Substitute for Paleo Foods

By mack

Ingredients

• Other Substitutions:
• Milk - nut milk, coconut milk, almond milk
• Butter - olive oil, bacon grease, coconut oil
• Yogurt - coconut milk
• Sour cream - chilled coconut milk combined with a few drops of lemon juice
• Whip cream - chilled coconut milk flavored with a bit of honey or orange
• zest
• Vinegar - small amounts can be substituted with lemon or lime juice. As a general rule, tomato recipes such as salsa would use lime juice, fruit
• recipes would use lemon juice.
• Cider vinegar - apple juice
• Alcohol - sometimes very hard to adapt. In some cases the alcohol can
• simply be deleted altogether. Or depending on the recipe, substituted with chicken or beef broth.. Juice would also be an alternative, grape, orange or apple. In some cases a combination of both broth
• White sugar - using half the amount called for, substitute honey
• Brown sugar - using half the amount called for, substitute maple syrup
• Molasses - honey or maple syrup
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• 1 teaspoon dried herbs for 1 tablespoon fresh herbs
• 1 tablespoon instant minced onion, rehydrated, to replace 1 small fresh
• onion
• 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder instead of 1 small pressed clove of garlic
• substitute 2 tablespoons of flour or 1 tablespoon cornstarch for 1 tablespoon of arrowroot to use as a thickening agent mix 1/2 cup tomato sauce with 1/2 cup of water to make 1 cup tomato juice
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• Approximate Measurements:
• 1 lemon = 3 tablespoons juice
• 1 lemon =1 teaspoon grated peel
• 1 orange =1/3 cup juice
• 1 orange =2 teaspoons grated peel
• 1 pound unshelled walnuts = 11/2 to 13/4 cups shelled
• 1 pound unshelled almonds = 3/4 to 1 cup shelled
• 8 to 10 egg whites = 1 cup
• 12 to 14 egg yolk = 1 cup
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• Equivalents:
• 3 tsp. = 1 tbsp.
• 2 tbsp. = 1/8 c.
• 4 tbsp = 1/4 c.
• 8 tbsp. = 1/2 c.
• 16 tbsp. = 1 c.
• 5 tbsp. + 1 tsp. = 1/3 c.
• 12 tbsp. = 3/4 c.
• 4 oz. = 1/2 c.
• 8 oz. = 1 c.
• 5/8 c. = 1/2 c. + 2 tbsp.
• 7/8 c. = 3/4 c. + 2 tbsp.
• 16 oz. = 1 lb.
• 1 oz. = 2 tbsp. fat or liquid
• 2 c. fat = 1 lb.
• 2 c. = 1 pt.
• 2 pt. = 1 qt.
• 1 qt. = 4 c.
• a few grains = less than 1/8 tsp.
• pinch is as much as can be taken between tip of finger and thumb
• speck = less than 1/8 tsp.
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• Metric Conversion:
• 1 tsp. = 4.9 cc
• 1 tbsp. = 14.7 cc
• 1/3 c. = 28.9 cc
• 1/8 c. = 29.5 cc
• 1/4 c. = 59.1 cc
• 1/2 c. = 118.3 cc
• 3/4 c. = 177.5 cc
• 1 c. = 236.7 cc
• 2 c. = 473.4 cc
• 1 fl. oz = 29.5 cc
• 4 oz. = 118.3 cc
• 8 oz. = 236.7 cc
• 1 pt. = 473.4 cc
• 1 qt. = .946 liters
• 1 gal. = 3.7 liters
• 1 dry oz. = 28.3 grams
• 1 lb. = .454 kilograms

Preparation

Step 1

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