Substitutions for milk

[thesongthatilike]

If I missed this forums I apologize. Here's my dilemma. Due to poor planning, I have no milk but the rec calls for one cup o milk. Any suggestions will be much appreciated.
~Jane

 

[GB]

What is it that you are making?

 

[thesongthatilike]

Hey hi!

Meatballs in strognoff sauce.

 

[Ol-blue]

I have substituted milk with evaporated milk with no problems.

 

[thesongthatilike]

Not sure if I have any. Seems like every trip to the grocery store I am less and less prepared

 

[jpmcgrew]

Do you have any sourcream?

 

[thesongthatilike]

closest thing I have to sour cream is cottage cheese.



Oh wait! I think I do have sour cream.

 

[jpmcgrew]

In dire straits I have used liquid creamer or powdered coffee creamer mixed with water.

 

[mudbug]

sour cream would be even better than milk for stroganoff

 

[jpmcgrew]

If you have sour cream which you would use in beef stroganoff it will work just be sure to temper sour cream with a bit of the hot gravy then mix in as to not curdle sour cream.Or maybe just mix some sour cream 1/2 or more with water to 1 cup.The sour cream would make your meatballs even more delicious.

 

[thesongthatilike]

The sour cream would make your meatballs even more delicious.




I totally agree.

Thanks!

 

[jennyema]

I'd go to the store and get sour cream, since it's stroganoff or I would pick a different recipe. You can't make it with cottage cheese or powdered coffee creamer.

 

[thesongthatilike]

I forgot I had sour cream. Thank goodness.

 

[Caine]

Meatballs can be made with water as well as milk. Milk is not an essential ingredient of meatballs.

 

[mudbug]

Caine, I think it was the sauce she was needing the milk for.

 

[muzzlet]

I rarely have milk in the house. Hubby is lactose intolerant and I just don't like it very much. However, I do keep a box of Carnation nonfat dried milk in the cupboard. When a recipe calls for milk, I just mix up what I need for the recipe. Don't notice that it's powdered milk in a recipe. Really comes in handy!!

 

[Caine]

Caine, I think it was the sauce she was needing the milk for.

I'm sorry, but that is not the impression I got from this:

If you have sour cream which you would use in beef stroganoff it will work just be sure to temper sour cream with a bit of the hot gravy then mix in as to not curdle sour cream.Or maybe just mix some sour cream 1/2 or more with water to 1 cup.The sour cream would make your meatballs even more delicious.

But, then again, if the recipe calls for 1 cup of milk, and the normal ratio for meatballs is equal amounts of egg and milk (or water) this recipe must make an AWFUL lot of meatballs!