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Growing and Using Stevia: The Sweet Leaf from Garden to Table with 35 Recipes

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Growing and Using Stevia by Jeffrey Goettemoeller & Karen Lucke is an excellent guide for the Stevia beginner and also for the Stevia user. It gives you the "Why" and the "How to" - plus converting recipes using Stevia to replace sugar. This book is well written, documented and is simple and easy for the novice to understand. I recommend this informative little Stevia book to all who are health minded, and, with or without a sweet tooth, even the honey bees love Stevia - the sweet leaf from garden to table and best of all, it is good for your health. HalleluYah!

THIS IS 1 OF THE BEST STEVIA BOOKS I HAVE READ. IT IS VERY INFORMATIVE. PLUS, THE BONUS OF THIS BOOK IS ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS. SEEING AS THIS PLANT IS HARD TO FIND, IT'S GREAT TO SEE WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE. I DON'T HAVE A GREEN THUMB, BUT THIS BOOK MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO FAIL ON GROWING STEVIA. GET THIS BOOK, IT'S ONE OF THE BEST. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT

The value of the book is its direct and to the point. With Stevia being in the news so much, I have been interested in growing my own plants to make my own stevia powder to use in place of sugar. And this book also has some decent recipes for everything from use as a tea, to use in baked goods and even with hot cereal. The book Growing Stevia for Market is a must read for anyone interested in selling the product either for others to grow from cuttings to a finished product for use in the kitchen.

This really was a great book, but the stevia I grew turned out to be too bitter to use in any of the recipes in this book. It was a fun experiment, but raising the plants from seed, drying the leaves, and powdering them turned out to be a waste of time because the green powder was inedible.

Tells you why Stevia is a good alternative to sugar and how to prepare it to use in cooking applications and liquid sweeteners.

I've just ordered a Stevia plant from Territorial Seed Co. and I'm very excited about exploring Stevia's culture and uses.
I love Jeffery's growing and culture info.
The recipes look great,but I'm disappointed that he did not include nutritional information.
I ordered another book by Rita DePuydt(also from Amazon!) which does have nutritional info, so now I'm set!

Have tried several of the recipes and "tips" provided. Excellent results.
Main thing is to remember that all it takes is a "itsy-bit"

It was small and difficult to read, with small illustrations. I expected a BOOK, not a little paperback. It has good info but I was disappointed.