Tricky Tuesday #4: Healthy-Baking-Substitutions
July 1, 2014
Hmm, I never knew you could sub butter with bananas. 😀
For all the health conscious out there, you could try these subs and let me know. 😉 Um, maybe I would try some of these some other time.
I hope everyone is having a pleasant day! <3
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Isabelita's Larder
This is so useful! I love it. Thanks!
Jhuls
It’s my pleasure. Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
susan @ the wimpy vegetarian
I’ve tried a few of these and they really work. Thanks for all the great ideas. I hadn’t tried subbing banana for the butter either. Greek yogurt for oil looks like another great one to try!
Jhuls
I don’t think I am ready to sub my butter with bananas. 😀 Thanks for stopping by.
vibhagupta
Wonderful substitutes. Loveto try them all. Lol.
Jhuls
Thank you, Vibha! Once you try some of these, please do let me know your thoughts. 🙂
vibhagupta
Definitely Jhuls.
Briana Jane
I haven’t tried avocado in baked goods, but I have made a raw chocolate avocado pie – it was delicious! I also used dates and raw honey to sweeten it, rather than sugar.
As for the beans to replace flour… interesting… I’ve thrown a heap of buckwheat groats into my food processor and used the result as flour, so perhaps the same would work for black beans!
Jhuls
I have never tried using healthy substitutions. But having read so many successful stories, I might give some of these (if not all) a try. Thank you for stopping by, Briana. 🙂
frankiesfeast
I have tried the black bean thing in brownies and they didn’t turn out well at all! Though I have heard of people having amazing black bean brownies so maybe I did something else wrong. I have made cookies with chickpeas instead of flour and they worked beautifully! I also often sub sugar for apple sauce or maple syrup and that works a treat! I can’t imagine subbing sugar for vanilla extract would work, I would be interested to hear if someone has tried that. Great post!!
Jhuls
Sounds interesting! What did you do with the chick peas? I mean, did you put them in the food processor? Thank you for the additional info, btw. Have a wonderful day. 🙂
frankiesfeast
Yep the whole recipe was done in the food processor. I’m pretty sure this was the recipe: http://www.texanerin.com/2012/04/grain-free-peanut-butter-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-bites.html 🙂
Jhuls
Wow! I checked it out and it sounds really interesting. Thanks for sharing. I might give some of these substitutions a try. I hope you have a wonderful mid-week. <3
Michaela Quinn
Great ideas! I’m trying to cut down on dairy so avocado and banana instead of butter is very interesting. Maybe I will try it. Thanks!
Jhuls
Will you let me know if you do? 🙂 Thanks and have a wonderful day.
d'liteful cravings
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LFFL
It’s just SO hard for me to substitute some of that stuff. Doesn’t seem like it would taste the same.
Jhuls
I feel the same. 😀 But maybe I would try some of them. 🙂
Pang
This is mind blowing info, Jhuls!!!!!! Thank you SO MUCH.
Finally, I can ‘play’ with the right substitute. Love it 🙂
Jhuls
I would love to hear your thoughts, Pang! Thank you for stopping by. 🙂 I think I missed so much happenings on your blogs; I will do my best to catch up soon.
Pang
Don’t even worry about that, Jhuls 🙂
But, that is just so sweet of you, which I am so fond of.
Happy 4th of July to my lovely friend 🙂
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athleticavocado
great Tips!
Jhuls
Glad you like them. Thank you! 🙂
Elaine @ foodbod
I knew quite a few of these but not the butter v. banana one!!! Very useful image, thank you x
Jhuls
I don’t think I am ready to sub my butter. 😀
It’s my pleasure, Elaine. xx
Elaine @ foodbod
Ha ha 🙂 x
cheergerm
Apple sauce and yoghurt, can be great substitutes. I have seen recipes for black bean chocolate brownies, I am pretty inventive and brave but haven’t yet been able to convince myself to try baking them. I have tried cacao nibs however, and I am not a fan… Ha… 🙂
Jhuls
Hmm, I can see that not everyone would be pleased with the healthy substitutions. Maybe I am one of those. 😀
Ahila
Nice list… I also substitute ground flax seeds for eggs as well as substitute partially flour with oats in my baking.
Jhuls
I have tried oats and it worked well. Thank you so much for being here. 🙂
Baby June
Great find! I like using some of these substitutions, especially the ones that make things vegan. 🙂
Jhuls
I am happy to know that you like this post. 🙂
PS: I visited your blog a few times but I could not make a comment. Do commenters need to have specific account to leave a comment?
sarahgiebens
Thank you for these tips, Jhuls!
Jhuls
Thank you so much, Sarah! Are you willing to try some of these? 😀
sarahgiebens
Yes, definitely!
Jhuls
Um, me? Not very soon. 😛
sarahgiebens
No? Well, I wanted to try the banana 🙂
But I wouldn’t try everything :p
Jhuls
Banana to replace my butter? I would think about that. 😛
sarahgiebens
It sounds interesting :p
Three Handed Mommy
This will be very helpful as my husband and I are trying to cook a bit more on the healthy side. *Trying* is the keyword there! ;P Mind if I share this post? Thanks!
Jhuls
Sorry for the late reply, you can share anything you like from my blog. 🙂 I am glad you like this. Have a lovely day!
Marie-whenspoonmeetspot
Bookmarked as well, very useful!
Jhuls
Thank you, Marie! 🙂 I hope you have a wonderful day.
mysimpledelights
Oh how interesting!!! Thanks for this Jhuls but I love my butter too much haha! Will share it with others too! xx
Jhuls
Haha! I feel the same way, Farianti. 😀 Thanks for sharing this. <3
Arl's World
This is just what I needed! I was just wondering the other day how to sub and use healthier alternatives. Problem is knowing how much to use when substituting. Thanks for sharing!!
Jhuls
I am asking myself the same, Arl. We could experiment and let each other know. 😉
apsara
hmm, I would like to know why evaporated (condensed) milk is better than heavy cream. Doesn’t it have added sugar?
Jhuls
Honestly, I don’t have any idea, Aspara. 🙁 Just saw this somewhere and I thought somebody might be interested. 🙂
apsara
this sure has made me curious now. I will try to find out. thanks for sharing, 🙂
Jhuls
Will you please let me know your thoughts once you try some of these? 😀 Thanks a lot for stopping by.
eatpraybake
Thanks for sharing! I love knowing about substitutes 🙂 I would love to try using avocado instead of oil.
Aspara- comparing the nutrition facts of evaporated milk to heavy cream, the evaporated milk has less than 50% of total fat and cholesterol. I used nutritiondata.self.com to find the nutrition info. Evaporated milk is usually sweetened, so I’m sure it would help to reduce the amount of sugar added to a recipe. 🙂
Jhuls
Yay! Thank you so much for searching and providing this info. I’d love to know your thoughts. Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
simplyvegetarian777
This is so useful Jhuls! Will be sharing with my audience on FB.
Jhuls
Sure, Sonal! 🙂
simplyvegetarian777
🙂
crendina
I can’t imagine to sub flour with black beans…impossible!
Jhuls
Me, too! 😀 Maybe somebody have tried this?! 😐
mademoisellegourmande
Uh, nice! I didn’t know most of this. I especially like the avocado and banana substitution… Will have to try that some time soon. Thanks for sharing this, Jhuls… 🙂 A pleasant day to you too! 🙂
Jhuls
Most of these are also new to me. It’s my pleasure, Tina! 😉
Malar
I was just searching for a lot of substitute options,to bake without butter, just so lucky to find this. Thank you very much 🙂
Jhuls
It’s my pleasure. I wonder how bananas would do what butter can do. Would you let me know when you try this?? 😀
Malar
Definitely Jhuls, Will let you know soon 🙂
Malar
Hi Jhuls,
Checkout my recipe with banana instead of butter. http://malarmuthu.wordpress.com/2014/07/01/healthy-cookies-sans-egg-butter-oil-sugar/
It did work, Thanks for sharing this info 🙂
Malar
Jhuls
Wooow! Good to hear that, Malar. Thanks for trying it out and for letting me know. 🙂
Malar
🙂
petra08
I like this! I always feel a little bad when I bake a cake and see all the butter and sugar but I know that it what makes it so yummy! I will try some of these and see what happens 🙂
Jhuls
Thank you, Petra. Would you let me know?? 🙂
petra08
I will for sure! I don’t bake very often so I might need some patience 🙂 I like the exchange of butter and avocado and wonder if it will change the taste very much!
Jhuls
That’s the top reason why I don’t like to try replacing my butter. 😀
Traditionally Modern Food
Such a useful tip.. Bookmarking . thanks:)
Jhuls
It’s my pleasure! 🙂