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Back to Basics Baby Step Monday Mission no. 6: Cut High Fructose Corn Syrup

February 11th, 2013 · 36 Comments · Monday Missions

This is a {guest post} series from Tiffany of Don’t Waste the Crumbs. Catch all the previous baby steps HERE. Please tell me I’m not the only one who has been in this position. A friend mentions in casual conversation that she’s cut back her daily intake of soda to only one per day. Your [...]

Don’t Tempt Me, Dessert Table!

October 18th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized

I have an awful sweet tooth. I mean really, really, almost untameable, insatiable sweet tooth. It’s not really compatible with a real food, nourishing diet. I’m fighting it off by choosing better sweets when I choose sweets, and I’m over at the Attune blog today with some strategies for you to make healthier desserts at [...]

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A Sweet, Sweet…Some Season or Another: Date Sugar, Yacon, Fruit Sweeteners and Non-Sweeteners that Taste Sweet

March 28th, 2012 · 19 Comments · Food for Thought

I’ve decided to have “fruit for dessert” at least once a week around here (since last week’s Monday Mission went so well). I figure that really, if my kids have one little piece of candy per day, it’s not going to kill them, and when I do make a healthy dessert, I offer it as the [...]

Monday Mission: Eat Fruit for Dessert

March 19th, 2012 · 36 Comments · Monday Missions

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to serve a dessert without a sweetener this week. Part off weaning ourselves down from sugar and training our sweet tooth to expect (and enjoy!) less sweetness includes appreciating the natural sweetness of things like fruit. So offer a bowl of sliced pineapple as a dessert, or [...]

A Sweet, Sweet…Spring? Coconut Sugar and Palm Sugar Step up to the Plate

March 14th, 2012 · 37 Comments · Food for Thought

See? Procrastination has its upsides: I’ve stretched the Sweet, Sweet Summer series it hit another season that allows for alliteration. Now I sound cute again. Lots of people have asked about the merits and flexibility of coconut sugar and palm sugar, and although I’m still figuring them out myself, I’ll shed some light on the [...]

3rd Blogoversary {GIVEAWAY-NOW CLOSED} Number Five: 9 Wholesome Sweeteners to 5 Winners ($50 value each)

February 29th, 2012 · 12 Comments · Uncategorized

If you’ve followed along with the Sweet, Sweet Summer series at all, you’ve heard quite a bit about a number of natural sweeteners that I’ve been experimenting with over the past year and a half. Although the series still has a few posts to go before it’s completed, I decided this week was a great time [...]

Our Tongue-Tapping, Tooth-Tingling Taste Tests of Erythritol (How to Bake with Sugar Alcohols and Blends)

February 23rd, 2012 · 10 Comments · Food for Thought, What to Buy

Buying a new alternative sweetener, whether it’s as simple as sucanat (which intimidated me for over a year!) or as complicated as stevia or sugar alcohols like erythritol or xylitol, can be a tricky foray into healthier food preparation. It’s not quite like trying a new recipe or substituting whole wheat flour for white flour [...]