I don't know if this topic has been discussed before, but I've found that STEVIA is a natural sweetener that can be used instead of sugar. Besides, it's a very useful herb to prevent lots of illnesses. The plants can be grown in any climate and you can use the leaves to sweeten your tea, coffee, etc. There is a lot of information in internet, but I give you a link to start with.
http://www.theherbalinsider.com/archives/80
I've just bought some plants. They are very small so I have them under roof meanwhile, since we have very nasty weather here in the south of Chile at this time. I hope this tip is useful for you.
To make a liquid sweetener with Stevia... take one teaspoon of Stevia and steep in one cup of boiling hot water. The resulting sweet liquor can be refrigerated and used to sweeten coffee, tea, or drop on your cereal in the morning. In baking or dessert recipes, one teaspoon of finely ground Stevia is equivalent to one cup of sugar. It is really, really, REALLY SWEET. Said to be 300 times sweeter than sugar!
Aug 1, 2010
Norma Rozas Leal
Jerry & Linda Beers Aydlott said:
Aug 1, 2010
KM
Aug 4, 2010