Substitutes for vegetables & aromatics
227 cards, each listed with its best swap. Open one for the amount and every option, stamped.
In this drawer
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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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