Have you ever been cooking away merrily in your kitchen only to hit the brakes when you realized that you were missing one of the most important ingredients?

This ingredient substitute list from e-cookbooks.net is perhaps the most complete and useful free solution to the problem that we’ve seen.

For example, have a craving for pumpkin pie and you’re all out of pumpkin pie spice?  Checking the list will save the day when you find out you just have to add:

1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger
1/8 tsp allspice
1/8 tsp nutmeg

for every teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice the recipe calls for.

The list has tons of cool substitutes and even offers multiple options for some cases.  While the recipe may not taste exactly the same as if you had the real stuff on hand, we think this is a far better option than throwing out the food or going to Burger King.

What’s you favorite substitute? Leave omissions from the list in the comments…

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