Ingredient substitutions

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• All-purpose flour → whole wheat flour
• Almond milk → oat milk, coconut milk, soy milk
• Baking powder → baking soda
• Basil → oregano
• Black pepper → cayenne pepper
• Borage → Swiss chard, spinach
• Bread → whole wheat bread
• Breadcrumbs → rolled oats, bread
• Brewer's yeast → nutritional yeast
• Brown rice → rice
• Butternut squash → sweet potato
• Candied cherries → cherries, candied peel
• Candied citron → candied lemon peel, candied orange peel
• Candied lemon peel → candied orange peel
• Canned sweet corn → corn
• Canned tomatoes → tomato puree, tomatoes, tomato paste, Spanish tomato sauce (tomate frito)
• Carrots → turnip
• Cayenne pepper → dried red chili
• Cherries → candied cherries
• Cherry tomatoes → tomatoes
• Chickpeas → white beans
• Cilantro → parsley
• Coconut milk → almond milk, oat milk, soy milk
• Coconut oil → sunflower oil, olive oil
• Corn → canned sweet corn
• Cornstarch → all-purpose flour
• Couscous → bulgur
• Dark chocolate → unsweetened cocoa powder
• Dates → prunes, dried figs, raisins
• Dried figs → prunes, dates
• Dried red chili → cayenne pepper
• Eggplant → zucchini
• Firm tofu → tofu
• Golden raisins → raisins
• Green bell pepper → red bell pepper
• Ground almonds (almond meal) → mixed nuts
• Leek → shallot
• Lemon → lime
• Lentil flour → white bean flour, pea flour
• Lentils → red lentils
• Lime → lemon
• Macaroni → fusilli
• Marmite → soy sauce, Vegemite, vegetable broth
• Mixed nuts → sliced almonds, ground almonds (almond meal)
• Nutritional yeast → brewer's yeast
• Olive oil → coconut oil, sunflower oil
• Onion → sweet onion, shallot, leek
• Oregano → thyme
• Parsley → cilantro, basil
• Pea flour → white bean flour, lentil flour
• Pea noodles → rice noodles
• Pearl barley → rice, brown rice
• Pinto beans → white beans, red kidney beans
• Pomegranate molasses → balsamic vinegar
• Potatoes → turnip
• Prunes → dates, raisins
• Puff pastry → pie crust
• Raisins → golden raisins
• Red bell pepper → green bell pepper
• Red kidney beans → white beans, pinto beans
• Red lentils → lentils, split peas
• Rice → brown rice, pearl barley
• Rice noodles → pea noodles
• Semolina → cornmeal
• Sliced almonds → mixed nuts
• Soy milk → almond milk, coconut milk
• Soy sauce → Marmite
• Spanish tomato sauce (tomate frito) → tomato puree, canned tomatoes
• Split peas → red lentils
• Sugar → brown sugar, dates
• Sunflower oil → olive oil, coconut oil
• Sweet onion → onion
• Thyme → oregano
• Tofu → firm tofu
• Tomato paste → tomato puree
• Tomato puree → tomatoes
• Tomatoes → cherry tomatoes, canned tomatoes
• Turnip → potatoes
• Unsweetened cocoa powder → dark chocolate
• Vegan butter → coconut oil, avocado
• Vegan feta → firm tofu
• Wheat berries → pearl barley, brown rice
• White bean flour → lentil flour
• White beans → pinto beans
• Whole wheat bread → bread
• Whole wheat flour → all-purpose flour
• Zucchini → eggplant