Life Hack: Three common ingredients and the substitutes you can use instead in recipes

Did you run out of soy sauce, wine or butter while following a recipe? Here's what you can use instead
Life Hack: Three common ingredients and the substitutes you can use instead in recipes

Confused about what you can use instead in a recipe? Here are three ingredient subsitutions

We’ve all been there: you’re cooking one of your go-to dinner recipes and halfway through cooking you reach into the press for the next ingredient only to find it gone. There’s no time to run to the shop for a replacement — so what can you use instead?

Luckily, there are plenty of options you can use in a pinch for many of our most-used foods. Here are six ingredients you might reach for often and the alternatives you can use instead in a pinch.

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