Eating Healthier

[Frederick Foresight]

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A better class of junk food.

 

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[mlawson71]

Some digestion issues forced me to give up sugar some time ago, I'm definitely better off this way.

 

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For me, the Better Stevia is the better deal

I just purchased Stevia Liquid and Monk Drops online, so after Wednesday of next week I should know what this stuff tastes like when it doesn't have erythritol or other flavors mixed in with it.

For me, the Better Stevia is the better deal. The Monk Drops cost like $10 to $12, whereas the Better Stevia, which is probably more than triple the volume, is only around $16. (I use them in equivalent amounts when adding them to recipes.)

On top of this, the Better Stevia has a simpler to use drip top, a much, much longer shelf life, and a better tasting flavor (I think) when added to baked goods.

 

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If I remember correctly, it was in November of 2018 that I began eating differently, which also meant no longer drinking sweetened beverages or even 100% fruit juice. I began drinking tea with no sugar instead and planned to record my thoughts, which I finally got around to in April of this year, and am duplicating here.

I can add this to my list of acceptable tasting sugar-free teas.

 

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Final Carrot Cake Recipe:

• 1½ cup grated carrots
• (You forgot to put raisins on this list. So, should you add one box or two?)
• 8 oz. crushed pineapple
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 6 Tbsp softened butter
• 2 eggs (No, use 3 instead)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1½ cup whole wheat flour
• ½ cup of lightly packed brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon Better Stevia extract
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¾ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
• ¼ tsp ground ginger

Spray a medium microwave-safe bowl with non-stick spray and set aside. (No, put parchment paper in a non-stick cake pan and spread a micro thin layer of oil over it.)

Cover and cook in the microwave on high for 2 to 2 1/2 minutes, or until cake springs back when touched. (No, bake in a conventional oven at 345° for 40 to 45 minutes instead, so that a toothpick stuck in the middle of it comes out clean.)

 

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On top of this, the Better Stevia has a... better tasting flavor (I think) when added to baked goods.

Then again, maybe not. In the days following, the carrot cake made with Better Stevia also had a "funny" flavor to it, as the cake did when I used Monk Drops.

 

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Then again, maybe not. In the days following, the carrot cake made with Better Stevia also had a "funny" flavor to it, as the cake did when I used Monk Drops.

That is only because you are comparing it to the flavors you remember as a kid when your parents made the same thing with plain ol' sugars.

If you were a kid now and grew up on a recipe made with Stevia, then 30 years later you'd think the Stevia-made stuff tasted fine, but if given same thing with granulated sugar, you would 'prolly find it too alien, too sweet. It would have a "funny" flavor.