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What can substitute for full fat coconut milk that would have the same creaminess and fat content? How about adding nut butter to soy milk to provide an equivalent amount of fat? Your thoughts?

Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

Eric Wynkoop - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

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This event was on March 25, 2025

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Question

Diane Dankert

What can substitute for full fat coconut milk that would have the same creaminess and fat content? How about adding nut butter to soy milk to provide an equivalent amount of fat? Your thoughts?

Answer

Any of the nut butters or seed butters can be thinned out, you know, with soy milk or any other plant-based milk or even water. And, uh, you know, they can use, be used in a, in a number of different ways. And, um, so, you know, give that a try. You know, each of these things, whether it's a, a, um, tahini, um, or, um, you know, some sort of a, a nut butter, they all have their individual flavors, of course. So please give it a try and see, you know, how you like those results in relation to the application in which you're using it.

Eric Wynkoop

Director of Culinary Instruction

Eric Wynkoop previously served as a founding faculty member at The International Culinary School, instructor in anthropology at Portland State University, and Senior Instructor at the Le Cordon Bleu program at Western Culinary Institute, in Portland, Oregon. He holds Master’s Degrees in postsecondary education and cultural anthropology, as well as credentials in Ayurveda wellness and cooking. Eric has spent more than twenty years in the food and beverage industry. His experiences include banquet management, catering, personal chef, winery cellar hand, educator, textbook contributor, consultant, and ethnographer. He also brings food and cultural insight from nearly a decade of residence in Japan, studies in Mexico, and research in India as a Fulbright Scholar. After graduating from the University of Oregon with a dual degree in Japanese and Asian Studies, he went on to receive his formal culinary training at Western Culinary Institute, in Portland, Oregon. Eric’s role with Rouxbe is central to enhancing the student experience through quality course content and new course development at Rouxbe. Eric is also the lead instructor in Rouxbe courses, a role which he has enjoyed since 2016.