Last night, I'd planned to make Salmon Patties for tea with left over fresh salmon that we were given, but had no eggs! I'm lucky that we get beautiful home grown eggs from my daughter's chooks. I save all my scraps for them. But, I'd been doing a lot of cooking lately and used them all.
What to do? Well, google is my friend. I found that you can use a number of things to replace eggs, depending on what you're cooking. The wonderful Pioneer Thinking website provided the following:
2 tbsp cornstarch = 1 egg
2 tbsp arrowroot flour = 1 egg
2 tbsp potato starch = 1 egg
1 heaping tbsp soy powder + 2 tbsp water = 1 egg
1 tbsp soy milk powder + 1 tbsp cornstarch + 2 tbsp water = 1 egg.
1 banana = 1 egg in cakes.
1 tbsp milled flax seed and 3 tbsp water = 1 egg. Light, fluffy cakes!
I had made a flax seed gel once before when trying to make a natural hair gel. I remember heating up flax seeds in a pot of water and getting this amazing gel, so I did the same again.
Place 1 tbsp flax seeds and six tbsp water in a small saucepan. Let it simmer on low heat until a gel is formed. Strain, cool and use.
Has anyone else tried other egg substitutes? If so, did they work? Please leave your comments.
I used about 1 1/2 tbsp of the gel and my salmon patties were perfect!
Fantastic...do you mind if I include this in our next budget article at Thermomix?? We have a few of them but certainly not all!
ReplyDeleteI don't mind at all Tenina! They're not my suggestions, but have come from the Pioneer Thinking website.
ReplyDeleteCertainly, the flax seed can be ground in the TMX and then cooked - much easier!