Substitutes for fruits
109 cards, each listed with its best swap. Open one for the amount and every option, stamped.
In this drawer
109 cardsA
B
- 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
C
- 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
D
- 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
E
F
G
- 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
I
J
K
L
- 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
M
- 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
N
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P
- 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
Q
R
S
- 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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