20 Recipe Substitutions That Save Money and Prevent Food Waste
by Carrie Kirby on 15 April 2013 11 comments   We can't argue
that you cooks in the first category have more consistent and
often more delicious results. However, we can argue that a
flexible cook saves money in many ways — and that often you
can't tell the difference in the finished product. (See also:
Frugalize Any Recipe)  First of all, some ingredients are just
more expensive than others. Pine nuts and salmon roe rarely make
our shopping list, no matter what the recipe says. Second, even
if you are replacing one ingredient with another of similar
cost, if you can avoid a trip to the store for a special
ingredient, you're saving time and avoiding the temptation to
buy other stuff you don't need. Substitutions can also help us
avoid that thing where you buy a container of an ingredient
because a recipe needs one tablespoon, and then end up throwing
it out five years later during spring cleaning.  That's not to
say you can substitute willy-nilly