Sugar-Free Cooking With Stevia: The Naturally Sweet & Calorie-Free Herb (Revised 3rd Edition) [Paperback]

Tanya Kirkland (Author), James Kirkland (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2000

Stevia is an all-natural herbal sweetener up to 300 times sweeter than sugar it contains no calories, no artificial chemicals, and no carbohydrates. It can be used by everyone, even diabetics and children, wont promote tooth decay, and is great for cooking and baking. So why doesnt everyone use stevia?

Good question. Used for centuries in South America and the most popular non-caloric sweetener in Japan, stevia has been unfairly targeted by the FDA read more about the controversy in Chapter 3.

This revolutionary sugar-free cookbook is the ONLY book that gives you:

* Nutritional Information & Food Exchanges

* The Most Frequently Asked Stevia Questions and Answers

* How to Choose the Best Stevia and Use It Successfully

* Conversion Charts Complete and Easy-To-Use for Stevia, Sugar, and Artificial Sweeteners

* A Choice Between Cooking with Pure Stevia Extract, Stevia Blends, or Packets of Stevia

* The Use of Basic Ingredients You Already Have in Your Kitchen

* Best of All, Over 200 delicious recipes everyone will love!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Herbal products have faced constant challenges from the FDA but none have been singled out like stevia. In their book SUGAR-FREE COOKING WITH STEVIA, James and Tanya Kirkland tell a tale of government attempts to eliminate stevia from the American market which includes violation of Constitutional rights, search & seizure tactics and destruction of private property. ...it is so typical of the tactics used by big business and our government to protect their interests instead of ours. However, it is their story. Check out their website; at www.steviapetition.org and consider ordering their cookbook. They have included, along with recipes, some hints for using stevia and a section on "Successful Cooking with Stevia." -- Temple Maintenance , July/August, 1999 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

Sugar-Free Cooking With Stevia The Naturally Sweet & Calorie-Free Herb

Here's an all-natural herbal sweetener - 300 times sweeter than sugar - it contains no calories, no artificial chemicals, and no carbohydrates. It can be used by everyone, even diabetics and children, actually prevents cavities and is great for cooking and baking. So why doesn't everyone use stevia?

Good question - Used for centuries in South America and the most popular non-caloric sweetener in Japan, the United States FDA has unfairly targeted this natural herb - even temporarily banning the first edition of Cooking With Stevia in an attempt to suppress information about this sweet leaf.

Safe and easy to use, you can start cooking with stevia today. Over 200 mouth-watering recipes all with reduced calories! With an easy-to-use conversion chart, you can substitute stevia for sugar or artificial sweeteners in your own recipes. Enjoy beverages, appetizers, main courses, desserts, even candy - all without sugar. Learn how to make sugar-free treats for people with diabetes, hypoglycemia, candidiasis or those that suffer from sugar or artificial sweetener allergies! Sugar-Free Cooking With Stevia contains valuable information about this wonderful herb, enlightening facts about its colorful history in the US and, best of all, over 200 great ideas to use in your own kitchen at home. Try it today! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Crystal Health Pub; Revised 3rd edition (April 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 192890615X
• ISBN-13: 978-1928906155
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #567,429 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a stevia cookbook with recipes my family loves!!!, August 13, 1999

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This review is from: Sugar-Free Cooking with Stevia (Paperback)

This is the only book that gives a choice between using stevioside and stevia blend, (stevioside with a filler). I like using the stevia blend rather than pure stevioside because it is easier to measure.

I even made a cheese cake so good my hubby couldn't tell it was sugar-free!

54 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, October 6, 2007

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DH "health nut" (PA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sugar-Free Cooking With Stevia: The Naturally Sweet & Calorie-Free Herb (Revised 3rd Edition) (Paperback)

I ordered 3 Stevia recipe books, and this is the most disappointing out of all of them. If you are simply looking to replace sugar with stevia, this book's for you.
The pros are:
It has a bunch of recipes, more than the other books.
It gives you amounts for 3 different types of stevia (not the liquid) so you are not expected to purchase a certain type to make the recipies, unless you only have the liquid.
Most recipes do not contain other sources of sugar as some stevia cookbooks were reported to do.
That's about it for the pros.
I would think most people using stevia are also looking for healthy. If they were simply looking to cut the sugar from their diet, they would be using some sort of sugar alcohol which is much easier to come by, in lieu of the stevia. This book simply replaces the sugar with stevia. He recommends to use margarine in most recipies without thought to the hydrogenated oils. He uses processed refined flours, no whole grains. He does have a few recipies with hidden sugars like his Instant Cocoa Mix which contains powdered nondairy creamer, this can also have hydrogenated oils in it as well as the sugar. At least one recipe called for molasses. To use this cookbook in a healthy way, you would have to modify almost every recipe in one way or another. I haven't made anything from it yet because I'm not up to the task of trying to alter a recipe in the way this book needs.

79 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Finally Here!!!, October 22, 1999

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N. Roberts "nanjean" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sugar-Free Cooking with Stevia (Paperback)

My child was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes in the mid 1980's. I heard about STEVIA at about the same time and was appalled that we couldn't readily buy it here in the U.S. When we could try it, we used my child's blood glucose meter to compare the readings against natural raw sugar and honey. Her blood sugar spiked upward with the sugar and the honey. There was no change with the sweetner STEVIA. It has opened up a world of fabulous food without the worry!! It allows for more food choices because in the food exchange program, we don't have to swap out another carbohydrate to use the STEVIA. It doesn't change when heated, and it goes a long way because of it's concentration. This is the ultimate sweetners for all consumers! Plus, it has all the other health benefits that are too numerous to mention. The recipes are fabulous...I serve them to friends and NO ONE can tell the difference. Buy this book...tell all your friends!