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Emergency Cooking Substitutions and Equivalents
Our alternative ingredients will rescue your recipe
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If you ever find yourself in the middle of cooking a recipe and discover you are missing an ingredient, fear not. We pulled some substitution tips from our classic Sunset’s New Easy Basics cookbook (1997) when you find yourself in a pinch.
Shopping for recipes isn’t always straightforward. Our equivalent yields guide is handy when you need to figure out how many lemons to buy for a recipe that calls for 3 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice (the answer: 1).
You’ll be able to make conversions effortlessly with our weights and measures guide below.