Don’t sweat if you don’t have an ingredient on hand.

Our guide to ingredient substitutions covers everything from spices to baking must-haves.

We’re also sharing healthy ingredient substitutions and ideas for making meals gluten- and dairy-free.

Fats and oils - margarine, butter, shortening, and butter

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Glass jar of brown sugar

Straining pumpkin

packing brown sugar

Various cooking substitutes for red wine

making self rising flour

Bowls of white and brown sugar

Alternative eggs, eggs

Bowls of various bread crumbs substitute

measuring cup filled with flour next to flour bowl

head of garlic broken open into cloves

oil, margarine, coconut oil, and butter

Vanilla subtitutes

Whisked heavy cream reaching soft peaks in a ceramic bowl.

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Pouring olive oil into stainless steel pan

heavy cream substitutes

two measuring cups of white and brown sugar

rice substitutes that you can easily swap in

stirring sour cream and eggs into cheesecake batter

Homemade Course Ground Mustard

Bottles of different types of vinegars

Variety of bottled vinegars

chocolate pieces and unsweetened cocoa powder arranged in still life

bowls of butters and oils on counter

measuring cup with olive oil with bowl of flower in background

butter and shortening sliced on cutting board with homemade baked cookies

11 all-purpose flour substitutes

sliced ginger on cutting board

pressing shortening into measuring cup with spatula

Grouping of different vegan egg substitute

Can of evaporated milk and a spoon and bowl on a wooden surface

plant based burger

Dozen eggs in carton with some cracked open

lemon zested on microplane

mixing flour with eggs and common baking ingredients

low sugar, no sugar added or zero sugar products on background

graham cracker pie crust on table with limes

Pumpkin Spice Latte Chewy Sugar Cookies on marble background

sticks of butter on counter top

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Baking powder with spoon

aerial view of broth in white bowl

Jackfruit Sliders with slaw

purple banana blossoms on tray

Mixing milk and milk powder homemade yogurt