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Subsitutes in food

what can i subsitute for zucchini ?
also blue berries

9 Comments:

Please and Thanks

I think the next question will be in what recipes?

I agree with crayons. What sort of dishes are you making?

There is a great website called The Cook's Thesarus that describes ingredients and offers suggestions for substitutes. It often has pictures to aid in identifying ingredients. See here.

For your two queries it suggests:

Zucchini Substitutes: cocozelle OR yellow squash OR pattypan squash (especially for stuffing) OR chayote squash (not raw; takes longer to cook; excellent for stuffing; peel first) OR eggplant OR cucuzza OR carrots OR pumpkin (This is a great substitute for grated zucchini in breads and cakes)"

and

Blueberry Substitutes: huckleberry (larger seeds and tarter, otherwise very close substitute) OR juneberry OR red currant OR raisins (in baked goods) OR dates (in baked goods) OR bananas (in baked goods)

I confess, I don't get suggestion to substitute banana for blueberries in baked goods ...

I use yellow squash as a zucchini substitute in pasta dishes like lasagna. I don't think it would work in bread though (maybe it does? I could be wrong).

Gingercookie, I can imagine no reason that yellow squash wouldn't work in breads, it has the same texture and very similar taste.

I see bananas working as a substitute where the good is something like pancakes or muffins, where virtually any kind of cut up fruit might work. But if you were making a pie, for example, different story.

I personally prefer chocolate and bacon.

@chgoeditor -- awesome.

Macaroni and Cheese

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