Baking with Stevia II, More Recipes for the Sweet Leaf [Spiral-bound]

Rita E. DePuydt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1998

Sixty tested recipes using the naturally sweet herb, Stevia rebaudiana. Contains recipes using the whole, dried herb; herbal concentrate; and herbal extracts. The book contains a full range of dessert and beverage recipes including, muffins, cakes, cookies, bars, puddings, pies, gelatin desserts, toppings, sauces, frozen desserts, and more. Also a list of stevia products, their descriptions and uses, a glossary, baking tips section, directions for making a stevia extract, food substitutions chart, and a resources section.

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Another wonderful collection of low-sugar, whole food dessert recipes by Rita DePuydt. This volume introduces the cook to baking with all forms of the herb, Stevia rebaudiana, including the dried green herb, herbal concentrate, and herbal extracts. Cut your calories, improve your health, and still enjoy desserts. -- Publisher Comments

About the Author

Rita DePuydt is a botanist and free-lance writer, originally from Michigan, now living in California. She also has a background in Home-Economics and as a Medical Laboratory Technician. Health and healing herbs have been an interest of hers for several decades. She was a leader in a nutrition education and activist group during her college years, was on the education committee of her local food coop for several years, and has taught whole food cooking classes. Rita has been sugar sensitive since she was a child. Following numerous ups and downs, she became interested in stevia as a way of reducing her consumption of sugars. She uses stevia and stevia extracts in all her baking and the herb is an important part of her daily health program.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 112 pages
• Publisher: Sun Coast Ent (November 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965607313
• ISBN-13: 978-0965607315
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,308,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't Offer Total Sugar Replacement Recipes, February 13, 2008

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This review is from: Baking with Stevia II, More Recipes for the Sweet Leaf (Spiral-bound)

I found this book disappointing in that many of the recipes, in addition to stevia, call for other sweeteners, such as maple syrup, honey, rice syrup or date sugar. Many of these other sugars are much higher on the glycemic index than stevia, and also have many more calories. So if your objective is to watch calories and your blood sugar levels, this book may disappoint. Many of the recipes also call for some type of nut butter, so if you have nut allergies, you'd do better with one of the other stevia cookbooks.