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Substitution Guidelines
With the rise of allergies and alternative diets, it can be really challenging to find recipes that fit your needs.
Here are some tips to help you with recipes on my site.
* All of my recipes that call for any type of bread cubes or crumbs will work with gluten-free breads.
* Many of my salads call for sour cream and mayo - they originally called for all mayo. You can also use fake sour cream or vegan sour cream.
* Baking recipes that call for butter can use margarine, cooking recipes can use oil.
* Recipes marked with dairy-free, vegan or gluten-free can either have offending ingredients substituted or omitted.
* Usually milk and half-n-half can be substituted with soy, rice, coconut and other nut milks.
I hope this helps!
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Category Archives: dzērieni
Ryazhenka (Baked Cultured Milk)
Before I left for Latvia the first time, I figured I would try drinking kefir. I knew there were a lot of sour dairy dishes that I would be able to try and I wanted to have an idea what I was in for. So, I bought a bottle of plain kefir and took it home.
It didn’t go well. It tasted incredibly sour – so sour, I couldn’t drink it. It didn’t bode well.
I tried kefir, couldn’t drink it – but it was much milder than what I’d had in the States. It wasn’t bad, just…
Posted in dzērieni, gluten-free, latviešu, nav tulkojuma, receptes, russian
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Latvian Iced Mint Tea
We have a brand new little Chocolate Mint plant as part of our spring planting because I quite simply could not resist the York Peppermint Patty smell of its leaves. I knew this variety existed but I wasn’t expecting to find it at the local nursery.
We figured that since we like hot peppermint tea, making an iced version should be quite tasty. Turns out we were right, it’s really good and very refreshing. It’s a lot like lemonade – great to have a tall, cold glass of this when it’s hot and you’re working in the garden. While I don’t like traditional American iced teas, this is just right to me.
Plus, it’s a good way to use up mint.
Posted in dairy-free, dzērieni, gluten-free, latviešu, nav tulkojuma, receptes, strikti veģetāri, veģetāri
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Nam Manglak – Thai Basil Seed Drink
My mom found a packet of basil seeds and decided to challenge me to figure out what to do with them. After some research, I found that the primary use was in a drink called “nam manglak” and that the little seeds would poof up into what seemed rather like tapioca pearls or frog eggs.
They’re awfully fun to nibble on and will poof into small chewy spheres. It seems to take them about 30 minutes to completely soak up all of the water and poof completely, but they start poofing after just a few seconds.
Posted in asian, dairy-free, dzērieni, gluten-free, nav tulkojuma, receptes
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Kvass (квас)
In a lot of ways, I almost feel I shouldn’t post this since it calls for an ingredient that is potentially very difficult to obtain. Then again, it might not be, depending on where you live.
So what is this ingredient? Kvass extract.
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Žāvētu augļu un dzērveņu kompots (Cranberry-Mixed Fruit Kompots)
Kompots is a simple drink made from dried fruit, water and sugar, along with a bit of citric acid or dry white wine. It can be served both hot and cold, the latter with whipped cream floated on top. In this one, we used cranberries to add the necessary acid, but you could use oranges or wine as well. It’s easy to make since most of the “cooking” is unattended soaking of one form or another — which makes it a great choice for making while you prepare a lot of other holiday dishes.
If you need a flavorful, not too sweet, and oh so delicious alternative to the typical punch or ‘nog this holiday season, give kompots a try.
Posted in Saldie ēdieni, dairy-free, dzērieni, gluten-free, latviešu, nav tulkojuma
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