Food Blog: Mix and match: What you need to know about swapping ingredients

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Mix and match: What you need to know about swapping ingredients

Hi reader,

We've all done it — a little screen swiping, back and forth, flipping between a recipe and a Google search for substitutions. Because, hey, what do you meeeean you don't keep fresh buttermilk at your place? (JK, most people don't!)

Or maybe you'd like to modify something in a recipe to make it a little less, you know, allergy-inducing…. Dietary restrictions, we see you.

Whatever your dietary needs, or whatever may or may not already exist in your pantry — we're here to help. Before you go passing on a perfectly amazing recipe, start by checking out our common recipe swaps and substitutions page first.

We can solve all sorts of your day-to-day conundrums.

Including, how to:

make a recipe gluten-free
make a recipe vegan
make a recipe vegetarian
make a recipe without refined sugar
make a recipe lower in salt
make a recipe whole30 compliant
make a recipe low fodmap
make a recipe keto

Review all of these recipe modifications right here.

Plus, we include options for common allergy substitutions, like dairy, wheat, soy, and more!

And for those of us who don't live IN a grocery store with everything you ever need, be sure to check out common ingredient substitutions. << Do a little light reading now and you'll have a new party trick next time you wanna make that baked good a little more healthy for your guests (hint: there's applesauce involved).

Whatever your reason for swapping out or substituting ingredients, WE'VE GOT YOU.

Be sure to review this collection of our most commonly-asked-about ingredient swaps/substitutions, measurement and conversions, plus general method tips and tricks for whichever situation you find yourself in.

Here for you,

The POY Team