Don’t you hate it when a recipe sounds delicious, but then someone goes and wears the ingredients as a hat?
Well I can’t help you there, but as for delicious recipes with unsafe ingredients, have no fear: I have some substitutions here!
Dairy and Alternatives
- Cow’s milk –> Rice milk, Almond milk
Oils and Fats
- Shortening –> Lard (be warned: some companies use citric acid in their processing!)
- Butter, Margarine, Vegetable oil, Olive oil –> Canola oil, Sunflower oil (anyone else starting to think “oil” is a hilarious word?)
Sweets
- 1T Corn syrup –> 1/2 T Cane syrup
- Powdered sugar –> Make your own in the blender!
Other
- Corn starch –> Flour
- 1 t Baking Powder –> 1/2 t Calcium Carbonate + 1/2 t Baking Soda