp. flour (for thickening) = 1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch or 2 tsps. quick-cooking tapioca
• 1 cup buttermilk = 1 or 2 Tbsps. lemon juice or or vinegar plus enough milk to make 1 cup
• 1 Tbsp. fresh herbs = 1 tsp. dried herbs
• 1 square unsweetened chocolate = 3 Tbsp. cocoa plus 1 Tbsp. shortening
• 1 tsp. baking powder = 1/3 tsp. baking soda plus 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour = 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup brown sugar = 1 cup white sugar plus 2 Tbsp. molasses
• 1 egg = 1 heaping Tbsp. soy flour plus 1 Tbsp. water
• 1 cup self-rising flour = 1 cup all-purpose flour plus 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder and 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tablespoon of dried minced onion = 1/4 cup raw minced onion