Vinegar Substitutes

[quantumsugar]

Does anyone have any good substitutes for vinegar? Willing lemon juice work well? Also, any vinegar-free salad dressing recipies would be highly appreciated.

Thanks!

[AndreaB]

Lemon or Lime juice work just as well. You may need to experiment and adjust to taste. With your typical vinegar and oil just sub lemon or lime juice for the vinegar.

If you are interested in specific salad dressing recipes, please post which kinds you like and your dietary restrictions and I'll see if I have any that would work.

[kabowman]

I can't have any type of vinegar and use lemon juice instead for everything. I have created a BBQ sauce that everyone raves about. Salad dressings are fairly simple and the lemon is nice.

I use extra virgin olive oil (cold pressed), lemon, whichever fresh herbs I have on hand (parsley, chives, cilantro, dill, etc., not all at once but a combination), and garlic because I can't seem to fix much without using garlic.

I have an allergy cookbook and it uses lemon in place of vinegar to make mayo and alternatives to sour cream (if you have dairy issues too like me), ketchup, etc. not that I have actually tried any yet but when I have more time in the fall I plan on it (when my passover mayo is all gone).

Stay away from ALL sauces.

[jnclelland]

Does anyone have any good substitutes for vinegar? Willing lemon juice work well? Also, any vinegar-free salad dressing recipies would be highly appreciated.

Thanks!

There are a couple of Annie's salad dressings that are vinegar-free. It's been awhile, so I don't remember exactly, but there's one that's something like lemon-chive that's really quite good.

Jeanne

[quantumsugar]

I can't have any type of vinegar and use lemon juice instead for everything. I have created a BBQ sauce that everyone raves about. Salad dressings are fairly simple and the lemon is nice.

kabowman--do you do a straight, equal amounts substitution of lemon juice? I'm so glad that'll work! Also, if you want to post your BBQ sauce recipe, that would be great. I'm about to throw a grilling party, and it would be nice to have some sauce I can eat.

AndreaB--only current dietary restrictions are gluten and vinegar. If there was some way to make ranch, that would be fantastic. Other than that, anything interesting would be good.

As for the Annie's dressings... Yes, they're quite good (especially the Artichoke Parmesean), but too expensive for me to have salad too often.

[AndreaB]

Ok. Here goes.

The first two recipes are from Five Loaves Deli and Bakery by Neva Brackett.

Cashew Mayonnaise

1/2 c cashew nuts

1 3/4 c water

2 Tbs. cornstarch (you can sub arrowroot)

2 tsp. salt

1 Tbs. onion powder

2 Tbs. lemon juice

3 Tbs. honey

1 Tbs. orange juice conc.

1. Blend all ingredients together for about 2 minutes.

2. Place blended mix in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly with a wire whip.

3. Remove from heat and cool before serving.

Hint: Pour boiling hot Mayonnaise into a hot, sterilized jar and screw on a sealing lid. Let is cool and check seal--a handy way to preserve for traveling. A little jam jar is just right!

Ranch-style

1 cup tofu or cashew mayonnaise (I'm sure you could use regular)

1/4 c water

1 Tbs. lemon juice

1/4 tsp celery salt

1 tsp onion powder

1/2 tsp parsley

1/4 tsp poppy seed

1/4 tsp dill weed

3/4 tsp salt

1/8 tsp garlic powder

1/8 tsp sweet basil

Place mayo in a bowl and stirr in the remaining ingredients.

The next recipe is from Cooking by the Book by Marcella Lynch

Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing

1 c buttermilk

1 c mayonnaise

1/4 c lemon juice

1 tsp onion salt

1/2 tsp garlic salt

1 Tbs food yeast flakes

1 tsp sweet basil

1/4 tsp dill weed

Other herbs as desired to season

Mix and let stand 15 minutes to develop flavors.

Hope these help.

[kabowman]

Just curious - are you giving up vinegar because of the yeast or do you have another reason.

Actually I don't really measure but taste so here is a basic to start with...

Kate's BBQ:

1.

-2 cans diced tomatoes with sweet onions

-1 can diced tomatoes with olive oil (I have tried just adding my own and hubby said it doesn't taste "as good"

-about 1/4-1/3 C brown sugar

-about 2-3T honey (I prefer wildflower)

-about 2-3T minced garlic

-about 1/4C lemon juice (it might be more - you will really have to taste to see if has the right acid taste you want)

To Taste:

2.

white pepper

ground black pepper

salt (I prefer sea salt)

cayenne pepper

cumin

3.

1 whole sweet onion minced

OK, combine all of 1. & 2. and blend, you want some chunkyness (we use a hand mixer) and taste--you may need to adjust all of this to get the right taste. It won't be right yet - once you get it close - add the minced onion and stir--the onion really makes the whole thing work after it cooks.

We cook ribs or wings then put everything in the crockpot for about 4 hours and come home for dinner - my boys, who don't even like ribs will eat them for this sauce.

[quantumsugar]

These recipes look fantastic, thank you all so much! I'm so excited to try them out.

I get pretty intense GERD symptoms when I eat food with even a tiny bit of vinegar (that's the only thing that sets it off). I don't think it has anything to do with the yeast, I sometimes eat foods made with yeast without any problems.

[marciab]

Vinegar does the same thing to me. My doctor recommended Mother's vinegar from the healthfood store and said that a lot of people can tolerate this one for some reason.

I haven't picked it up yet because I react so strongly to it that it just sounds horrible still.

I copied these recipes and can hardly wait to try them esp the BBQ. Thanks .... Marcia

[BRUMI1968]

I like this dressing I concocted:

some mineola juice (or other sweet orange)

some lemon juice

(balsamic vinegar - but I think it'll be fine w/o)

(dash o-mustard - but doesn't that usually have vinegar?)

dash of sugar

dash of salt & pepper

you wisk that together

THEN

you slowly wisk in the olive oil and it will get kindof creamy

It's good - the sweet orange juice gives it a nice change from regular vinegrette.

[queenofhearts]

I like this dressing I concocted:

some mineola juice (or other sweet orange)

some lemon juice

(balsamic vinegar - but I think it'll be fine w/o)

(dash o-mustard - but doesn't that usually have vinegar?)

dash of sugar

dash of salt & pepper

you wisk that together

THEN

you slowly wisk in the olive oil and it will get kindof creamy

It's good - the sweet orange juice gives it a nice change from regular vinegrette.

Mmmm, sounds delicious!

You can always use mustard powder instead of prepared mustard, that should be fine. And I might use a dab of molasses instead of sugar to get some of that balsamic richness.

Leah