Monday, August 18, 2008

Egg Replacers

When a recipe calls for eggs, don't think that you can't make it. All you have to do is to substitute it with something else (preferably vegetarian). With some recipes that calls for 1 or 2 eggs, you can most likely skip them and add a couple extra tablespoons of water (1 tbsp=1 egg I believe that is the correct ratio). If you feel like going out to the store, there are many egg-less egg replacers. Make sure you don't get them mixed up with products that may contain eggs; the egg-free replacers are usually in powdered form.

When baking, you can used 1 generous tablespoon of soy flour or cornstarch along with 2 tablespoons of water to replace each egg. Other recipes, like some breakfast dishes, you can use an ounce of mashed tofu instead of an egg. Crumbled tofu is really yummy for scrambled "eggs".

When you are baking muffins and cookies it's very popular to use a mashed half of a banana; however, it might change the flavor slightly. Once my friend (she isn't vegetarian) even used applesauce and she ended up liking the vegetarian version better than the original! Same with the rest of her family!

When making loaves and burgers you can use several alternate ingredients to bind it together: mashed potatoes, tomato paste, moistened bread crumbs, or rolled oats.

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