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Sauces & condiments
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- Achiote pastebest swap: Annatto seeds
- Adjikabest swap: Harissa plus extra garlic
- Adobo saucebest swap: Soy sauce + vinegar + garlic + bay leaves
- Agrodolcebest swap: Make it yourself: vinegar reduced with sugar
- Aiolibest swap: Garlic mayonnaise (mayo, garlic, lemon)
- Aji verdebest swap: Make it in a blender
- Ajvarbest swap: Homemade roasted pepper and eggplant spread
- Alabama white saucebest swap: The real thing, whisked from scratch
- Amba saucebest swap: Mango chutney with vinegar and fenugreek
- Ancho chili pastebest swap: Chipotle paste
- Anchovy essencebest swap: Anchovy paste
- Asian chili pastebest swap: Sriracha
- Au jus gravy mixbest swap: Beef broth + seasonings
- Awazebest swap: Berbere + wine or tej (homemade awaze)
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- Bagoong (Filipino shrimp paste)best swap: Fish sauce (patis)
- Basbaasbest swap: Two-minute homemade basbaas
- BBQ saucebest swap: Ketchup + brown sugar + vinegar
- Bearnaise saucebest swap: Tarragon and shallot compound butter
- Bechamelbest swap: White sauce
- Beef brothbest swap: Chicken broth
- Beef stockbest swap: Beef broth
- Beurre blancbest swap: Beurre blanc with cream added
- Bovrilbest swap: Beef base or beef concentrate
- Branston picklebest swap: Any other sweet pickle or ploughman's pickle
- Bread saucebest swap: Panko or dried breadcrumbs
- Brown saucebest swap: Homemade brown sauce from ketchup
- Browning saucebest swap: Worcestershire sauce
- Buffalo saucebest swap: Cayenne hot sauce + melted butter
- Bulgogi saucebest swap: Teriyaki sauce
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- Capersbest swap: Green olives
- Cassareepbest swap: Browning sauce + dark molasses + vinegar
- Catalina dressingbest swap: French dressing
- Cemen pastebest swap: Homemade cemen from ground fenugreek
- Chamoybest swap: Tajin plus lime juice and a little honey
- Chermoulabest swap: Make it yourself
- Chicken brothbest swap: Vegetable broth
- Chicken stockbest swap: Chicken broth
- Chile pastebest swap: Sriracha
- Chili garlic pastebest swap: Sriracha
- Chili in adobo saucebest swap: Chipotle powder
- Chili pastebest swap: Sriracha
- Chili saucebest swap: Hot sauce
- Chilli garlic saucebest swap: Sriracha
- Chimichurribest swap: Five-minute homemade chimichurri
- Chinese hot mustardbest swap: Mustard powder + cold water
- Chipotle adobo saucebest swap: Chipotle powder
- Chipotle mayobest swap: Mayonnaise blended with chipotles in adobo
- Chocolate syrupbest swap: Homemade cocoa syrup
- Cocktail saucebest swap: Ketchup + horseradish + lemon (make it yourself)
- Coconut aminosbest swap: Soy sauce
- Colatura di alicibest swap: Southeast Asian fish sauce
- Comeback saucebest swap: The real thing, made from scratch
- Cranberry saucebest swap: Homemade cranberry sauce from fresh or frozen berries
- Cream of chicken soupbest swap: Homemade cream of chicken soup
- Creole mustardbest swap: Whole grain mustard
- Crystal Hot Saucebest swap: Louisiana brand hot sauce or Texas Pete
- Currywurst saucebest swap: Ketchup warmed with curry powder and paprika
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- Dark soy saucebest swap: Regular soy sauce + molasses
- Dattabest swap: Five-minute homemade datta
- Dijon mustardbest swap: Yellow mustard
- Dijonnaisebest swap: Mayonnaise plus Dijon mustard
- Doenjangbest swap: Red or brown miso (aka miso)
- Doubanjiangbest swap: Gochujang
- Dry sherrybest swap: Dry white wine
- Duck saucebest swap: Apricot preserves plus vinegar (homemade duck sauce)
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- Harissa pastebest swap: Sriracha
- Hilbetbest swap: Hummus with ground fenugreek
- Hoisin saucebest swap: Miso paste + honey + soy sauce + rice vinegar
- Hollandaise saucebest swap: Blender hollandaise (the real thing, fast)
- Honey mustardbest swap: Mustard + honey (make it yourself)
- Hot fudge saucebest swap: Five-minute chocolate chip and cream sauce
- Hot saucebest swap: Sriracha
- Hrousbest swap: Harissa plus miso and ground caraway
- Huancaina saucebest swap: Yellow bell pepper plus habanero, in place of aji amarillo
- Hummusbest swap: Baba ganoush
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- Maggi seasoningbest swap: Soy sauce
- Mahyavehbest swap: Fish sauce with toasted spices (best overall)
- Mango chutneybest swap: Peach or apricot jam plus vinegar, ginger and cayenne
- Marinara saucebest swap: Tomato sauce
- Marmitebest swap: Vegemite
- Massaman curry pastebest swap: Red curry paste plus garam masala and sugar
- Mayonnaisebest swap: Greek yogurt
- Melitzanosalatabest swap: Baba ganoush
- Mentsuyubest swap: Homemade mentsuyu from dashi, soy sauce and mirin
- Mint chutneybest swap: Cilantro-heavy green chutney (short on mint)
- Mint saucebest swap: Homemade mint sauce
- Mirinbest swap: Sake + sugar
- Miso pastebest swap: Soy sauce or tamari
- Mojo saucebest swap: Homemade mojo criollo (five-minute version)
- Mole saucebest swap: Jarred or tubbed mole paste, thinned with broth
- Muhammarabest swap: Romesco sauce
- Mushroom ketchupbest swap: Worcestershire sauce
- Mushroom soy saucebest swap: Dark soy sauce
- Mustardbest swap: Prepared horseradish
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- Palm nut cream (banga sauce base)best swap: Any canned palm nut concentrate or palm soup base
- Panang curry pastebest swap: Red curry paste plus peanut butter and sugar
- Passatabest swap: Tomato puree
- Peanut butterbest swap: Almond butter
- Peanut saucebest swap: Peanut butter whisked with soy, lime, sugar and chili
- Pepperoncini juicebest swap: White wine vinegar
- Pestobest swap: Basil oil
- Piccalillibest swap: Chow-chow or American mustard pickle
- Pickapeppa saucebest swap: Homemade Pickapeppa-style blend
- Piri piri saucebest swap: Homemade five-minute piri piri (chilli flakes + garlic + lemon + oil)
- Pla rabest swap: Fish sauce + anchovy paste
- Plum saucebest swap: Hoisin sauce
- Pomegranate molassesbest swap: Balsamic vinegar + honey
- Ponzu saucebest swap: Soy sauce + citrus juice
- Prahokbest swap: Pla ra or Lao padaek
- Prepared horseradishbest swap: Fresh horseradish
- Preserved lemonsbest swap: Lemon zest + salt
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- Raitabest swap: Plain yogurt with salt and toasted cumin
- Ranch dressingbest swap: Homemade ranch dressing
- Recaitobest swap: Homemade recaito (blend it yourself)
- Red curry pastebest swap: Green curry paste
- Red pepper pastebest swap: Tomato paste
- Remouladebest swap: Homemade Danish remoulade
- Rendang pastebest swap: Make your own bumbu rendang
- Romesco saucebest swap: Ten-minute pantry romesco
- Russian dressingbest swap: Thousand Island dressing
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- Salad creambest swap: Thinned mayonnaise with vinegar, mustard and sugar
- Salsa criollabest swap: Homemade five-minute criolla
- Salsa machabest swap: Chinese chilli crisp
- Salsa rojabest swap: Canned red enchilada sauce
- Salsa verdebest swap: Green enchilada sauce
- Sambal belacanbest swap: Pounded fresh chillies with toasted belacan and lime
- Sambal oelekbest swap: Sriracha
- Sate saucebest swap: Homemade lemongrass chilli oil
- Senafichbest swap: English mustard powder mixed with cold water
- Shattabest swap: Homemade shatta
- Sherrybest swap: Dry white wine
- Shito (Ghanaian pepper sauce)best swap: Chili crisp or chili oil with dried shrimp
- Shottsurubest swap: Thai or Vietnamese fish sauce, diluted
- Shoyubest swap: Tamari
- Skordaliabest swap: Toum (Lebanese garlic sauce)
- Sofritobest swap: Mirepoix
- Soy glazebest swap: Teriyaki sauce
- Soy saucebest swap: Tamari
- Spicy brown mustardbest swap: Dijon mustard
- Srirachabest swap: Hot sauce
- Sriracha mayobest swap: Regular mayo + Sriracha
- Ssamjangbest swap: Homemade from doenjang and gochujang
- Steak saucebest swap: Worcestershire sauce
- Stone ground mustardbest swap: Whole grain mustard
- Swedish mustardbest swap: Dijon mustard + sugar
- Sweet and sour saucebest swap: Homemade sweet and sour sauce
- Sweet bean saucebest swap: Hoisin sauce, slightly thinned
- Sweet chili saucebest swap: Sriracha + sugar
- Sweet soy saucebest swap: Soy sauce + brown sugar
- Szechuan pastebest swap: Szechuan peppercorns
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- Tabasco saucebest swap: Other hot sauces
- Taco saucebest swap: Homemade taco sauce
- Tahinibest swap: Sesame seeds + oil
- Tamaribest swap: Soy sauce
- Tamarind pastebest swap: Lime juice
- Tamarind saucebest swap: Hoisin sauce
- Tapatiobest swap: Cholula original
- Taramosalatabest swap: Grated bottarga in a potato and olive oil base
- Tarator saucebest swap: Tahini whisked with lemon, water and garlic
- Tartar saucebest swap: Homemade tartar sauce from mayonnaise and pickles
- Taucobest swap: Chinese yellow bean sauce
- Tausi (salted black beans)best swap: Black bean garlic sauce (jarred)
- Tempoyakbest swap: Tamarind paste + coconut cream
- Teriyaki saucebest swap: Homemade teriyaki
- Tex-Mex pastebest swap: Taco seasoning mix
- Thai seasoning saucebest swap: Fish sauce
- Thousand Island dressingbest swap: Russian dressing
- Tikka masala pastebest swap: Tomato paste plus garam masala, ginger, garlic and kasoori methi
- Tirokafteribest swap: Homemade whipped feta with roasted pepper and chili
- Tkemalibest swap: Sour plums or damsons cooked with garlic and herbs
- Tom yum pastebest swap: Nam prik pao, Thai roasted chili jam
- Tomato pastebest swap: Tomato sauce, reduced
- Tomato saucebest swap: Tomato paste
- Tonkatsu saucebest swap: Worcestershire sauce
- Toumbest swap: Mayonnaise with grated raw garlic and lemon
- Tucupibest swap: Broth with lime, fish sauce and turmeric
- Turkey drippingsbest swap: Browned turkey wings, necks or chicken thighs, roasted for the purpose
- Turkey stockbest swap: Chicken stock, boosted
- Tzatzikibest swap: Five-minute homemade tzatziki
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- Valentina hot saucebest swap: Tapatio
- Vanilla extractbest swap: Vanilla bean paste
- Veal demi glacebest swap: Beef demi glace
- Vegemitebest swap: Marmite
- Vegetable bouillonbest swap: Vegetable stock
- Vietnamese caramel saucebest swap: Homemade nuoc mau (the actual answer)
- Vindaloo pastebest swap: Madras curry paste plus vinegar and cayenne
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- Yeast extractbest swap: Marmite or Vegemite
- Yellow bean saucebest swap: Chinese ground bean sauce or yellow bean paste
- Yellow curry pastebest swap: Curry powder with turmeric, garlic and fish sauce
- Yum yum saucebest swap: Homemade yum yum sauce
- Yuzu koshobest swap: Homemade chilli, citrus zest and salt paste
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Vegetables & aromatics
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- Baby bella mushroomsbest swap: White button mushrooms
- Baby gem lettucebest swap: Little gem lettuce
- Bamboo shootsbest swap: Hearts of palm, drained and sliced
- Banana blossombest swap: Canned or jarred banana blossom in brine
- Banana leavesbest swap: Parchment paper
- Bean sproutsbest swap: Shredded green or napa cabbage
- Beech mushroomsbest swap: Shimeji mushrooms
- Beefsteak tomatoesbest swap: Cherry tomatoes
- Beetsbest swap: Carrots
- Beldi olivesbest swap: Dry-cured or oil-cured black olives
- Bell peppersbest swap: Poblano peppers
- Bibb lettucebest swap: Butter lettuce
- Bitter leafbest swap: Frozen or dried bitter leaf
- Bitter melonbest swap: Chinese bitter melon or Indian karela (whichever you can find)
- Black beansbest swap: Pinto beans
- Black garlicbest swap: Regular garlic
- Black trufflebest swap: Cremini or wild mushrooms, browned in butter
- Black trumpet mushroomsbest swap: Porcini mushrooms
- Bok choybest swap: Napa cabbage
- Boniatobest swap: Japanese sweet potato (satsumaimo)
- Borlotti beansbest swap: Cranberry beans
- Boston lettucebest swap: Butter lettuce
- Botija olivesbest swap: Kalamata olives
- Breadfruitbest swap: Frozen or canned breadfruit
- Broccolibest swap: Cauliflower
- Broccoli rabebest swap: Broccolini
- Brussels sproutsbest swap: Cabbage
- Butter lettucebest swap: Bibb lettuce
- Butterhead lettucebest swap: Butter lettuce
- Button mushroomsbest swap: Cremini mushrooms
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- Cabbagebest swap: Lettuce
- Callaloobest swap: Mature bunched spinach
- Campari tomatoesbest swap: Cherry tomatoes
- Caper berriesbest swap: Regular capers (the large caper buds, not nonpareils)
- Cardoonsbest swap: Celery hearts plus artichoke hearts together
- Carrotsbest swap: Parsnips
- Cassava (fresh cassava root)best swap: Frozen cassava chunks
- Castelvetrano olivesbest swap: Kalamata olives
- Cauliflowerbest swap: Broccoli
- Celeriacbest swap: Celery root
- Celerybest swap: Fennel
- Celery rootbest swap: Parsnips
- Chanterelle mushroombest swap: Porcini mushrooms
- Chayote squashbest swap: Zucchini
- Cherry tomatoesbest swap: Grape tomatoes
- Chestnut mushroomsbest swap: Cremini mushrooms
- Chicory lettucebest swap: Endive
- Chili leaves (sili leaves)best swap: Spinach
- Chinese broccolibest swap: Regular broccoli
- Chinese celerybest swap: Western celery, inner ribs plus all the leaves
- Choclobest swap: White hominy or mote (canned or frozen)
- Chow chow relishbest swap: Quick refrigerator chow chow
- Chrysanthemum leavesbest swap: Spinach
- Chuno (freeze-dried potato)best swap: Commercial freeze-dried or dehydrated diced potato
- Cipollini onionbest swap: Pearl onions
- Clamshell mushroomsbest swap: Shimeji mushrooms
- Cocktail tomatoesbest swap: Cherry tomatoes
- Cocoyam (taro)best swap: Achi or ofor powder
- Collard greensbest swap: Kale (lacinato or curly)
- Cornichonsbest swap: Dill pickles
- Cos lettucebest swap: Romaine lettuce
- Cream cornbest swap: Fresh corn
- Cremini mushroomsbest swap: Button mushrooms
- Crushed tomatoesbest swap: Whole peeled tomatoes, hand-crushed
- Cucumberbest swap: Zucchini
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- Daikon radishbest swap: Regular radishes
- Datterini tomatoesbest swap: Cherry tomatoes, fresh or tinned
- Delicata squashbest swap: Acorn squash
- Diced tomatoesbest swap: Crushed tomatoes
- Dill picklesbest swap: Cornichons or gherkins
- Djon djon mushroomsbest swap: Porcini mushrooms
- Do chuabest swap: Homemade do chua (the actual answer)
- Dried lily flowersbest swap: Extra wood ear mushrooms
- Dried minced onionbest swap: Fresh onions
- Dried mushroomsbest swap: Dried shiitake mushrooms
- Dried porcini mushroomsbest swap: Dried shiitake mushrooms
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- Garden eggs (African eggplant)best swap: Thai eggplants (green golf-ball type)
- Garlicbest swap: Garlic powder
- Gem lettucebest swap: Little gem lettuce
- Grape leavesbest swap: Green cabbage leaves, blanched
- Grape tomatoesbest swap: Cherry tomatoes
- Green beansbest swap: Asparagus
- Green onionsbest swap: Chives
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- Kabocha squashbest swap: Butternut squash
- Kalamata olivesbest swap: Gaeta, Alfonso or generic Greek black olives
- Kalebest swap: Spinach
- Kangkongbest swap: Spinach plus bok choy stems or sliced celery
- King oyster mushroomsbest swap: Portobello mushrooms
- King trumpet mushroomsbest swap: King oyster mushrooms
- Kohlrabibest swap: Turnips
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- Mache lettucebest swap: Lamb's lettuce
- Maitake mushroomsbest swap: Shiitake mushrooms
- Malanga (yautia)best swap: Taro, dasheen or eddoe
- Malunggaybest swap: Watercress
- Mangetoutbest swap: Sugar snap peas
- Manzanilla olivesbest swap: Capers or caper berries
- Mirepoixbest swap: Make it yourself: 2 parts onion, 1 part carrot, 1 part celery
- Mizuna lettucebest swap: Arugula
- Molokhiabest swap: Frozen or dried molokhia
- Monterey mushroomsbest swap: Button mushrooms
- Morel mushroomsbest swap: Porcini mushrooms
- Mushroomsbest swap: Eggplant
- Mustard greensbest swap: Kale
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- Papa secabest swap: Dehydrated or freeze-dried diced potato
- Parsnipbest swap: Carrots
- Pear tomatoesbest swap: Cherry tomatoes
- Pearl onionsbest swap: Shallots
- Peasbest swap: Shelled edamame
- Persian cucumbersbest swap: English or hothouse cucumber
- Persian shallots (mousir)best swap: Fresh shallot plus a little raw garlic
- Pickled beetsbest swap: Quick-pickled fresh beets
- Pimento peppersbest swap: Roasted red peppers
- Pinto beansbest swap: Black beans
- Plantainbest swap: Green (unripe) bananas
- Plum tomatoesbest swap: Cherry tomatoes
- Poblano pepperbest swap: Bell peppers
- Porcini mushroomsbest swap: Shiitake mushrooms
- Portobello mushroomsbest swap: Cremini mushrooms
- Potatobest swap: Sweet potato
- Pumpkin pureebest swap: Sweet potato puree
- Pumpkinsbest swap: Butternut squash
- Puntarellebest swap: Belgian endive
- Purslanebest swap: Watercress
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- Radicchio lettucebest swap: Endive
- Red leaf lettucebest swap: Green leaf lettuce
- Red onionbest swap: Yellow onion
- Regular tomatoesbest swap: Cherry tomatoes
- Rocket lettucebest swap: Arugula
- Roma tomatoesbest swap: Cherry tomatoes
- Romaine lettucebest swap: Iceberg lettuce
- Romano beansbest swap: Regular green beans (string or snap beans)
- Romano peppersbest swap: Bell peppers
- Rutabagabest swap: Turnips
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- Samphirebest swap: Fine green beans or thin asparagus, blanched and salted
- San Marzano tomatoesbest swap: Canned whole peeled plum or Roma tomatoes
- Sauerkrautbest swap: Quick vinegar cabbage
- Savoy cabbagebest swap: Regular green cabbage
- Scallionbest swap: Chives
- Seaweedbest swap: Nori sheets
- Shallotsbest swap: Onions
- Shiitake mushroomsbest swap: Oyster mushrooms
- Shimeji mushroomsbest swap: Oyster mushrooms
- Spinachbest swap: Swiss chard
- Squashbest swap: Pumpkin
- Squash blossomsbest swap: Shishito or Padron peppers
- Stinging nettlebest swap: Spinach + parsley + watercress (3:1:1)
- Straw mushroomsbest swap: Button mushrooms
- Sugar snap peasbest swap: Snow peas (mangetout)
- Sun-dried tomatoesbest swap: Tomato paste
- Swiss brown mushroomsbest swap: Cremini mushrooms
- Swiss chardbest swap: Spinach
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- Taggiasca olivesbest swap: Nicoise olives
- Tamarindbest swap: Lime juice + brown sugar
- Taro rootbest swap: Waxy potato (Yukon Gold or red)
- Thai eggplantbest swap: Indian or baby eggplant, quartered
- Tomatillobest swap: Green tomatoes
- Tomatobest swap: Cherry tomatoes
- Tomato pureebest swap: Tomato paste + water
- Tree ear mushroomsbest swap: Wood ear mushrooms
- Treviso lettucebest swap: Radicchio
- Trumpet mushroomsbest swap: King oyster mushrooms
- Turnipbest swap: Rutabaga
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- Watercressbest swap: Arugula
- Wax beansbest swap: Green beans
- White asparagusbest swap: Jarred or tinned white asparagus
- White mushroomsbest swap: Button mushrooms
- White onionbest swap: Yellow onion
- Wild garlicbest swap: Chives plus a clove of garlic
- Wild mushroomsbest swap: Shiitake mushrooms
- Winter melonbest swap: Chayote squash
- Wood ear mushroomsbest swap: Cloud ear mushrooms
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Spices & herbs
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- Adobo seasoningbest swap: Garlic powder
- Adviehbest swap: Homemade advieh from cupboard spices
- Aji molidobest swap: Sweet paprika
- Ajwainbest swap: Dried thyme
- Aleppo pepperbest swap: Crushed red pepper
- Alicha spice blendbest swap: Homemade alicha blend
- Allspicebest swap: Cinnamon + nutmeg + cloves
- Amchar masalabest swap: Homemade amchar masala blend
- Amchurbest swap: Lemon juice
- Anardanabest swap: Amchur (dried green mango powder)
- Ancho chili powderbest swap: Chipotle powder
- Anisebest swap: Fennel seeds
- Annattobest swap: Turmeric
- Apple pie spicebest swap: Cinnamon + nutmeg + allspice
- Asafetidabest swap: Garlic powder
- Asafoetidabest swap: Garlic powder
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- Baharat spice blendbest swap: Garam masala
- Basilbest swap: Oregano
- Bay leafbest swap: Dried thyme
- Bay leavesbest swap: Thyme
- Berberebest swap: Quick homemade berbere blend
- Besobelabest swap: Dried Thai basil
- Betel leafbest swap: Brined grape leaves, rinsed
- Black cardamombest swap: Green cardamom plus a smoky note
- Black mustard seedsbest swap: Yellow mustard seeds
- Black pepperbest swap: White pepper
- Blackening seasoningbest swap: Cajun seasoning
- Blue fenugreekbest swap: Ground fenugreek seed, halved
- Bouquet garnibest swap: 1 bay leaf plus 1/2 tsp dried thyme
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- Cajun seasoningbest swap: Creole seasoning
- Caraway seedsbest swap: Fennel seeds
- Caraway spicebest swap: Fennel seeds
- Cardamombest swap: Cinnamon + nutmeg
- Cayenne pepperbest swap: Red pepper flakes
- Celery seedbest swap: Celery salt
- Chai spice blendbest swap: Pumpkin pie spice plus cardamom and black pepper
- Chili powderbest swap: Paprika + cumin + garlic + oregano
- Chinchobest swap: Huacatay (black mint) paste or frozen huacatay
- Chinese five spicebest swap: Homemade five spice blend
- Chipotle powderbest swap: Smoked paprika
- Chipotle seasoningbest swap: Smoked paprika + cayenne
- Chivesbest swap: Green onions (scallions)
- Cilantrobest swap: Parsley
- Cilantro rootbest swap: Cilantro stems
- Cinnamonbest swap: Nutmeg
- Cinnamon sticksbest swap: Ground cinnamon
- Cinnamon sugarbest swap: Cinnamon + sugar
- Clovesbest swap: Allspice
- Cocoa nibsbest swap: Chocolate chips
- Cocoa powderbest swap: Melted chocolate
- Coffee extractbest swap: Instant coffee
- Corianderbest swap: Ground cumin + lemon zest
- Coriander seasoningbest swap: Ground coriander
- Creole seasoningbest swap: Cajun seasoning
- Cubeb pepperbest swap: Black pepper with allspice
- Culantro (chadon beni)best swap: Fresh cilantro (coriander leaf)
- Culinary lavenderbest swap: Rosemary, fresh or dried
- Cuminbest swap: Chili powder (US-style blend)
- Cumin powderbest swap: Cumin seeds (ground)
- Cumin seedsbest swap: Ground cumin
- Curing saltbest swap: Regular salt
- Curry leavesbest swap: Bay leaves
- Curry powderbest swap: Garam masala
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- Deggi mirchbest swap: Paprika
- Dillbest swap: Fennel fronds
- Dill seedbest swap: Dill weed
- Dried lemon peelbest swap: Fresh lemon zest
- Dried lime powder (limoo omani)best swap: Whole dried limes, pierced or cracked
- Dried mintbest swap: Fresh mint
- Dried orange peelbest swap: Fresh orange peel, pared in wide strips
- Dried parsleybest swap: Fresh parsley
- Dried rose petalsbest swap: Rose water
- Dried rosemarybest swap: Fresh rosemary
- Dried tangerine peelbest swap: Peel you dry yourself from mandarins or tangerines
- Dry mustardbest swap: Prepared mustard
- Dukkahbest swap: Za'atar
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- Galangalbest swap: Ginger + lime zest
- Garam masalabest swap: Cumin + coriander + cardamom + cinnamon
- Garlic powderbest swap: Fresh garlic
- Garlic saltbest swap: Garlic powder + salt
- Geera (roasted Caribbean cumin)best swap: Freshly dry-toasted and coarsely ground cumin seed
- Ghormeh sabzi herb mix (sabzi ghormeh)best swap: Fresh herbs chopped from scratch
- Gingerbest swap: Ground ginger
- Gochugarubest swap: Red pepper flakes
- Gochugaru flakesbest swap: Red pepper flakes
- Golparbest swap: Ground celery seed
- Grains of paradisebest swap: Black pepper
- Greek oreganobest swap: Regular dried oregano
- Green cardamombest swap: Black cardamom
- Green peppercornsbest swap: Brined capers, drained
- Ground cardamombest swap: Whole cardamom pods
- Ground clovebest swap: Allspice
- Ground corianderbest swap: Coriander seeds
- Ground cuminbest swap: Cumin seeds
- Ground fennelbest swap: Fennel seeds
- Ground gingerbest swap: Fresh ginger
- Ground macebest swap: Nutmeg
- Ground mustard powderbest swap: Prepared mustard
- Guajillo chili powderbest swap: Ancho chili powder
- Gumbo filebest swap: Okra
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- Kaffir lime leavesbest swap: Regular lime leaves
- Kashmiri chili powderbest swap: Paprika + cayenne pepper
- Kencurbest swap: Kencur powder
- Khmeli sunelibest swap: Homemade khmeli suneli blend
- Kokumbest swap: Tamarind paste or soaked tamarind
- Korarimabest swap: Grains of paradise
- Korean chili powderbest swap: Gochugaru
- Koseretbest swap: Mexican oregano
- Kosher saltbest swap: Sea salt
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- Lebkuchen spicebest swap: Homemade Lebkuchengewurz
- Lemon balmbest swap: Lemon verbena
- Lemon emulsionbest swap: Lemon extract
- Lemon myrtlebest swap: Dried lemon verbena
- Lemon verbenabest swap: Dried lemon verbena, including verbena or verveine tea bags
- Lemon zestbest swap: Lemon juice
- Lemongrassbest swap: Lemon zest
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- Maca powderbest swap: Malted milk powder or barley malt powder
- Mace spicebest swap: Nutmeg
- Mahlepbest swap: Almond extract
- Makrut lime zestbest swap: Makrut lime leaves (fresh or frozen)
- Marjorambest swap: Oregano
- Mekeleshabest swap: Garam masala
- Merkenbest swap: Hot smoked paprika with cayenne and coriander
- Mexican oreganobest swap: Regular oregano
- Mint leavesbest swap: Basil
- Mitmitabest swap: Cayenne + cardamom + cloves + salt
- Mixed herbs seasoningbest swap: Italian seasoning
- Mixed spicebest swap: Homemade mixed spice
- Moringa powderbest swap: Crushed dried moringa leaves
- Morton saltbest swap: Sea salt
- Muna (Andean mint)best swap: Dried spearmint plus dried Mexican oregano (2:1)
- Mustard powderbest swap: Prepared mustard
- Mustard seedsbest swap: Mustard powder
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- Palillobest swap: Turmeric, at half strength
- Pandan leavesbest swap: Vanilla extract
- Paprikabest swap: Ancho chile powder
- Parsleybest swap: Cilantro
- Perilla leavesbest swap: Thai basil
- Pickling spicebest swap: Homemade pickling spice
- Pink peppercornsbest swap: Coriander seed, lightly crushed
- Poultry seasoningbest swap: Sage + thyme + marjoram + rosemary
- Pumpkin pie spicebest swap: Cinnamon + nutmeg + ginger + cloves
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- Saffronbest swap: Turmeric
- Sagebest swap: Thyme
- Saigon cinnamonbest swap: Regular ground cinnamon (cassia)
- Saltbest swap: Herbs and spices
- Savorybest swap: Thyme
- Scent leaf (African basil)best swap: Thai basil (horapha)
- Seafood seasoningbest swap: Old Bay
- Seven spicebest swap: Shichimi togarashi
- Shawarma seasoningbest swap: Garam masala
- Smoked paprikabest swap: Regular paprika + liquid smoke
- Sour grape powder (gard-e ghooreh)best swap: Verjuice (ab-ghooreh)
- Southwest spice blendbest swap: Taco seasoning
- Spanish paprikabest swap: Smoked paprika
- Star anisebest swap: Anise seeds
- Stem gingerbest swap: Crystallised or candied ginger (soaked)
- Sumacbest swap: Lemon zest
- Sweet paprikabest swap: Regular paprika
- Szechuan peppercornsbest swap: Black peppercorns + lemon zest
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- Tabilbest swap: Homemade tabil from whole seeds
- Taco seasoningbest swap: Homemade taco seasoning
- Tajinbest swap: Homemade Tajin seasoning
- Tarragonbest swap: Fennel fronds
- Tenaadambest swap: Celery leaf (the pale inner leaves)
- Thai basilbest swap: Regular basil
- Thai chili powderbest swap: Cayenne pepper, toasted in a dry pan
- Thymebest swap: Oregano
- Timizbest swap: Cubeb pepper (tailed pepper)
- Togarashibest swap: Shichimi togarashi
- Tonka beanbest swap: Vanilla extract with a drop of almond extract
- Torch gingerbest swap: Frozen or dried sliced bunga kantan
- Turmericbest swap: Saffron
- Turmeric leafbest swap: Kaffir lime leaves (makrut)
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Meat & protein
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- Baby back ribsbest swap: Pork spare ribs or St. Louis style ribs
- Baconbest swap: Turkey bacon
- Bacon bitsbest swap: Chopped crisp-cooked bacon
- Bavette steakbest swap: Flank steak
- Beefbest swap: Ground turkey
- Beef back ribsbest swap: Beef plate short ribs (the real dinosaur ribs)
- Beef cheeksbest swap: Short ribs
- Beef chuckbest swap: Beef brisket
- Beef heartbest swap: Flank steak
- Beef liverbest swap: Calf's liver (calves liver, veal liver)
- Beef shankbest swap: Oxtail
- Beef short ribsbest swap: Beef chuck roast
- Beef soup bonesbest swap: Cross-cut beef shank (osso buco cut)
- Beef stew meatbest swap: Boneless chuck roast, cut into cubes yourself
- Beef tenderloinbest swap: Ribeye
- Beef tendonbest swap: Oxtail
- Beef tonguebest swap: Beef cheeks
- Beef tripebest swap: Beef tendon
- Bisonbest swap: Lean ground beef, 90/10 or leaner, for ground bison
- Black Forest hambest swap: Speck (speck Alto Adige)
- Blood sausagebest swap: Black pudding, boudin noir, morcilla or kaszanka
- Bone brothbest swap: Chicken stock
- Bottom roundbest swap: Top round or sirloin tip roast
- Boudinbest swap: Dirty rice
- Bratwurstbest swap: Sweet Italian sausage
- Breakfast sausagebest swap: Ground pork plus homemade breakfast seasoning
- Bresaolabest swap: Air-dried beef (Bundnerfleisch, viande des Grisons, dried beef)
- Brisketbest swap: Chuck roast
- Butifarrabest swap: Fresh bratwurst (uncooked)
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- Canadian baconbest swap: Sliced deli ham (boiled or honey ham)
- Canned chickenbest swap: Shredded rotisserie chicken
- Capicolabest swap: Prosciutto
- Caponbest swap: Large roasting chicken, 6 to 7 lb
- Carne secabest swap: Beef chuck plus salt pork or slab bacon
- Cecinabest swap: Bresaola
- Cha luabest swap: Mortadella or bologna
- Char siu porkbest swap: Siu yuk (Chinese roast pork belly)
- Chicharonbest swap: Plain pork rinds or cracklings
- Chickenbest swap: Turkey
- Chicken breastbest swap: Boneless skinless chicken thighs
- Chicken drumsticksbest swap: Bone-in skin-on chicken thighs
- Chicken feetbest swap: Chicken wings
- Chicken gizzardsbest swap: Chicken hearts
- Chicken liversbest swap: Duck or turkey livers
- Chicken skinbest swap: Duck, goose or turkey skin
- Chicken tendersbest swap: Boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into strips
- Chicken thighsbest swap: Chicken drumsticks
- Chicken wingsbest swap: Boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into chunks
- Chinese sausagebest swap: Chorizo
- Chistorrabest swap: Fresh Mexican chorizo
- Chorizo criollobest swap: Fresh bratwurst
- Chuck eye steakbest swap: Flat iron steak (top blade, oyster blade)
- Coppabest swap: Capicola or hot capicola
- Cornish game henbest swap: Small whole chicken, halved or spatchcocked
- Cotechinobest swap: Zampone
- Country-style ribsbest swap: Pork shoulder or pork butt, cut into strips
- Cube steakbest swap: Top or bottom round steak, pounded thin yourself
- Culatellobest swap: Prosciutto di Parma, 24 months or older
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- Filet mignonbest swap: Teres major (petite tender, shoulder tender)
- Finocchionabest swap: Mild dry salami plus toasted fennel seed
- Flank steakbest swap: Skirt steak
- Flankenbest swap: English-cut short ribs
- Flat iron steakbest swap: Skirt steak
- Foie grasbest swap: Chicken liver parfait
- Frog legsbest swap: Chicken wings or drumettes
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- Gammonbest swap: Raw cured ham, smoked picnic ham or smoked pork shoulder
- Gibletsbest swap: Chicken wings or turkey wings, browned and simmered
- Glace de viandebest swap: Store-bought demi-glace, reduced further
- Goat meatbest swap: Bone-in lamb shoulder or lamb neck
- Goosebest swap: Two or three whole ducks
- Gribenesbest swap: Homemade gribenes from chicken skin
- Ground chickenbest swap: Ground turkey
- Ground lambbest swap: Ground beef
- Ground porkbest swap: Ground chicken or ground turkey thigh
- Ground turkeybest swap: Ground chicken
- Ground vealbest swap: Ground pork
- Ground venisonbest swap: Lean ground beef, 90/10
- Guancialebest swap: Pancetta
- Guinea fowlbest swap: Small whole chicken, about 3 lb, or bone-in skin-on chicken legs and thighs
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- Lamb chopsbest swap: Lamb shoulder chops
- Lamb neckbest swap: Bone-in lamb shoulder
- Lamb shankbest swap: Bone-in lamb shoulder chops or lamb shoulder roast
- Lamb shoulderbest swap: Lamb neck or lamb shanks
- Lamb stew meatbest swap: Boneless lamb shoulder, cubed yourself
- Lardobest swap: Prosciutto fat cap
- Lardonsbest swap: Thick-cut bacon, cut into batons
- Leberkaesebest swap: Thick-cut bologna or German Fleischwurst
- Leg of lambbest swap: Boneless lamb shoulder
- Linguicabest swap: Spanish chorizo (the firm cured kind, not fresh Mexican chorizo)
- Liver spreadbest swap: Chicken liver pate
- Liverwurstbest swap: Braunschweiger
- London broilbest swap: Top round roast or top round steak
- Longanizabest swap: Spanish chorizo (dry-cured)
- Longganisabest swap: Ground pork, seasoned as skinless longganisa
- Loukanikobest swap: Sweet Italian sausage plus orange zest
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- Marrow bonesbest swap: Cross-cut beef shank (osso buco cut)
- Merguezbest swap: Ground lamb, seasoned yourself
- Mexican chorizobest swap: Ground pork plus chile, vinegar and garlic
- Morcilla (Spanish blood sausage)best swap: Black pudding (British or Irish)
- Mortadellabest swap: Prosciutto
- Muttonbest swap: Bone-in lamb shoulder or lamb neck
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- Pan drippingsbest swap: Brown some meat on purpose
- Pancettabest swap: Bacon
- Pastirmabest swap: Bresaola
- Pastramibest swap: Corned beef
- Pepperonibest swap: Salame piccante or hot soppressata
- Petite tenderbest swap: Beef tenderloin or filet mignon
- Pheasantbest swap: Bone-in skin-on chicken thighs, or a small whole chicken
- Picanhabest swap: Top sirloin cap or coulotte (fat cap on)
- Pig trotterbest swap: Ham hocks or fresh pork hocks
- Pork bellybest swap: Bacon
- Pork chopsbest swap: Boneless pork loin, cut into chops
- Pork flossbest swap: Chicken floss or fish floss
- Pork loinbest swap: Pork sirloin roast
- Pork rindsbest swap: Almond flour (for breading and binding)
- Pork shoulderbest swap: Pork butt
- Pork tenderloinbest swap: Pork loin, cut into a tenderloin-shaped piece or thick chops
- Porterhouse steakbest swap: T-bone steak
- Presuntobest swap: Jamon serrano
- Prime ribbest swap: Boneless ribeye roast (rib roast, boneless)
- Prosciuttobest swap: Serrano ham
- Prosciutto cottobest swap: Deli boiled ham or cooked ham
- Protein powderbest swap: Ground nuts
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- Salamibest swap: Soppressata
- Salt porkbest swap: Pancetta
- Scrapplebest swap: Livermush or liver pudding
- Seitanbest swap: Vital wheat gluten, made into seitan at home
- Serrano hambest swap: Prosciutto di Parma (or any Italian prosciutto crudo)
- Silversidebest swap: Bottom round or outside round
- Sirloin steakbest swap: Ribeye steak
- Skirt steakbest swap: Flank steak
- Smoked turkeybest swap: Smoked ham hock
- Sobrasadabest swap: Nduja (spreadable Calabrian salami)
- Soppressatabest swap: Genoa or hard salami
- Soy curlsbest swap: Textured vegetable protein (TVP) strips or chunks
- Soybean meatbest swap: Tempeh
- Spambest swap: Ham
- Spanish chorizobest swap: Mexican chorizo
- Spare ribsbest swap: Baby back ribs
- Speckbest swap: Black Forest ham (Schwarzwalder Schinken)
- Squabbest swap: Quail
- Sucukbest swap: Cured Spanish chorizo
- Summer sausagebest swap: Hard salami or Genoa salami
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- Tasso hambest swap: Andouille sausage
- Tempehbest swap: Extra-firm tofu, pressed
- Textured vegetable proteinbest swap: Cooked brown or green lentils
- Tocinobest swap: Home-marinated pork (sweet tocino marinade)
- Tofu puffsbest swap: Aburaage or inari fried tofu sheets
- Top roundbest swap: Bottom round or sirloin tip roast
- Top sirloinbest swap: Sirloin steak
- Tri-tipbest swap: Top sirloin roast
- Turkeybest swap: Chicken
- Turkey baconbest swap: Chicken bacon or beef bacon
- Turkey breastbest swap: Whole roasting chicken
- Turkey neckbest swap: Turkey wings, smoked or fresh
- Turkey sausagebest swap: Pork breakfast sausage or pork Italian sausage, matching the style
- Turkey wingsbest swap: Smoked ham hock or smoked pork neck bones (for seasoning meat)
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- All purpose flourbest swap: Bread flour
- Almond flourbest swap: Coconut flour
- Amaranthbest swap: Teff
- Amaranth flourbest swap: Sorghum flour
- Ambashabest swap: Homemade ambasha
- Arboriobest swap: Carnaroli rice
- Arborio ricebest swap: Carnaroli rice
- Arrowrootbest swap: Cornstarch
- Arrowroot flourbest swap: Cornstarch
- Atta flourbest swap: White whole wheat flour
- Attiekebest swap: Instant or pre-steamed attieke (dried packets)
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- Bagelsbest swap: Pretzel roll or pretzel bun
- Baldo ricebest swap: Arborio rice (rinsed and soaked)
- Bao bunsbest swap: Soft dinner rolls or sweet slider rolls, steamed
- Barbari breadbest swap: Ciabatta
- Barleybest swap: Farro
- Barley flourbest swap: Whole wheat flour
- Basmati ricebest swap: Jasmine rice
- Besan flourbest swap: Chickpea flour
- Bisquickbest swap: Homemade biscuit mix
- Black ricebest swap: Bhutanese red rice or Camargue red rice
- Bomba ricebest swap: Arborio rice
- Breadbest swap: Lettuce wraps
- Bread crumbsbest swap: Panko
- Bread flourbest swap: All-purpose flour + vital wheat gluten
- Brik pastrybest swap: Spring roll wrappers (wheat)
- Broken ricebest swap: Jasmine rice, pulsed to break the grains
- Brown ricebest swap: White rice
- Brown rice flourbest swap: White rice flour
- Buckwheat flourbest swap: Oat flour
- Bulgar wheatbest swap: Quinoa
- Bulgurbest swap: Quinoa
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- Calasparra ricebest swap: Bomba rice
- Calrose ricebest swap: Any medium-grain white rice
- Cancha corn (maiz chulpe)best swap: Corn nuts (toasted corn snack)
- Carnaroli ricebest swap: Arborio rice
- Carolina ricebest swap: Jasmine rice
- Carrageenanbest swap: Agar agar
- Challahbest swap: Brioche
- Corn flakesbest swap: Breadcrumbs
- Corn tortillasbest swap: Flour tortillas
- Cornmealbest swap: Polenta
- Couscousbest swap: Fine bulgur
- Cracked wheatbest swap: Coarse bulgur (grade 3 or 4)
- Crackersbest swap: Breadcrumbs
- Crispbreadbest swap: Rye crackers (Ryvita, Finn Crisp, rye crisp)
- Cuban breadbest swap: French bread
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- Farinabest swap: Fine semolina
- Farofabest swap: Panko or coarse dry breadcrumbs
- Farrobest swap: Barley
- Farro flourbest swap: Spelt flour
- Fermented corn dough (kenkey / banku dough)best swap: Store-bought fermented corn dough (frozen or vacuum-packed)
- Flour tortillasbest swap: Homemade flour tortillas
- Foniobest swap: Couscous
- Freekehbest swap: Bulgur
- French breadbest swap: Baguette
- Fufu flourbest swap: Instant pounded yam flour (poundo yam)
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- Garibest swap: Cassava flour (lafun or akpu flour)
- Gingersnap cookie crumbsbest swap: Graham cracker crumbs
- Glutinous ricebest swap: Rice labelled mochigome, malagkit, sweet rice or gao nep
- Graham crackersbest swap: Digestive biscuits
- Graham flourbest swap: Whole wheat flour
- Gram flourbest swap: Chickpea flour
- Granolabest swap: Rolled oats, toasted in a skillet
- Green banana flourbest swap: Cassava flour
- Gritsbest swap: Coarse polenta or coarse-ground cornmeal
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- Kaiser rollbest swap: Hard roll, Vienna roll or bolillo
- Kamutbest swap: Wheat berries
- Kamut flourbest swap: Spelt flour
- Kaniwabest swap: Quinoa, ideally red or black
- Kashabest swap: Raw buckwheat groats, toasted yourself
- Kishkbest swap: Tarhana (Turkish or Greek fermented soup powder)
- Kochobest swap: Griddled cassava flatbread with yogurt
- Korean rice cakes (tteok)best swap: Potato gnocchi
- Koshihikari ricebest swap: Calrose rice
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- M'hamsabest swap: Pearl couscous (Israeli couscous or ptitim)
- Maftoulbest swap: Pearl couscous (Israeli couscous, ptitim), toasted first
- Maidabest swap: All-purpose flour
- Masabest swap: Cornmeal
- Masa flourbest swap: Cornmeal
- Masa harinabest swap: Cornmeal + lime
- Masarepabest swap: Instant polenta or instant grits
- Matzobest swap: Water crackers, cream crackers or unsalted saltines
- Matzo ball mixbest swap: Matzo meal plus your own seasoning
- Matzo farfelbest swap: Matzo broken up by hand
- Medium-grain ricebest swap: Arborio rice
- Milletbest swap: Quinoa
- Millet flourbest swap: Oat flour
- Moghrabiehbest swap: Pearl couscous (Israeli couscous, ptitim)
- Mueslibest swap: Homemade muesli from rolled oats, dried fruit and nuts
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- Parboiled ricebest swap: Basmati rice
- Pastabest swap: Rice
- Paximadi (barley rusks)best swap: Friselle (Italian twice-baked bread rings)
- Pearl couscousbest swap: Regular couscous
- Pinipigbest swap: Crisped rice cereal (Rice Krispies)
- Pita breadbest swap: Naan
- Pizza doughbest swap: Naan bread
- Pohabest swap: Quick-cooking rolled oats
- Polentabest swap: Coarse yellow cornmeal
- Potato flakesbest swap: Fresh mashed potatoes
- Potato flourbest swap: Potato starch
- Potato starchbest swap: Cornstarch
- Pounded yam flourbest swap: Fresh white yam (puna yam), boiled and pounded
- Pumpernickel breadbest swap: Dark rye bread
- Pumpernickel flourbest swap: Whole rye flour or dark rye flour
- Purple corn (maiz morado)best swap: Purple corn powder or purple corn extract
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- Sagobest swap: Small tapioca pearls (seed tapioca)
- Sago flourbest swap: Tapioca flour or tapioca starch
- Sangak breadbest swap: Whole-wheat pita, split open and blistered
- Semolina flourbest swap: All-purpose flour
- Shirataki ricebest swap: Cauliflower rice
- Short-grain white ricebest swap: Sushi rice or Japanese short-grain rice
- Sorghum flourbest swap: Millet flour
- Sorghum grainbest swap: Wheat berries or kamut
- Soy flourbest swap: Chickpea flour
- Spelt berriesbest swap: Farro (whole or semi-pearled)
- Spelt flourbest swap: Whole wheat flour
- Sushi ricebest swap: Arborio rice
- Sweet potato starchbest swap: Potato starch
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- Taftoon breadbest swap: Pocketless pita or Greek-style pita
- Tapioca pearlsbest swap: Sago pearls
- Tapioca starchbest swap: Cornstarch
- Teffbest swap: Amaranth
- Teff flourbest swap: Quinoa flour
- Toasted rice powderbest swap: Make it from raw sticky rice
- Trahanabest swap: Pearl couscous or fregola sarda, plus yogurt
- Triticalebest swap: Wheat berries plus a little rye
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- Warqa pastrybest swap: Phyllo (filo) pastry
- Wheat berriesbest swap: Farro
- Wheat branbest swap: Oat bran
- Wheat flourbest swap: All-purpose flour
- Wheat germbest swap: Oat bran
- Wheat starchbest swap: Tapioca starch
- White hominybest swap: Corn kernels
- Whole wheat flourbest swap: All-purpose flour
- Wild ricebest swap: Brown rice
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Alcohol & vinegars
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- Aged balsamic vinegar (Tradizionale)best swap: Reduced supermarket balsamic vinegar
- Amarettobest swap: Almond extract + simple syrup
- Amarobest swap: Averna
- Amaro Noninobest swap: Averna
- Amaronebest swap: Valpolicella Ripasso
- Amer Piconbest swap: Campari
- Amontillado sherrybest swap: Dry sherry plus a splash of cream sherry
- Aperolbest swap: Campari
- Apple balsamic vinegarbest swap: Apple cider vinegar plus honey or maple syrup
- Apple cider vinegarbest swap: Distilled white vinegar
- Armagnacbest swap: Cognac
- Avernabest swap: Fernet-Branca
- Averna amarobest swap: Campari
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- Baileysbest swap: Homemade Irish cream
- Balsamic vinegarbest swap: Red wine vinegar + sugar
- Banyuls vinegarbest swap: Sherry vinegar
- Barolobest swap: Langhe Nebbiolo or Nebbiolo d'Alba
- Beaujolaisbest swap: Pinot Noir
- Beerbest swap: Non-alcoholic beer
- Benedictinebest swap: Chartreuse
- Bittersbest swap: Angostura bitters
- Black vinegarbest swap: Balsamic vinegar
- Blanc vermouthbest swap: Dry vermouth
- Blue curaçaobest swap: Triple sec
- Bordeaux winebest swap: Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot blend (a Bordeaux-style red from anywhere)
- Bourbonbest swap: Whiskey (any type)
- Brandybest swap: Cognac
- Brown rice vinegarbest swap: Unseasoned rice vinegar
- Burgundy winebest swap: Pinot Noir
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- Cabernet Sauvignonbest swap: Syrah, Shiraz or Malbec
- Calvadosbest swap: Apple brandy
- Camparibest swap: Aperol
- Cane vinegarbest swap: Unseasoned rice vinegar
- Cavabest swap: Prosecco or any dry sparkling wine
- Chablisbest swap: Pinot Grigio, Muscadet or Picpoul
- Chambordbest swap: Raspberry liqueur
- Champagnebest swap: Cava or Cremant
- Champagne vinegarbest swap: White wine vinegar
- Chartreusebest swap: Green Chartreuse
- Cherry Heeringbest swap: Cherry liqueur
- Cherry liqueurbest swap: Cherry juice
- Chiantibest swap: Any dry Sangiovese
- Chicha de jorabest swap: Dark or amber lager
- Chinese red vinegarbest swap: Unseasoned rice vinegar plus A little sugar
- Chinese vinegarbest swap: Rice vinegar
- Cocchi Americanobest swap: Campari
- Coconut vinegarbest swap: Cane vinegar (sukang maasim, sukang Iloco)
- Coffee liqueurbest swap: Kahlua
- Cognacbest swap: Brandy
- Cointreaubest swap: Triple sec
- Cooking sakebest swap: Dry sherry
- Cooking sherrybest swap: Dry white wine
- Cooking winebest swap: Any drinkable dry wine, plus salt
- Cream sherrybest swap: Port wine
- Creme de cacaobest swap: Chocolate syrup
- Creme de cassisbest swap: Blackcurrant liqueur
- Creme de noyauxbest swap: Amaretto
- Creme de violettebest swap: Creme de yvette
- Creme de yvettebest swap: Creme de violette
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- Madeira winebest swap: Sherry
- Makgeollibest swap: Dry sake or mijiu, with sugar and rice vinegar
- Malbecbest swap: Merlot
- Manzanilla sherrybest swap: Fino sherry
- Maple vinegarbest swap: Apple cider vinegar plus maple syrup
- Maraschino liqueurbest swap: Cherry liqueur
- Marsala winebest swap: Madeira wine
- Mavrodaphnebest swap: Ruby or tawny port
- Meadbest swap: Dry white wine plus honey
- Merlotbest swap: Cabernet sauvignon or a cabernet blend
- Mezcalbest swap: Tequila
- Midoribest swap: Melon syrup
- Moscatel vinegarbest swap: White balsamic vinegar
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- Palm vinegarbest swap: Coconut vinegar
- Peach schnappsbest swap: Peach syrup
- Pedro Ximenez sherrybest swap: Cream sherry
- Persimmon vinegarbest swap: Unseasoned rice vinegar plus A pinch of sugar
- Peychaud's bittersbest swap: Creole-style bitters
- Pimento drambest swap: Allspice liqueur
- Pineapple vinegarbest swap: Apple cider vinegar
- Pinot Noirbest swap: Gamay or Beaujolais
- Plum winebest swap: Mirin plus lemon juice
- Pomegranate vinegarbest swap: Red wine vinegar plus pomegranate molasses
- Port winebest swap: Sherry
- Proseccobest swap: Champagne
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- Raspberry vinegarbest swap: White wine vinegar whisked with raspberry jam
- Red winebest swap: Beef broth
- Red wine vinegarbest swap: White wine vinegar
- Rice vinegarbest swap: White wine vinegar
- Rice winebest swap: Sake
- Rice wine vinegarbest swap: White wine vinegar
- Riojabest swap: Tempranillo from anywhere, or Ribera del Duero
- Rose winebest swap: Dry white wine (Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, unoaked Chardonnay)
- Ruby portbest swap: Tawny port
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- Sakebest swap: Dry white wine
- Sambucabest swap: Anisette
- Sangiovesebest swap: Chianti, Rosso di Montalcino or Morellino di Scansano
- Sauternesbest swap: Tokaji Aszu
- Seasoned rice vinegarbest swap: Unseasoned rice vinegar + sugar + salt
- Shanxi mature vinegarbest swap: Chinkiang (Zhenjiang) black vinegar
- Shaoxing winebest swap: Dry sherry
- Sherry vinegarbest swap: Red wine vinegar
- Shirazbest swap: Malbec
- Slivovitzbest swap: Kirsch
- Sparkling winebest swap: Prosecco, cava or Cremant
- St-Germainbest swap: Elderflower cordial
- Stout beerbest swap: Porter
- Stregabest swap: Yellow Chartreuse
- Sushi vinegarbest swap: Rice vinegar + sugar
- Sweet kosher winebest swap: Concord grape juice plus a splash of vinegar
- Sweet sherrybest swap: Cream sherry
- Sweet vermouthbest swap: Dry vermouth + sugar
- Sweet white winebest swap: Dry white wine plus sugar or honey
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Dairy
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- Acidophilus milkbest swap: Plain milk (whole, reduced-fat or skim)
- All-purpose creambest swap: Media crema or table cream (Nestle Media Crema, Elle et Vire, President table cream)
- Amasibest swap: Plain full-fat yogurt, thinned with milk
- American cheesebest swap: Cheddar cheese
- Ashtabest swap: Homemade cornstarch ashta
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- Blue cheesebest swap: Gorgonzola
- Boursin cheesebest swap: Homemade herbed cream cheese
- Brickbest swap: Muenster
- Brie cheesebest swap: Camembert
- Bulgarian yogurtbest swap: Plain whole-milk yogurt
- Butterbest swap: Stick margarine
- Buttermilkbest swap: Milk + lemon juice or vinegar
- Buttermilk powderbest swap: Liquid buttermilk, with the water removed
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- Cheddar cheesebest swap: Colby cheese
- Cheesebest swap: Nutritional yeast
- Chihuahua cheesebest swap: Monterey Jack
- Clabbered milkbest swap: Cultured buttermilk
- Clotted creambest swap: Mascarpone cheese
- Coffee creamerbest swap: Milk
- Colby Jackbest swap: Cheddar
- Compound butterbest swap: Make it yourself in five minutes
- Comté cheesebest swap: Gruyère
- Condensed milkbest swap: Evaporated milk + sugar
- Cotija cheesebest swap: Feta cheese
- Cottage cheesebest swap: Ricotta cheese
- Cream cheesebest swap: Mascarpone
- Cream cheese frostingbest swap: Buttercream frosting
- Crema agriabest swap: Full-fat sour cream with salt and lime
- Creme anglaisebest swap: Melted good-quality vanilla ice cream
- Créme fraîchebest swap: Sour cream + heavy cream
- Crescenzabest swap: Cream cheese
- Cultured butterbest swap: Regular unsalted butter
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- Kashkbest swap: Sour cream plus feta brine and salt
- Kaymakbest swap: Clotted cream, salted
- Kefalogravierabest swap: Aged Pecorino Romano
- Kefalotyribest swap: Pecorino Romano
- Kefirbest swap: Buttermilk
- Kefir grainsbest swap: Powdered or freeze-dried kefir starter culture
- Khoyabest swap: Full-fat milk powder with milk and ghee
- Kumisbest swap: Milk kefir
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- Mahónbest swap: Aged Manchego
- Malaibest swap: Heavy cream or double cream
- Malted milk powderbest swap: Dry milk powder plus barley malt syrup
- Manchego cheesebest swap: Pecorino Romano
- Manouribest swap: Ricotta
- Margarinebest swap: Butter
- Mascarpone cheesebest swap: Cream cheese
- Matsonibest swap: Plain whole-milk yogurt
- Media cremabest swap: Half-and-half
- Mexican cremabest swap: Sour cream
- Milkbest swap: Soy milk (unsweetened)
- Milnotbest swap: Evaporated milk
- Mimolettebest swap: Aged Gouda
- Mizithrabest swap: Ricotta
- Monterey Jack cheesebest swap: Colby cheese
- Mozzarella cheesebest swap: Provolone
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- Raclette cheesebest swap: Gruyere
- Reblochonbest swap: Brie
- Red Leicesterbest swap: Aged Cheddar
- Rennetbest swap: Lemon juice
- Requeijaobest swap: Cream cheese loosened with heavy cream
- Requesonbest swap: Whole-milk ricotta
- Ricotta cheesebest swap: Cottage cheese
- Robiolabest swap: Brie
- Ryazhenkabest swap: Plain kefir
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- Scamorzabest swap: Mozzarella
- Shrikhandbest swap: Greek yogurt beaten with powdered sugar, cardamom and saffron
- Single creambest swap: Half-and-half, or American light cream
- Skim milkbest swap: 1% milk
- Skyrbest swap: Greek yogurt
- Smenbest swap: Ghee plus aged cheese
- Smetanabest swap: Creme fraiche
- Sour creambest swap: Plain Greek yogurt (full-fat)
- Sour cream powderbest swap: Buttermilk powder
- Sour milkbest swap: Milk plus lemon juice or white vinegar
- Stracchinobest swap: Cream cheese
- Strained yogurtbest swap: Plain yogurt you strain yourself (hung curd)
- Suzmabest swap: Full-fat plain Greek yogurt
- Sweetened condensed milkbest swap: Evaporated milk + sugar
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Seafood
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- Bangus (milkfish)best swap: Rainbow trout
- Barramundibest swap: Sea bass
- Basabest swap: Swai or pangasius
- Belacanbest swap: Indonesian terasi
- Black codbest swap: Chilean sea bass (Patagonian toothfish)
- Bonito flakesbest swap: Instant dashi powder (hondashi or dashi granules)
- Boqueronesbest swap: Pickled herring, drained and sliced
- Bottargabest swap: Anchovy plus grated pecorino romano
- Branzinobest swap: Whole dorade or sea bream (orata)
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- Calamaribest swap: Small shrimp, or larger shrimp halved lengthwise
- Canned sardinesbest swap: Canned mackerel
- Catfishbest swap: Tilapia fillets
- Chilean sea bassbest swap: Cod
- Clam juicebest swap: Fish stock
- Clamsbest swap: Mussels
- Cobiabest swap: Swordfish
- Cod fishbest swap: Haddock
- Cod roebest swap: Jarred tarama or salted cod roe
- Conchbest swap: Whelk (sea snail)
- Corvinabest swap: Halibut
- Crab meatbest swap: Cooked shrimp, chopped
- Crab stockbest swap: Shrimp stock
- Crawfishbest swap: Small shrimp, peeled (51/70 or 71/90 count)
- Crayfish powderbest swap: Ground dried shrimp
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- Paichebest swap: Halibut
- Perchbest swap: Walleye
- Periwinkles (isam)best swap: Cockles (fresh, frozen or canned)
- Pickled herringbest swap: Jarred pickled mackerel or sprats
- Pikebest swap: Walleye or pikeperch (sander)
- Plaicebest swap: Flounder
- Pollockbest swap: Cod
- Pompanobest swap: Amberjack, trevally or permit (the jack family)
- Porgybest swap: Sea bream, dorade or orata
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- Salmonbest swap: Trout
- Salmon roebest swap: Trout roe
- Salt codbest swap: Fresh cod home-salted for 24 to 48 hours
- Salted fishbest swap: Dried anchovies (ikan bilis)
- Salted shrimp (saeujeot)best swap: Fish sauce (or Korean anchovy sauce, myeolchi-jeot)
- Scallopsbest swap: Shrimp
- Sea bassbest swap: Cod
- Sea breambest swap: Porgy or scup
- Seafood stockbest swap: Fish stock
- Shrimpbest swap: Crab
- Shrimp chipsbest swap: Puffed rice paper
- Shrimp pastebest swap: Fish sauce
- Skatebest swap: Sea scallops
- Smoked dried fishbest swap: Hot-smoked mackerel fillets
- Smoked haddockbest swap: Smoked cod or smoked pollock
- Smoked herringbest swap: Kippers
- Smoked mackerelbest swap: Hot-smoked trout
- Smoked oystersbest swap: Tinned smoked mussels
- Smoked troutbest swap: Hot-smoked salmon
- Smoked whitefishbest swap: Hot-smoked trout
- Sockeye salmonbest swap: Coho (silver) salmon
- Solebest swap: Flounder
- Solomon gundybest swap: Homemade smoked mackerel or smoked herring pate
- Spratsbest swap: Tinned sardines in oil
- Squid inkbest swap: Anchovy paste or fish sauce plus a colouring agent
- Steelhead troutbest swap: Farmed Atlantic salmon
- Stockfishbest swap: Salt cod (bacalao, Bacalhau), well soaked
- Striped bassbest swap: Hybrid striped bass
- Swaibest swap: Tilapia
- Swordfishbest swap: Tuna steaks (ahi or yellowfin)
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Fruits
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- Bananabest swap: Applesauce
- Baobab powderbest swap: Amchur (dried green mango powder)
- Barberriesbest swap: Dried cranberries, rinsed, chopped and acidulated
- Bergamotbest swap: Earl Grey tea (loose leaf or a torn tea bag)
- Berriesbest swap: Cherries
- Blackcurrantbest swap: Blackberries with lemon juice
- Blood orangebest swap: Orange juice plus cranberry or pomegranate juice plus a little lemon
- Blueberriesbest swap: Blackberries
- Bramley applesbest swap: Granny Smith
- Buddha's handbest swap: Lemon zest
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- Calamansibest swap: Lime
- Camu camu powderbest swap: Acerola cherry powder
- Candied citronbest swap: Candied orange peel
- Cherimoyabest swap: Very ripe banana plus pineapple
- Citrusbest swap: White wine vinegar
- Citrus zestbest swap: A different citrus fruit's zest
- Clementinebest swap: Mandarins, satsumas or tangerines
- Currantsbest swap: Raisins
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- Dragon fruitbest swap: Frozen strawberries plus a few blueberries or raspberries (for smoothies and bowls)
- Dried applesbest swap: Dried pears
- Dried apricotsbest swap: Dried peaches or dried nectarines
- Dried blueberriesbest swap: Dried cranberries
- Dried cherriesbest swap: Dried cranberries
- Dried cranberriesbest swap: Raisins
- Dried mangobest swap: Dried apricots
- Dried mulberriesbest swap: Chopped dried figs (Turkish or Smyrna white figs)
- Dried persimmonbest swap: Dried figs (Turkish or Mission)
- Dried sour plums (aloo bukhara)best swap: Prunes plus lemon juice or verjuice
- Durianbest swap: Frozen durian pulp or frozen whole durian
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- Glace cherriesbest swap: Dried sour cherries or dried cranberries
- Goji berriesbest swap: Dried cranberries
- Goldenberries (aguaymanto)best swap: Dried cranberries
- Gooseberrybest swap: Frozen gooseberries
- Granadillabest swap: Passion fruit plus sugar
- Grapefruit juicebest swap: Orange juice + lemon
- Grapefruit zestbest swap: Orange zest plus lime zest
- Grapesbest swap: Berries
- Green mangobest swap: Green (unripe) papaya, shredded, plus extra lime
- Green papayabest swap: Kohlrabi, peeled and coarsely grated
- Guavabest swap: Frozen guava pulp or bottled guava nectar
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- Lavashak (Persian fruit leather)best swap: Armenian sour plum leather (t'tu lavash)
- Lemonbest swap: Lime
- Lemon juicebest swap: Lime juice
- Lime zestbest swap: Lemon zest
- Longanbest swap: Lychee, fresh or canned
- Loquatbest swap: Fresh apricots
- Lucuma powderbest swap: Maple sugar (granulated)
- Lycheebest swap: Canned lychee in syrup
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- Macapunobest swap: Jarred young coconut (buko) strips in syrup
- Mamey sapotebest swap: Frozen mamey pulp
- Mandarin orangesbest swap: Fresh clementine, satsuma or tangerine segments
- Mangobest swap: Peaches
- Mangosteenbest swap: Canned mangosteen in syrup
- Maraschino cherriesbest swap: Glace cherries, also sold as candied cherries
- Melonsbest swap: Peaches
- Meyer lemonbest swap: Regular lemon juice plus orange juice (the standard formula)
- Mixed peelbest swap: Candied orange peel, or half candied orange and half candied lemon
- Mulberrybest swap: Blackberries
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- Papayabest swap: Mango
- Passion fruitbest swap: Frozen passion fruit pulp or puree
- Peachesbest swap: Nectarines
- Pearsbest swap: Apples
- Persian limebest swap: Lemon juice
- Persimmonbest swap: Canned pumpkin puree (for Hachiya pulp)
- Pineapplebest swap: Mango
- Pomegranatebest swap: Cranberries
- Pomegranate seeds (arils)best swap: Frozen pomegranate arils
- Pomelobest swap: Oro blanco or Melogold grapefruit
- Prickly pearbest swap: Watermelon
- Prunesbest swap: Dates
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- Sea buckthornbest swap: Passion fruit pulp + lemon juice
- Sour cherriesbest swap: Jarred or canned sour cherries
- Sour green plums (gojeh sabz)best swap: Hard underripe plums plus lime juice
- Sour orange (naranja agria)best swap: Orange juice plus lime juice (the standard formula)
- Soursop (guanabana)best swap: Frozen soursop or guanabana pulp
- Starfruitbest swap: Crisp underripe pear or Asian pear with lime
- Strawberriesbest swap: Raspberries
- Sudachibest swap: Yuzu juice
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Sweeteners
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- Cacaobest swap: Cocoa powder
- Cacao butterbest swap: Coconut oil
- Cacao powderbest swap: Cocoa powder
- Cane sugarbest swap: Granulated sugar
- Cane syrupbest swap: Molasses
- Carob molassesbest swap: Date syrup (silan)
- Caster sugarbest swap: Granulated sugar (ground)
- Chocolatebest swap: Cocoa powder
- Cinnamon syrupbest swap: Simple syrup steeped with cinnamon sticks
- Coconut jam (coco jam)best swap: Homemade coconut jam from canned coconut milk
- Coconut sugarbest swap: Brown sugar
- Confectioners sugarbest swap: Homemade powdered sugar
- Corn syrupbest swap: Honey
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- Dark brown sugarbest swap: Light brown sugar + molasses
- Dark corn syrupbest swap: Light corn syrup + molasses
- Dark molassesbest swap: Light molasses
- Date pastebest swap: Honey
- Date sugarbest swap: Coconut sugar
- Date syrupbest swap: Honey
- Demerara sugarbest swap: Turbinado sugar (Sugar in the Raw)
- Demerara syrupbest swap: Rich (2:1) simple syrup
- Dextrosebest swap: Granulated sugar
- Dulce de lechebest swap: Homemade from sweetened condensed milk (oven method)
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- Malt syrupbest swap: Molasses
- Maltitolbest swap: Allulose
- Maltose syrupbest swap: Corn syrup
- Maple sugarbest swap: Brown sugar
- Maple syrupbest swap: Homemade maple-style syrup
- Marshmallow fluffbest swap: Melted marshmallows
- Medjool datesbest swap: Regular dates
- Mini marshmallowsbest swap: Large marshmallows, cut or melted
- Molassesbest swap: Dark brown sugar + water
- Monk fruitbest swap: Stevia
- Monk fruit sweetenerbest swap: Stevia
- Mulberry molassesbest swap: Mild honey (acacia, clover or orange blossom)
- Muscovado sugarbest swap: Dark brown sugar
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- Palm sugarbest swap: Brown sugar
- Passion fruit syrupbest swap: Passion fruit pulp or puree plus sugar
- Pearl sugarbest swap: Crushed sugar cubes
- Pekmezbest swap: Date syrup (silan)
- Persian rock candy (nabat)best swap: Granulated white sugar
- Petimezi (grape molasses)best swap: Date syrup (date molasses, silan)
- Piloncillobest swap: Brown sugar
- Pine honeybest swap: Buckwheat honey
- Pomegranate syrupbest swap: Grenadine
- Powdered sugarbest swap: Granulated sugar + cornstarch
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- Sanding sugarbest swap: Turbinado or raw sugar
- Simple syrupbest swap: Honey
- Sorbitolbest swap: Allulose
- Sorghum syrupbest swap: Molasses
- Splendabest swap: Stevia
- Stevia glyceritebest swap: Stevia powder
- Sucanatbest swap: Brown sugar
- Sugarbest swap: Honey
- Sugar cubebest swap: Granulated white sugar
- Sugar syrupbest swap: Honey
- Superfine sugarbest swap: Regular granulated sugar
- Sweet corn extractbest swap: Corn syrup
- Syrupbest swap: Honey
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Baking
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- Baker's ammoniabest swap: Baking powder
- Baking chocolatebest swap: Cocoa powder plus fat (for unsweetened baking chocolate)
- Baking powderbest swap: Baking soda + vinegar or lemon juice
- Baking sodabest swap: Baking powder
- Bamboo fiberbest swap: Oat fiber
- Black cocoa powderbest swap: Dutch-process cocoa powder plus espresso powder
- Bread yeastbest swap: Instant yeast
- Brownie mixbest swap: From-scratch dry brownie mix
- Buttercreambest swap: Whipped chocolate ganache
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- Cacao pastebest swap: Unsweetened baking chocolate (100 percent bars)
- Cake enhancerbest swap: Leave it out entirely
- Cake flourbest swap: All-purpose flour + cornstarch
- Cake mixbest swap: From-scratch dry mix (yellow or white cake)
- Candy meltsbest swap: Almond bark, confectionery coating or melting wafers
- Carbquikbest swap: Homemade carbalose bake mix
- Carob chipsbest swap: Semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips
- Carob powderbest swap: Unsweetened cocoa powder
- Casein protein powderbest swap: Milk protein isolate or a casein-whey blend
- Cheeseclothbest swap: Muslin cloth
- Chestnut flourbest swap: Almond flour plus a little honey
- Chestnut pureebest swap: Homemade puree from cooked chestnuts
- Chocolate cake mixbest swap: From-scratch dry mix equivalent
- Chocolate chipsbest swap: Chopped chocolate
- Chocolate chunksbest swap: A chopped chocolate bar
- Chocolate cookie crumbsbest swap: Graham cracker crumbs plus cocoa
- Chocolate frostingbest swap: Cocoa buttercream from cocoa, butter and confectioners' sugar
- Chocolate ganachebest swap: Chocolate chips melted with evaporated milk or whole milk
- Chocolate graham crackersbest swap: Plain graham crackers plus cocoa powder
- Chocolate pudding mixbest swap: Instant vanilla pudding mix plus cocoa powder
- Chocolate sprinklesbest swap: Grated or shaved dark chocolate
- Chocolate wafer cookiesbest swap: Chocolate sandwich cookies, filling scraped off
- Coconut flourbest swap: Almond flour
- Corn flourbest swap: Cornmeal
- Cornstarchbest swap: All-purpose flour
- Couverture chocolatebest swap: Good-quality baking bar plus added cocoa butter
- Cream of tartarbest swap: Lemon juice
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- Dark chocolatebest swap: Semisweet or bittersweet chocolate
- Devil's food cake mixbest swap: Chocolate cake mix plus extra cocoa
- Diastatic malt powderbest swap: Nothing at all, plus a longer ferment
- Digestive biscuitsbest swap: Graham crackers
- Drageesbest swap: Nonpareils
- Dutch-process cocoa powderbest swap: Natural unsweetened cocoa powder plus a pinch of baking soda
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- Malt extractbest swap: Barley malt syrup, malt syrup or non-diastatic malt powder
- Maltodextrinbest swap: Cornstarch
- Marzipanbest swap: Homemade marzipan from almond flour and powdered sugar
- Matzo cake mealbest swap: Matzo meal, reground and sifted
- Meringue powderbest swap: Fresh egg whites
- Mexican chocolatebest swap: Semisweet or dark chocolate plus sugar and cinnamon
- Milk chocolatebest swap: Semisweet chocolate plus sugar plus dry milk powder
- Modeling chocolatebest swap: Homemade modeling chocolate from chocolate and corn syrup
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- Parchment paperbest swap: Silicone baking mat
- Pastry creambest swap: Instant vanilla pudding, made thick
- Pastry flourbest swap: All-purpose + cake flour mix
- Phyllo doughbest swap: Yufka or bourek sheets
- Piping gelbest swap: Homemade cornstarch and corn syrup gel
- Poppy seed fillingbest swap: Home-ground poppy seed filling
- Puff pastrybest swap: Rough puff pastry (homemade)
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- Self-rising flourbest swap: All-purpose flour + baking powder + salt
- Semisweet chocolatebest swap: Semisweet or dark chocolate chips
- Shortcrust pastrybest swap: Homemade shortcrust pastry
- Shorteningbest swap: Butter
- Sourdough discardbest swap: Equal weights flour and water plus an acid
- Soy lecithinbest swap: Sunflower lecithin
- Sprinklesbest swap: Colored sanding sugar or coarse sugar
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Pasta & noodles
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- Campanellebest swap: Radiatore
- Cannellonibest swap: Lasagne sheets, rolled
- Casareccebest swap: Gemelli
- Cavatappibest swap: Fusilli
- Cavatellibest swap: Orecchiette
- Cheung funbest swap: Fresh wide rice noodles, briefly steamed
- Chinese egg noodlesbest swap: Plain instant ramen noodle bricks
- Chow mein noodlesbest swap: Fresh Hong Kong pan-fry noodles or lo mein noodles
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- Mafaldinebest swap: Curly-edged lasagna sheets, cut into strips
- Malloreddusbest swap: Cavatelli
- Manicottibest swap: Cannelloni tubes
- Medium pasta shellsbest swap: Elbow macaroni
- Mee pokbest swap: Fresh flat wonton noodles or Hong Kong flat egg noodles
- Miswa noodlesbest swap: Japanese somen noodles
- Mostacciolibest swap: Penne lisce (smooth penne)
- Mung bean sheetsbest swap: Mung bean glass noodles (cellophane noodles)
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- Paccheribest swap: Rigatoni
- Pad Thai noodlesbest swap: Any other width of dried rice stick
- Pancit Canton noodlesbest swap: Dried lo mein or Hong Kong egg noodles
- Pappardellebest swap: Tagliatelle or fettuccine
- Pastinabest swap: Acini di pepe
- Pennebest swap: Rigatoni
- Pizzoccheribest swap: Homemade buckwheat pasta
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- Radiatoribest swap: Fusilli or rotini
- Ramen noodlesbest swap: Plain instant noodle bricks, sachets discarded
- Raviolibest swap: Tortellini or tortelloni
- Reshteh (Persian noodles)best swap: Linguine or fettuccine, broken short
- Rice sticksbest swap: A different width of rice stick
- Rigatonibest swap: Penne rigate
- Rotinibest swap: Fusilli
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- Samosa wrappersbest swap: Spring roll or lumpia wrappers
- Shanghai noodlesbest swap: Fresh or frozen udon
- Shirataki noodlesbest swap: Hearts of palm noodles
- Shumai wrappersbest swap: Square wonton wrappers, trimmed round
- Soba noodlesbest swap: Whole wheat spaghetti or spaghettini
- Somen noodlesbest swap: Capellini or angel hair pasta
- Soy paperbest swap: Nori sheets
- Spaetzlebest swap: Wide or extra-wide egg noodles
- Stellinebest swap: Acini de pepe
- Strozzapretibest swap: Casarecce
- Sweet potato noodlesbest swap: Mung bean glass noodles (bean thread, cellophane noodles)
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Seasonings
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- BBQ dry rubbest swap: Homemade all-purpose BBQ rub
- Beef basebest swap: Beef bouillon cubes
- Beef bouillonbest swap: Beef stock
- Beef bouillon basebest swap: Beef stock
- Beef bouillon concentratebest swap: Beef stock
- Beef bouillon cubebest swap: Beef stock
- Beef bouillon granulesbest swap: Beef stock
- Beef bouillon liquidbest swap: Beef stock
- Beef bouillon mixbest swap: Beef stock
- Beef bouillon pastebest swap: Beef stock
- Beef bouillon powderbest swap: Beef stock
- Beef bouillon saltbest swap: Beef stock
- Beef bouillon seasoningbest swap: Beef stock
- Bentonite claybest swap: Activated charcoal
- Better Than Bouillonbest swap: Bouillon cubes or granules
- Bijolbest swap: Ground annatto + a pinch of cumin
- Biryani masalabest swap: Garam masala plus fennel, mace and star anise
- Boric acidbest swap: Baking soda
- Butter flavoringbest swap: Real butter
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- Caldo de pollobest swap: Chicken bouillon powder plus aromatics and turmeric
- Celery saltbest swap: Salt + celery seeds
- Chaat masalabest swap: Amchur plus black salt plus cumin
- Char siu seasoningbest swap: Homemade wet char siu marinade (hoisin, soy, honey, Shaoxing, five spice)
- Chicken basebest swap: Chicken bouillon cubes or granules
- Chicken bouillon cubesbest swap: Chicken stock
- Cluster hopsbest swap: Cascade hops
- Coarse saltbest swap: Kosher salt
- Collagen powderbest swap: Gelatin
- Crab boil seasoningbest swap: Homemade whole-spice boil blend
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- Gomasiobest swap: Homemade gomasio (toasted sesame seeds ground with sea salt)
- Granulated onionbest swap: Onion powder
- Greek seasoningbest swap: Homemade Greek seasoning blend
- Green seasoningbest swap: Homemade green seasoning (blender formula)
- Gyro seasoningbest swap: Homemade gyro seasoning (oregano, garlic, marjoram, rosemary)
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- Madras curry powderbest swap: Standard curry powder plus cayenne
- Magic Sarapbest swap: Chicken bouillon powder plus MSG
- Montreal steak seasoningbest swap: Homemade Montreal blend
- MSGbest swap: Soy sauce
- Mulling spicesbest swap: Whole spices from your cupboard (the DIY blend)
- Mushroom seasoning powderbest swap: Homemade dried mushroom powder plus salt
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- Panch phoronbest swap: Equal parts of the five whole seeds
- Pav bhaji masalabest swap: Garam masala plus amchur and Kashmiri chilli powder
- Peri peri seasoningbest swap: Homemade peri peri rub (paprika, cayenne, garlic, oregano, lemon zest)
- Pho spice blendbest swap: Mix it yourself from whole spices
- Phosphatebest swap: Baking powder
- Pilau masalabest swap: Garam masala plus extra ground cumin
- Porcini powderbest swap: Dried porcini, ground yourself
- Potassium chloridebest swap: Sea salt
- Pretzel saltbest swap: Coarse sea salt (gros sel or coarse Atlantic salt)
- Psyllium husk powderbest swap: Xanthan gum
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- Sambar powderbest swap: Homemade sambar powder from ground spices
- Sazonbest swap: Homemade sazon blend
- Seasoned saltbest swap: Homemade blend: salt, garlic, onion, paprika and sugar
- Shio kojibest swap: White miso thinned with water
- Shrimp stockbest swap: Fish stock
- Sinigang mixbest swap: Tamarind concentrate or paste plus salt, fish sauce and sugar
- Soda ashbest swap: Baking soda
- Speculaas spicebest swap: Homemade speculaaskruiden
- Sriracha powderbest swap: Chilli powder, garlic powder, sugar, salt and citric acid
- Stock cubebest swap: Stock paste, stock pot or bouillon base
- Suya spice (yaji)best swap: Homemade yaji blend
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- Cabrales cheesebest swap: Gorgonzola piccante (the aged, firm kind, not dolce)
- Caciocavallobest swap: Provolone (dolce for young, piccante for aged)
- Camembertbest swap: Brie
- Cantal cheesebest swap: Mild or medium young cheddar
- Cheese crispsbest swap: Homemade parmesan crisps
- Cojitabest swap: Feta cheese
- Cokelekbest swap: Dry-curd cottage cheese or farmer cheese
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- Sao Jorge cheesebest swap: Aged Gouda (two years or more)
- Serra da Estrela cheesebest swap: Torta del Casar or Queso de la Serena
- Shanklishbest swap: Feta mashed with olive oil and rolled in za'atar
- Sirene cheesebest swap: Greek feta
- Smoked mozzarellabest swap: Regular mozzarella
- Stiltonbest swap: Gorgonzola
- Stracciatella cheesebest swap: Burrata, torn open
- Sulguni cheesebest swap: Low-moisture mozzarella plus feta
- Swiss cheesebest swap: Gruyère
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Oils & fats
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- Canola oilbest swap: Vegetable oil
- Caul fatbest swap: Thin sheets of bacon or pancetta
- Chili crisp oilbest swap: Sriracha
- Chili oilbest swap: Homemade chili oil (neutral oil plus red pepper flakes)
- Clarified butterbest swap: Ghee
- Cocoa butterbest swap: Coconut oil
- Coconut oilbest swap: Butter
- Cooking spraybest swap: Any oil, wiped on with a paper towel
- Corn oilbest swap: Canola oil
- Cottonseed oilbest swap: Peanut oil
- Criscobest swap: Butter
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- Sacha inchi oilbest swap: Flaxseed oil (linseed oil)
- Safflower oilbest swap: Canola oil
- Schmaltzbest swap: Duck fat
- Sesame oilbest swap: Toasted sesame oil
- Shea butter (cooking grade)best swap: Refined coconut oil
- Soybean oilbest swap: Canola oil
- Suetbest swap: Vegetable shortening
- Sunflower oilbest swap: Canola oil
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Beverages
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- Cascarabest swap: Rosehip tea
- Chai concentratebest swap: Homemade chai concentrate from whole spices
- Chamomile teabest swap: Dried linden flower (lime blossom, tilleul)
- Chicory rootbest swap: Roasted dandelion root
- Chocolate milkbest swap: Milk plus chocolate syrup
- Clamatobest swap: Tomato juice plus bottled clam juice
- Club sodabest swap: Sparkling water
- Coconut waterbest swap: Water plus a pinch of salt and sugar
- Coffeebest swap: Decaf coffee
- Cold brew concentratebest swap: Espresso, cooled
- Concord grape juicebest swap: Any dark purple or red grape juice
- Cranberry juicebest swap: Pomegranate juice
- Cream of coconutbest swap: Coconut cream plus sugar
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- Genmaichabest swap: Green tea plus your own toasted rice
- Ginger alebest swap: Lemon-lime soda (Sprite, 7UP, Sierra Mist)
- Ginger juicebest swap: Fresh ginger
- Grapefruit sodabest swap: Fresh grapefruit juice, simple syrup and club soda
- Greek coffeebest swap: Turkish coffee
- Green teabest swap: White tea
- Guarana powderbest swap: Instant espresso powder or instant coffee
- Gunpowder green teabest swap: Chun mee or other loose-leaf Chinese green tea
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Liquor
61 cardsOpen this drawerA
- Absinthebest swap: Pastis (Pernod or Ricard)
- Advocaatbest swap: Irish cream (Baileys or similar)
- Ancho Reyesbest swap: Mezcal or tequila plus ancho chile powder and syrup
- Applejackbest swap: Calvados
- Apricot brandybest swap: Apricot preserves thinned with brandy
- Aquavitbest swap: Vodka with caraway seeds
- Arakbest swap: Raki
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- Cachacabest swap: Rum
- Cherry brandybest swap: Cherry Heering
- Chocolate liqueurbest swap: Creme de cacao (dark or white)
- Coconut rumbest swap: White rum plus cream of coconut
- Creme de bananebest swap: Banana extract plus simple syrup and white rum
- Creme de menthebest swap: Simple syrup plus peppermint extract
- Cynarbest swap: Averna
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- Scotch whiskybest swap: Irish whiskey
- Sloe ginbest swap: Gin plus plum or damson jam
- Sojubest swap: Dry sake
- Sotolbest swap: Young espadin mezcal
- Southern Comfortbest swap: Bourbon plus peach schnapps
- Spiced rumbest swap: Dark or gold rum plus vanilla and baking spice
- Suzebest swap: Other gentian liqueurs
- Swedish punschbest swap: Kronan Swedish punsch
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Peppers
45 cardsOpen this drawer Drawers- Aji charapitabest swap: Habanero, finely chopped
- Aji dulcebest swap: Cubanelle pepper + a sliver of habanero or Scotch bonnet
- Aji limobest swap: Habanero (orange or red)
- Aji mirasolbest swap: Aji amarillo paste (jarred)
- Aji pancabest swap: Dried ancho chile
- Aleppo pepper pastebest swap: Turkish sweet red pepper paste (biber salcasi, tatli)
- Anaheim pepperbest swap: Poblano peppers
- Ancho chilesbest swap: Poblano peppers
- Ancho peppersbest swap: Chipotle peppers
- Arbol chilesbest swap: Cayenne pepper
- Biquinho pepperbest swap: Peppadew peppers (pickled, drained)
- Bird's eye chilibest swap: Serrano peppers
- Calabrian chilesbest swap: Red pepper flakes
- Calabrian peppersbest swap: Red pepper flakes
- Cameroon pepperbest swap: Cayenne plus smoked paprika
- Capsicumbest swap: Bell peppers
- Chile pasillabest swap: Ancho chiles
- Chilli pepperbest swap: Jalapeño
- Chipotle pepperbest swap: Smoked paprika + cayenne
- Choricero pepperbest swap: Guajillo chiles
- Cili bohbest swap: Homemade cili boh from dried chillies
- Cubanelle pepperbest swap: Banana peppers
- Fresh red chili pepperbest swap: Jalapeño peppers
- Fresno chili pepperbest swap: Jalapeño peppers
- Fresno peppersbest swap: Jalapeños
- Green chili pepperbest swap: Jalapeño
- Guajillo chilebest swap: Ancho chile
- Guindilla peppersbest swap: Pepperoncini (pickled Tuscan peppers)
- Habanero pepperbest swap: Scotch bonnet pepper
- Hatch chilesbest swap: Poblano peppers
- Holland pepperbest swap: Bell peppers
- Jalapeño pepperbest swap: Serrano peppers
- Malagueta pepperbest swap: Thai bird chiles (prik kee noo)
- Maras pepperbest swap: Aleppo pepper (pul biber)
- Morita chilibest swap: Chipotle peppers
- Nora peppersbest swap: Guajillo chiles
- Padron peppersbest swap: Shishito peppers
- Piquillo peppersbest swap: Roasted red peppers
- Pul biberbest swap: Aleppo pepper
- Rocoto pepperbest swap: Manzano pepper
- Scotch bonnet peppersbest swap: Habanero peppers
- Serrano peppersbest swap: Jalapeños
- Tatashe (long red sweet pepper)best swap: Red bell pepper
- Thai chiliesbest swap: Bird's eye chilies
- Urfa biberbest swap: Ancho chile powder plus cayenne
Nuts & seeds
43 cardsOpen this drawer Drawers- Acorn flourbest swap: Chestnut flour
- Almond butterbest swap: Peanut butter
- Almondsbest swap: Walnuts
- Amloubest swap: Almond butter, honey and hazelnut or walnut oil
- Black sesame pastebest swap: Homemade black sesame paste
- Black sesame seedsbest swap: Toasted white sesame seeds
- Brazil nutsbest swap: Macadamia nuts
- Candlenutbest swap: Macadamia nuts
- Cashewbest swap: Almonds
- Cashew butterbest swap: Almond butter
- Chestnutsbest swap: Vacuum-packed or jarred cooked chestnuts
- Chia seedsbest swap: Flax seeds
- Chinese sesame pastebest swap: Tahini plus toasted sesame oil
- Coconut butterbest swap: Homemade coconut butter from shredded coconut
- Egusibest swap: Raw pumpkin seeds (pepitas), ground
- Flax mealbest swap: Chia seeds
- Flaxseed mealbest swap: Chia seeds
- Giandujabest swap: Melted chocolate blended with hazelnut butter
- Ginkgo nutsbest swap: Cooked chestnuts
- Hazelnut butterbest swap: Homemade hazelnut butter
- Hazelnutsbest swap: Almonds
- Hemp seedsbest swap: Hulled sunflower seeds
- Kluwakbest swap: Ready-made rawon paste (bumbu rawon)
- Kuli kuli (groundnut cake)best swap: Powdered peanut butter or defatted peanut flour
- Lotus seedsbest swap: Cooked peeled chestnuts
- Macadamia nutsbest swap: Cashews
- Peanutsbest swap: Almonds
- Pecansbest swap: Walnuts
- Pili nutsbest swap: Macadamia nuts
- Pine nutsbest swap: Almonds
- Pistachio pastebest swap: Homemade pistachio paste
- Pistachiosbest swap: Walnuts
- Poppy seedsbest swap: Sesame seeds
- Praline pastebest swap: Homemade hazelnut praline paste
- Psyllium husksbest swap: Ground flaxseed
- Pumpkin seed butterbest swap: Sunflower seed butter
- Pumpkin seedsbest swap: Sunflower seeds
- Shredded coconutbest swap: Desiccated coconut
- Sunflower seed butterbest swap: Pumpkin seed butter (pepita butter)
- Sunflower seedsbest swap: Pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
- Tiger nutsbest swap: Tigernut flour
- Tigernut flourbest swap: Almond flour
- Walnutsbest swap: Pecans
Legumes
40 cardsOpen this drawer Drawers- Adzuki beansbest swap: Small red beans (red chori) or red kidney beans
- Anasazi beansbest swap: Pinto beans
- Baked beansbest swap: Ten-minute homemade version
- Black lentilsbest swap: French green lentils (lentilles du Puy)
- Black-eyed peasbest swap: Cowpeas
- Brown lentilsbest swap: Green or continental lentils
- Butter beansbest swap: Lima beans
- Cannellini beanbest swap: Great Northern beans
- Chana dalbest swap: Yellow split peas
- Chickpeasbest swap: Cannellini beans
- Cranberry beansbest swap: Pinto beans
- Edamamebest swap: Lima beans
- Fermented black beansbest swap: Black bean garlic sauce (jarred)
- Flageolet beansbest swap: Cannellini beans
- French green lentilsbest swap: Black beluga lentils
- Gigantes beansbest swap: Large dried lima beans or butter beans
- Great Northern beansbest swap: Cannellini beans
- Green lentilsbest swap: Brown lentils
- Lentilsbest swap: A different colour of lentil
- Lupini beansbest swap: Tarwi or chochos (Andean lupini)
- Mayocoba beansbest swap: Pinto beans
- Mung beansbest swap: Yellow split peas
- Mushy peasbest swap: Frozen garden peas, crushed
- Nattobest swap: Tempeh, crumbled and steamed
- Navy beanbest swap: Great Northern beans
- Pea protein powderbest swap: Soy protein isolate
- Petaibest swap: Frozen or vacuum-packed petai
- Pigeon peasbest swap: Black-eyed peas
- Pinquito beansbest swap: Pinto beans
- Red beanbest swap: Kidney beans
- Red lentilsbest swap: Yellow split lentils or split mung beans (moong dal)
- Refried beansbest swap: Canned pinto beans, mashed and fried
- Shiro powderbest swap: Chickpea flour (besan / gram flour) + berbere
- Tarwi (Andean lupini)best swap: Jarred or canned lupini beans
- Tofubest swap: Tempeh
- Toor dalbest swap: Yellow split peas
- Urad dalbest swap: Chana dal (in tempering, vada and savory dals)
- White kidney beansbest swap: Cannellini beans
- Yellow split peasbest swap: Green split peas
- Yubabest swap: Pressed tofu (dougan) or tofu sheets
Flavorings
37 cardsOpen this drawer Drawers- Almond extractbest swap: Vanilla extract
- Anise extractbest swap: Anise seed, crushed and steeped
- Banana extractbest swap: Very ripe mashed banana
- Bitter almond extractbest swap: Standard almond extract
- Black walnut extractbest swap: Black walnuts, toasted and finely ground
- Brandy extractbest swap: Actual brandy, cognac, armagnac or dark rum
- Butter extractbest swap: Vanilla extract
- Butterscotch extractbest swap: Dark brown sugar plus browned butter plus vanilla and salt
- Caramel extractbest swap: Caramel sauce or dulce de leche
- Cherry extractbest swap: Maraschino cherry syrup from the jar
- Chocolate extractbest swap: Vanilla extract
- Coconut extractbest swap: Cream of coconut, the sweetened pina colada kind
- Ginger pastebest swap: Fresh ginger
- Hazelnut extractbest swap: Frangelico or another hazelnut liqueur
- Kewra waterbest swap: Rose water
- Lemon extractbest swap: Fresh lemon juice
- Licorice extractbest swap: Anise extract
- Lime extractbest swap: Fresh lime zest
- Lime oilbest swap: Lime extract
- Maple extractbest swap: Real maple syrup, with a liquid adjustment
- Mastic (mastiha)best swap: Mahleb (mahlepi, ground cherry kernel)
- Orange blossom waterbest swap: Rose water
- Orange emulsionbest swap: Orange extract
- Orange extractbest swap: Orange zest
- Orange oilbest swap: Orange extract
- Pandan extractbest swap: Fresh or frozen pandan leaves, steeped or blended
- Peppermint extractbest swap: Crushed candy canes, starlight mints or Andes mints
- Peppermint oilbest swap: Peppermint extract, used about 4 times as heavily
- Pistachio extractbest swap: Almond extract plus finely ground pistachios
- Raspberry extractbest swap: Freeze-dried raspberry powder
- Root beer extractbest swap: Sarsaparilla extract
- Rose syrupbest swap: Rose water plus sugar syrup
- Rose waterbest swap: Orange blossom water
- Rum extractbest swap: Rum
- Strawberry extractbest swap: Freeze-dried strawberry powder
- Ube extractbest swap: Vanilla extract plus purple gel food colouring
- Vanilla powderbest swap: Vanilla extract
Preserves
35 cardsOpen this drawer Drawers- Apple butterbest swap: Applesauce
- Apple jellybest swap: Apple butter
- Apple pie fillingbest swap: Homemade apple pie filling from fresh apples
- Apricot preservesbest swap: Peach preserves
- Atcharabest swap: Quick chayote or jicama pickle
- Blackcurrant jambest swap: Red currant jelly
- Blueberry jambest swap: Quick blueberry jam from fresh or frozen berries
- Candied lemon peelbest swap: Candied orange peel plus a little fresh lemon zest
- Cherry pie fillingbest swap: Homemade filling from frozen or jarred cherries
- Cherry preservesbest swap: Frozen cherries cooked into a quick preserve
- Cloudberry jambest swap: Apricot jam + lemon juice
- Dulce de batatabest swap: Quince paste (dulce de membrillo)
- Giardinierabest swap: Chopped pepperoncini plus celery and olive oil
- Grape jellybest swap: Red currant jelly
- Guava pastebest swap: Quince paste (membrillo, dulce de membrillo)
- Lekvarbest swap: Homemade prune butter
- Lemon curdbest swap: Homemade lemon curd
- Makdousbest swap: Muhammara
- Mincemeatbest swap: Quick homemade mincemeat, no maturing
- Mint jellybest swap: Fresh mint sauce, made from scratch
- Mostardabest swap: Fruit jam plus Dijon mustard (two-minute version)
- Nata de cocobest swap: Kaong (sugar palm fruit) in syrup
- Orange marmaladebest swap: Apricot preserves plus grated orange zest
- Peach preservesbest swap: Apricot preserves
- Pepper jellybest swap: Apple jelly with minced jalapeno and vinegar (best homemade fix)
- Plum jambest swap: Blackcurrant, damson or black cherry jam
- Preserved radishbest swap: Takuan (Japanese pickled daikon), rinsed and diced
- Pumpkin butterbest swap: Homemade pumpkin butter from canned puree
- Quince paste (membrillo)best swap: Guava paste (pasta de guayaba)
- Raspberry jambest swap: Strawberry jam
- Red currant jellybest swap: Cranberry jelly
- Rose hip jambest swap: Apricot jam with lemon juice
- Rose petal jambest swap: Mild jam plus rose water
- Strawberry jambest swap: Raspberry jam
- Yuja chabest swap: Orange marmalade plus lemon juice
Dairy alternatives
32 cardsOpen this drawer Drawers- Banana milkbest swap: Any milk plus mashed ripe banana
- Cashew cheesebest swap: Firm tofu with lemon and nutritional yeast
- Cashew milkbest swap: Oat milk
- Coconut creambest swap: Heavy cream
- Coconut kefirbest swap: Unsweetened coconut yogurt thinned with water or coconut water
- Coconut milkbest swap: Almond milk
- Coconut milk powderbest swap: Canned coconut milk
- Coconut yogurtbest swap: Cashew or almond yogurt
- Cool Whipbest swap: Homemade whipped cream
- Creamed coconutbest swap: Canned coconut cream
- Evaporated coconut milkbest swap: Full-fat coconut milk reduced by half
- Flax milkbest swap: Hemp milk
- Hazelnut milkbest swap: Hazelnut butter blended with water
- Hemp milkbest swap: Oat milk
- Macadamia milkbest swap: Cashew milk
- Non-dairy creamerbest swap: Barista-style oat milk
- Oat creambest swap: Cashew cream
- Oat milkbest swap: Unsweetened soy milk
- Pea milkbest swap: Soy milk (unsweetened)
- Pistachio milkbest swap: Pistachio butter or pistachio paste blended with water
- Potato milkbest swap: Oat milk
- Rice milkbest swap: Oat milk
- Sesame milkbest swap: Tahini blended with water
- Silken tofubest swap: Raw cashews blended with water
- Soy creambest swap: Oat cream
- Soy milkbest swap: Unsweetened oat milk
- Soy yogurtbest swap: Unsweetened coconut yogurt
- Sunflower seed milkbest swap: Oat milk
- Tigernut milkbest swap: Tigernut flour blended with water
- Vegan cream cheesebest swap: Blended cashew base
- Vegan heavy creambest swap: Cashew cream
- Walnut milkbest swap: Pecan milk
Fermented
23 cardsOpen this drawer Drawers- Curtidobest swap: Sauerkraut with Mexican oregano and shredded carrot
- Escabechebest swap: Canned or jarred pickled jalapenos
- Green olivesbest swap: Capers or caper berries
- Kimchibest swap: Sauerkraut plus gochugaru and garlic
- Kkakdugi (cubed radish kimchi)best swap: Napa cabbage kimchi plus raw diced daikon
- Kombuchabest swap: Diluted apple cider vinegar
- Pickled garlicbest swap: Roasted garlic cloves with a splash of vinegar
- Pickled gingerbest swap: Homemade quick pickled ginger
- Pickled jalapenosbest swap: Pickled banana peppers or pepperoncini
- Pickled okrabest swap: Dilly beans (pickled green beans)
- Pickled red onionsbest swap: Quick pickle them yourself
- Pickled turnipsbest swap: Pickled daikon or pickled radish
- Pu-erh teabest swap: Another Chinese dark tea (liu bao, liu an, hei cha or Tibetan brick tea)
- Red fermented bean curdbest swap: Miso paste
- Rice kojibest swap: Barley koji (mugi koji) or soybean koji
- Sake kasu (sake lees)best swap: White miso plus sake and a little sugar
- Sauerkraut juicebest swap: Dill pickle brine
- Suan caibest swap: Sauerkraut, drained and briefly rinsed
- Takuanbest swap: Danmuji (Korean yellow pickled radish)
- Tsukemonobest swap: Asazuke you make in 30 minutes
- Ya caibest swap: Mei gan cai or mui choy (preserved mustard greens)
- Yellow pickled radish (danmuji)best swap: Japanese takuan (pickled daikon)
- Zha caibest swap: Takuan or danmuji (yellow pickled daikon), rinsed and shredded
Soups
19 cardsOpen this drawer Drawers- Avgolemonobest swap: Cornstarch slurry plus lemon juice and butter
- Beef consommébest swap: Beef broth
- Cheddar cheese soupbest swap: Homemade cheese sauce
- Chicken consommébest swap: Chicken stock, reduced
- Court bouillonbest swap: Homemade court bouillon
- Cream of chickenbest swap: Cream of mushroom
- Cream of mushroom soupbest swap: Mushroom sauce
- Cream of onionbest swap: Cream of mushroom
- Cream soupbest swap: Homemade cream sauce
- Dashi stockbest swap: Dried shiitake, steeped
- Fish fumetbest swap: Fish stock or bottled fish broth plus white wine
- Hondashibest swap: Dashi stock
- Mushroom brothbest swap: Dried mushroom soaking liquid
- Pork stockbest swap: Chicken stock or chicken broth
- Shiro dashibest swap: Dashi plus light soy sauce plus mirin
- Soup basebest swap: Bouillon cubes or granules
- Tarhanabest swap: Trahana (Greek sour trahana, ksino trahana)
- Veal stockbest swap: Low-sodium beef stock, reduced
- Vegetable stockbest swap: Water plus a stock cube, bouillon paste or stock powder
Condiments
14 cardsOpen this drawer Drawers- Aji amarillo pastebest swap: Yellow bell pepper + habanero
- Anchovy pastebest swap: Anchovy fillets
- Balsamic glazebest swap: Balsamic vinegar reduced on the stove
- Gochujangbest swap: Sriracha + miso paste
- Lime picklebest swap: Mango pickle (aam ka achar)
- Malt vinegarbest swap: White vinegar
- Mango picklebest swap: Lime pickle (nimbu ka achar)
- Non-brewed condimentbest swap: Malt vinegar
- Relishbest swap: White vinegar
- Saba (grape must syrup)best swap: Reduced grape juice
- Sekanjabin (Persian mint vinegar syrup)best swap: Homemade sekanjabin
- Sinamak (Filipino spiced vinegar)best swap: Two-minute homemade sinamak
- Sumac molassesbest swap: Pomegranate molasses plus lemon juice
- Tapenadebest swap: Two-minute homemade tapenade
Thickeners
12 cardsOpen this drawer Drawers- Achi (soup thickener)best swap: Ofor flour
- Agar agarbest swap: Gelatin
- Citrus fiberbest swap: Xanthan gum
- Clear Jelbest swap: Cornstarch (non-canned fillings only)
- Flour rouxbest swap: Cornstarch
- Gelatinbest swap: Agar agar powder
- Guar gumbest swap: Xanthan gum
- Konjac flourbest swap: Xanthan gum
- Locust bean gumbest swap: Guar gum
- Ogbono (wild mango seed)best swap: Fresh or frozen okra, grated
- Pectinbest swap: Cornstarch
- Polvilho azedobest swap: Tapioca starch plus acid and baking soda
Eggs
8 cardsOpen this drawer Drawers- Duck eggsbest swap: Large chicken eggs, by weight
- Egg replacer powderbest swap: Flax egg
- Egg washbest swap: Heavy cream or half-and-half
- Egg whitebest swap: Aquafaba
- Egg yolkbest swap: Aquafaba + neutral oil
- Eggsbest swap: Flax egg
- Quail eggsbest swap: Chicken eggs, hard-boiled and quartered
- Salted duck eggbest swap: Home-cured egg yolks (the quick salt-and-sugar method)
Flour
8 cardsOpen this drawer Drawers- Almond mealbest swap: Almond flour
- Cassava flourbest swap: Tapioca flour
- Chickpea flourbest swap: Besan flour
- Macadamia flourbest swap: Almond flour
- Peanut flourbest swap: Powdered peanut butter
- Pecan flourbest swap: Walnut flour
- Sesame flourbest swap: Sunflower seed flour
- Sunflower seed flourbest swap: Pumpkin seed flour
Herbs
8 cardsOpen this drawer Drawers- Chervilbest swap: Parsley
- Dill weedbest swap: Fennel fronds
- Epazotebest swap: Mexican oregano
- Fines herbesbest swap: Parsley, chives and tarragon (chervil omitted)
- Herbes de Provencebest swap: Homemade Herbes de Provence
- Lemon basilbest swap: Sweet basil + lemon zest
- Lovagebest swap: Celery leaves
- Sorrelbest swap: Baby spinach plus lemon juice