Substitute for Sour Cream

There are various reasons why anyone would want to substitute sour cream. For starters, you
may have simply run out of the ingredient and direly need it for your recipe or you simply dont
want to consume the many calories that come with store bought cream cheese. Also, you may be
lactose intolerant. Whatever the case, there is no shortage of sour cream substitutes as there are
multiple ingredients you can use depending on the meal you are preparing and your taste as well.
Below we give you some fantastic and easy sour cream substitutes.
1. Dairy Free
Sour Cream
Ingredients:
1 cup water
1 tsp. sea salt
1! cup pine nuts
1! cup sunflower seeds
1" cup fresh lemon #uice
1 tsp. garlic clove garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
Directions:
Blend the all the ingredients using a mi$er ensuring that you scrap the
sides to get a fine blend. %f you are ma&ing sour cream for a sweet dish,
you can s&ip garlic and onion powder.
2. Low Fat Sour
Cream
Ingredients:
1! cup low fat plain yogurt
1! cup unflavored gelatin
' tsp. buttermil& powder
1 cup mil&
Directions:
(sing a medium si)ed saucepan, mi$ the buttermil& powder with the mil&
and sprin&le gelatin on the mi$ture. *eep this mi$ until the gelatin is soft
and coo& the mi$ture in low heat until the gelatin completely dissolves or
for five minutes. Turn off the heat and add your plain yogurt. +hill this
mi$ture until thic&ened.
3. Classic Sour
Cream
%ngredients,
"' cup buttermil&sour mil&
1" cup butter
Directions:
Whis& up the two ingredients in a bowl.
4. lain Sour
Cream
Ingredients:
1' cup butter
"' cup plain yogurt
Directions:
-elt the butter in a pan or microwave and let it cool to room temperature
before blending it with the yogurt. .efrigerate the sour cream for an hour
before use.
!. "ealt#y Sour
Cream
Ingredients:
1 cup cottage cheese
1tbsp. /emon #uice vinegar
Directions:
Blend the cottage cheese and lemonvinegar until smooth.
$. C#eese Sour
Cream
Ingredients:
1 cup yogurt
1tsp. onion powder
Directions:
0our the yogurt into a strainer and cover it using a plastic wrap. 1et it the
fridge overnight. -i$ the strained yogurt with onion powder to have a
sour cream substitute.
%. &egan Sour
Cream
Ingredients:
"' tsp. +eltic salt
1! cup water
1' cup lemon #uice
1 cup bra)il nut
Directions:
1oa& the nuts overnight before use. +ombine the nuts, +eltic salt and
lemon in a food processor and blend for about three minutes or until its
light and creamy.
'. "omemade Ingredients:
Sour Cream
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup plain yogurt
Directions:
0our the plain yogurt, heavy cream and mayonnaise into a blender to
create a light creamy paste. Alternatively you can pour all ingredients
into a bowl and whis& them up.
(. Cas#ew Sour
Cream
Ingredients:
1 cup raw cashew nuts
1 tbsp. lemon #uice
1! tsp. apple cider
Directions:
The cashew nuts must be raw, not salted or roasted. 1oa& the cashew nuts
overnight before use. 0lace nuts in a food processor and add the salt,
vinegar, water and lemon #uice. 0uree the ingredients until creamy and
smooth or to your desired consistency.
1). Sim*le Sour
Cream
Ingredients:
1 tsp. vinegar
!" cup mil& powder
"' cup water
Directions:
0lace all ingredients in a mi$er and blend to your desired consistency.
This produces one cup of sour cream.
+ore Substitutes for Sour Cream
The above sour cream substitutions can be used for various recipes. 2ogurt as you may have
noticed is a great substitute ingredient. Below we give you specific sour cream substitutes to
meet your different coo&ing needs.
,sed For -eci*es
.a/ing There are different recipes you can use and substitute ! above which is a
low fat sour cream wor&s great. 2ou can also use the following recipes,
1. -i$ 1 cup yogurt with 1 tsp. ba&ing soda
!. -i$ 1" cup butter with 3 cup sour mil&
". -i$ 1" cup butter with 3 cup buttermil&
Coo/ed Sauces %f you are &een on ma&ing substitute sour cream for coo&ed sauces
substitutes 4 and 5 above should help. These produce a thic& and creamy
sour cream alternative.
Di*s -a&ing your sour cream dip is also 6uite easy and substitutes 7 and 8 are
great alternatives. 2ou can also use the following recipe to create your
sour cream dip.
1. -i$ " tbsp. mil& with 5 ounces cream cheese
!. -i$ 1' cup buttermil&yogurt with 1 cup cottage cheese
Low Fat %f you want a healthier sour cream substitute, you can use substitutes 9
and 1: above. Alternatively you can,
1. -i$ 1tsp lemon #uice with 1 can evaporated mil&
!. -i$ ! tbsp. s&im mil&, 1 tbsp. lemon #uice and 1 cup low fat
cottage cheese