Saturday, January 30, 2010
As this competition goes on I am more and more thankful that I am NOT a diabetic. I remember when I was 12 and my younger brother was diagnosed with Type I diabetes. At the time there were very few options for sugar free foods. While the sugar free options of today do taste much better then they used to, they still just doesn't cut it. I miss sugar!!! I know I will NOT be making a life change of no sugar after this contest is over. I look forward to the day I can make a sweet here and there and use a little sugar. We don't do that many sweets to begin with but NO sweets is much harder than I like. So cheers to all those who can do it for life. I look forward to April and sugar.
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Actually, I am very excited about at least one new option in food sweeteners. Stevia has recently been approved by the FDA. I guess the sugar industry has been blocking its approval for years. However, Jenny made a wonderful squash casserole recipe using a Stevia syrup when she and Omar visited last week. I was impressed! So I checked into it some more, and found that Stevia is not an artificial sweetener at all! In fact, it is a plant, as natural as sugar cane and/or sugar beets. However, it is 30 times sweeter than regular sugar. I bought some seeds last week, and plan on seeing if I can grow it this year. I think it would be a great addition to my garden!
ReplyDeleteLaureli, I used Xagave in the casserole, not Stevia. Sorry for the confusion.
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