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Dairy-Free Cooking Techniques & Substitutions

Substituting ingredients in recipes can often be a frustrating process of trial-and-error, and improper culinary methods can drastically alter cooking results. Learn from the experience of a dairy-free cook with these helpful tips on cooking techniques and methods, as well as dairy-free substitutions for your favorite recipes.
Butter Substitutes
Looking for lactose-free butter substitutes? This list of dairy-free butter substitutes will help guide you through the many non-dairy butter alternatives in the grocery store, whether you're looking for lactose free buttery spreads or sticks for baking.
Cooking Techniques for Any Cook!
Cooking and food presentation is very much a form of art, and, as with any art, creating something flavorful, nutritious and beautiful requires the proper tools. Whether you're new to dairy-free cooking or cooking in general, this overview of common cooking techniques will help to get you started.
Cheese Substitutions
Cheese in many regions is regarded with the reverance attributed to other foods that require a great deal of time and artistry to create, like a fine wine. For this reason, cheese is often hard to substitute. Use these recipes as a guide to creating dairy-free cheeses to stand in for cheeses in traditional recipes!
Dairy-free Baking - Baking without Butter
Dairy free baking? While dairy-free cooking presents its own challenges for those new to the dairy-free diet, dairy-free baking for many is an entirely new difficulty. So many breads and desserts contain butter, cream or other products that contain dairy ingredients. When should you use oil and when should you use margarine or shortening?
Dairy-Free Substitutions: Recipe Solutions for the Dairy-Free Cook
Food is much more than something to nourish us physically; meals and dining not only become parts of regional cultures, but are ones of personal and family traditions as well. Many of our favorites often have dairy products as a base or a staple ingredient, and these helpful substitution solutions will aid you in creating dairy-free versions of classics as well as new exciting meals.
Soy-Free Dairy Substitutions
Many dairy and cheese substitutes use soy as a base, but, like dairy, some persons have allergies and intolerances to soy products, which makes things a bit difficult for dairy-free gourmands with soy intolerances. This list will give you some ideas on how to substitute soy in recipes that use soy to subsitute for dairy!

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