Cooking With Stevia Cookbook Review
August 8, 2008
The Stevia Cookbook: Cooking with Nature’s Calorie-Free Sweetener
If you want your family to eat less sugar or you’re trying to lose weight, this book would be an excellent addition to your cookbook library. I picked it up from Amazon a few weeks ago.
The first part of the Stevia Cookbook talks about the history of stevia – both since the beginning and in modern times. Here is an interesting question: why, despite the fact that stevia is popular in Asia and has also been in use by South American Indians for centuries, is stevia so little known in the States?
The book points to the usual suspects: big business (money) and government intervention (politics). Are we surprised by that? No.
Thankfully stevia is available on health food stores shelves and even at the grocery store today. The great thing about stevia is that it has zero calories. It only takes a couple of drops to sweeten your tea or a half teaspoon to sweeten an entire dessert. Stevia won’t lead to tooth decay like sugar will. Some natural health experts even say stevia is healing to the pancreas and adrenal glands.
Chapter 3 tells us the history and dangers of artificial sweeteners. How safe are these?
Chapter 4 acquaints you with the various forms of stevia: from whole leaf to green to white powder to liquid concentrates, you’ll learn which formulation to use for different applications. Personally, I prefer the clear extracts.
Part Two has the recipes. You’ll find recipes for pancakes and crepes, muffins, salads, dressings and sauces, beverages and of course – desserts!
My family has been using stevia as a part of our daily life for years and we love it. My kids reach for the liquid stevia whenever they make green tea. My sister uses stevia to sweeten her coffee. I’ve used stevia in my desserts too.
The book gives you some tips on cooking with stevia. For instance, if you use too much, oddly enough your food will take on a bitter taste! There are a few tricks to using stevia successfully.
Learn more about stevia and start using it to sweeten your family’s food safely and naturally with the The Stevia Cookbook: Cooking with Nature’s Calorie-Free Sweetener
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Interesting. You know, I never got into using Stevia even though I hear so many good things, but this cookbook might be all I need to try it out!
:–) Nell