Fruits
Vegetables
Cooking Substitutes
Cooking Terms
Baking Terms
100
I vary in size, I am usually elongated and curved. You have to peel me in order to eat me. I am typically yellow.
Banana
100
I am a root vegetable, I vary in colours from white, yellow, orange, purple, and red.
Carrot
100
If you run out of powdered sugar and need more quick, what can you do to regular sugar to make it a substitute?
Blend it
100
When you bring a liquid to a boil and reduce the heat for a constant lower boil.
Simmer
100
A method used when making bread or dough, used to mix the ingredients and add strength to the final produce.
Kneading
200
You might pick me during a walk out in the country, you might have even had me in your back yard! I am sweet, nutty and similar to a blueberry.
Saskatoon Berry
200
I am a leafy vegetable. It was said on a popular TV show back in the day that of you ate me you would get superhuman powers just like Popeye.
Spinach
200
What two ingredients can you use if you run out of brown sugar?
White sugar and molasses.
200
Pouring the meat juice or fat over the food while it is cooking. This keeps it moist and flavored.
Basting
200
Cutting the surface of bread dough, it allows the gas and steam to escape when the dough expands during the baking process.
Score
300
I can be green, yellow, orange, purple, or red! I have smooth, thin and tough skin. I have juicy, sweet and fibrous flesh and a large inedible put in the middle.
Mango
300
I am a root vegetable packed with essential nutrients. I am a great source of fiber. Some people eat my leaves.
Beet
300
What can you use to replace sour cream in a recipe?
Greek Yogurt
300
When cooking pasta or rice and it is firm to the bite.
Al dente
300
Process of passing dry ingredients through a mesh to break up lumps and mix ingredients.
Sift
400
I am a fruit that often gets mistake for a vegetable. I am a berry, however I am long and green and you would typically find me in a salad.
Cucumber
400
I am a fast growing, dark green vegetable with firm stalks. I bear dense clusters of flower buds at the ends of my stalks.
Broccoli
400
What unsuspecting food might you use to replace an egg while cooking?
Applesauce
400
When a fruit or vegetable is briefly placed in boiling water and removed to be plunged into ice water in order to halt the cooking process.
Blanching
400
Rising or bulk fermentation- letting a mixed and kneaded dough rest undisturbed.
Proof
500
I am a rounded fruit with two outer layers. One hard outer layer and an inner layer with distinct chambers that contain fleshy seeds.
Pomegranate
500
I have a pungent spicy flavor that mellows and sweetens with cooking. I am a vegetable but I am more commonly used to flavor foods.
Garlic
500
If someone is vegan and a recipe calls for honey, what could they use instead?
Maple Syrup
500
A mixture of flour and fat cooked together and used to thicken sauces.
Roux
500
A glossy, translucent coating applied to the outer surface of a dish by dipping, dripping or using a brush.
Glazing