Well, if you love to cook, and I do, then you’re going to love this site! It’s a Cook’s Thesaurus! What exactly does that mean? A thesaurus helps you find another word for something. Example:
Hot — the thesaurus shows that you can also use burning, sweltering, spicy, and it also gave me a list of other words for those words.
Here at the Cook’s Thesaurus you can find ingredients that you can use instead of what’s called for.
Here’s an example entry:
Your recipe calls for celery seed, but you don’t have any. Type “celery seed” in the search engine or go to the flavorings, then the spice section (it’s in European Spices) and you will find the entry for celery seed.
Celery seed Notes: Celery seed is used to impart a celery flavor to stews, pickles, and other dishes. Use it sparingly—a little goes a long way. Ground celery seed is sometimes called celery powder. Substitutes: celery (One teaspoon = 2 tablespoons minced celery tops) OR dill seed OR celery salt (reduce the salt elsewhere in the recipe.)
You can find entries for just about anything: vegetables, fruits, dairy, liquids, grains, baked goods, and so on and so forth.
Just choose the ingredient you need to sub out and you’ll find answer that may not require you to make a trip to the grocery store!
5-11-2005