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Category: Food and Ingredient Swaps

Better swaps for the foods and pantry staples you already use.

Kitchen and Cookware

Five Kitchen Tools I Use, and the Pans I Stay Away From

In This Article The blender I use constantly A stick blender for the small jobs A coffee machine and a steel filter cup A glass kettle A half…

October 2026 · 5 min read

Kitchen and Cookware

The Blender I Actually Use (and the Cheaper Ninja I’d Point You To First)

In This Article What the machine is What the wattage argument is about The cheaper Ninja with more reviews What it is not for One note on smoothies…

October 2026 · 6 min read

Seed Oil Alternatives

What an Olive Oil Label Can Prove, and What It Is Only Hoping You Assume

In This Article The words that do almost nothing What the 2010 UC Davis tests found The date that matters, and the one that pretends to The bottle…

October 2026 · 9 min read

Seed Oil Alternatives

Tallow, Lard, Suet, Dripping: What the Words on the Tub Actually Mean

In This Article The animal comes first The words, one by one How different are suet and tallow really? What else is on the label Quick questions The…

October 2026 · 5 min read

Food and Ingredient Swaps

Airport Snacks Without Seed Oils: What to Grab Past Security, and What to Put Back

In This Article The rule that works in a hurry Grab these Depends how strict you are Put these back Or bring your own Quick questions The bottom…

October 2026 · 4 min read

Better Meat and Protein Choices

My Hemp Protein Scores About Half of What Whey Does, and the Fix Was in the Other Bag

In This Article The number the label does not print One honest caveat about that scale Why lysine is the one that runs out The other bag What…

October 2026 · 7 min read

Food and Ingredient Swaps

Printable Bobby Approved ALDI List (Free PDF, 2026)

In This Article How to use it What is on the list What to leave on the shelf One note on the chips Quick questions The bottom line…

October 2026 · 4 min read

Pantry Swaps

Coconut Aminos Recipes: Fried Rice, Pork Fried Rice and Soy Sauce Chicken Without the Soy

In This Article How the swap works Egg fried rice Pork fried rice Soy sauce chicken The two bottles Leftover rice, safely Quick questions The bottom line References…

October 2026 · 12 min read

Pantry Swaps

Coconut Aminos vs Soy Sauce: The Sodium Math, the Sugar, and What the Word Aminos Is Worth

In This Article What is in each bottle The sodium math The sugar on the other side of the label What the word aminos is worth The no…

October 2026 · 10 min read

Seed Oil Alternatives

Does Ketchup Have Seed Oil? What the Labels (and the Federal Standard) Say

In This Article What the federal standard allows What the labels list Where oil does show up The real ketchup question is sugar Quick questions The bottom line…

October 2026 · 5 min read

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