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My son harvested some massive zucchini from his garden this week He was anxious to try it but decided very quickly that he didn‘t like it raw. L decided to turn it into zucchini bread. One problem, I was missing some ingredients. L used applesauce instead of my usual sour cream and it turned out every bit as good as the original. This got me thinking about sub stitutions. If you like to cook you always have those times when you don‘t have an ingredient the recipe calls for, or maybe it‘s an obscure ingreâ€" dient that you can‘t find. Sometimes it‘s an ingredient that you can‘t eat for healthâ€"related reasons. Substitutions can and need to happen sometimes when you cook. * One little trick I have used on more then one occasion is making your own buttermilk, or a workable substitute. Don‘t be afraid to make substitutions if you can‘t find the right ingredient for your favourite recipe To one cup of milk, add one tablespoon of fresh lemon juice or distilled white vinegar. Let this sit for about 15 minutes. As a substitute for fresh garlic, you can use minced garlic in a jar. If a recipe calls for fresh ginger and you don‘t have any root you can substitute 1/8th of a teaspoon of ground ginger or some candied ginger chopped fine. __ Vegetable broth can be used in place of chicken or beef broth for a vegetarian twist. _ _ _A canned broth is a fine substi tute for homemade broth. You can also use frozen fruit in many baking recipes. 80 I like to take advantage of this, and stock up while it‘s in season and freeze it for the winter. * Canned fruit can also be used in many recipes. In some cases, you may have to rinse off the sugar. If sugar is an issue with you, unsweetened applesauce is a good natural swee&replace some or all of the sugar in & recipe. Help m â€" raist â€" Arth On July e Niagqra mornin{ Help Support New Hamburg‘s own This message brought to you by the Fairway Group of Newspapers WATERTOGO CHRONICLE CAMEBRIDGE TIMES GuelphTRIBUNE INDEPENDENT Sam Whiteside with her quest to raise funds and awareness for the Arthritis Societyâ€"Juvenile Arthritis. On July 30th at 5pm Samantha and her crew will leave CARE PROGRAM Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Lake to begin her 52 km journey across Lake Ontario, tinishing the next morning at Marilyn Bell Park, Toronto Harbour. This marks her second Lake Ontario Crossing for the Arthritis Society. Last year she missed the women‘s world record by 71 seconds and this time Sam hopes to break the men‘s record. Please join us and show your support by making a donation to this very worthy cause on her behaif. Yes!!! | would like to make a donation to the Arthritis Society in honour of Samantha Whiteside‘s commitment to The Arthritis Society O $500 O $100 Q $50 o $25 Q Other: $ "Donations of $15 and more will receive a tax receipt, if the information below is completed Address Name City: Home Phone Cheque: Please make your cheque payable to "The Arthritis Society" and write Joints in Motion on the "memo" or "RE" line. Credit card: Complete the credit card information section below Name (as it appears on credit card): O visa Q MasterCard Card Number: â€" Signature of cardholder ____ A complete list of all those who donated to Sam‘s Swim will be published in this newspaper following the event. Thank you for your kind and generous support! A substitute for whole eggs is a natural egg substitute such as egg beaters. Something else you can do is use two egg yolks and one tableâ€" spoon of water as the equivalent of one whole egg in a recipe. Yogurt is a great replacement for sour cream. If you want the thickâ€" Please mail your completed pledge form along with payment to: Sam‘s Swim t c/o New Hamburg Independent Y * x 77 Peel Street, New Hamburg N3A 1E7 mwfl x Online Donations please go to: fitfi‘mnjr www.arthritis.ca/samsswim TRAINING TEAM or call: 1â€"800â€"854â€"6445 JODI RICE Q $400 Province Day time Phone: O $300 ness of sour cream but want the fewer calories and fat, thicken plain yogurt to get the consistency of sour cream. Place a fine mesh strainer in a bowl. Line that with a double thick ness of paper towel. Spoon the desired amount of yogurt into the paper towel, then place it in the refrigerator over night. Discard the strained liquid and use the now thickened yogurt as your sour cream substitute. 1 hope you don‘t let a couple of missing ingredients stop you, use something else. You may make something great. 2 cups grated zucchini 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 cup allâ€"purpose white flour 1 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup applesauce 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp. ground or Q American Express Postal Code Exp. Date Q $200 Q Other: $ Suite WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, July 18. 2007 + 11 TreArthritis Society JOINTS /;~~ in Y i MoTION TRAINING TEAM In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices. Set aside In a medium sized bowl, comâ€" bine the eggs, applesauce, vegâ€" etable oil and vanilla. Whisk until combined. Add the zucchini to the egg mix ture and stir to combine. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingrediâ€" ents and stir to combine. Grease a loaf pan and pour the batter into the pan. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Jodi Rice is a personal chef and owner and operator of Dinner Soluâ€" tions Personal Chef Service, serving the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo area. She can be reached at 519â€"497â€"1847, or by emailing jodyjodi@yahoo.com. f C p."s m g ~J*, freshly grated nutmeg 2 isp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt