In yesterday’s post, I wrote my love letter to sugar.
But I’ve become a fan of stevia too. I don’t use much, but just a little now and then can really jazz up a dish. And it doesn’t seem to give me that awful crash-and-burn feeling I get from too much sugar .
(Above, using a bit of stevia in Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Oatmeal)
Other ways to enjoy stevia:
Make a warm batch of Snickerdoodle cookies Snickerdoodle Oatmeal
And it works well in any of the following, too:
From the top:
Unlike some of the other brands on the market, NuNaturals stevia powder isn’t cut down with erythritol. (Truvia and PureVia contain more erythritol than actual stevia.) Therefore, you end up needing quite a bit less powder to achieve the same amount of sweetness. Also–and judging by the comments in my previous two posts, others seem to agree with me–I don’t think NuNaturals stevia has a strange aftertaste. And now Ron, of Nunaturals, introduced me to another fun find I never would’ve picked up on my own:
Alcohol-free Vanilla Stevia Drops
The price is deceptive, because with these drops, a little goes a long way. If you can find them, I very much recommend buying a bottle.
Love the NuNaturals vanilla drops, but I wasn’t a big fan of their cocoa bean extract either. However, I do love the baking blend.
Oh my gosh, gotta make the oatmeal crepe cakes again. Loved loved loved that chew factor. 🙂
Happy weekend Katie!
I love stevia in my nightly tea. All of your recipes in this post look so good I don’t know where to start!
I still can’t believe I’ve never tried Stevia. That’s almost embarrassing!
I’m a big fan of the blue dish you used in your first picture. Dishes make the meal (OK, not really, but they accentuate the positive).
Actual stevia contains no erythritol whatsoever….and I noticed that someone commented wondering whether Stevia in the Raw is really 100% stevia. Well, at least from what I understand, it’s not. I guess they claim that their product is mixed with dextrose, but I have read that it is 95.8% table sugar. Either way, it is not 100% stevia. As consumers, we should understand in advertising, companies can legally state things that are not true, and many companies take advantage of that.
Personally, I use SweetLeaf brand. While most other brands use ethanol, methanol, solvents, alcohols in processing, which could change the taste of the stevia, SweetLeaf is the only one that uses onlt pure water during the entire extraction process.
Anyway, I guess I’m kind of rambling…that food looks absolutely delish!
Thanks Yoda! I did reply in an email to that question that yes, Stevia in the Raw contains dextrose. I’m unsure about the NuNaturals… it contains maltodextrin, so I’m not sure if that’s any better than the others, but “stevia” is their first ingredient, unlike the other brands. But honestly, I use so little that I don’t really worry about it.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a well-thoughtou comment 🙂 🙂
Oh yum yum yum to that entire post! I totally agree with you Katie, those vanilla stevia drops from NuNaturals are to die for. My mom has them and I looove using them when I come home to visit!
so i know i’m super late in commenting on this… but i haven’t tried stevia. i heard it had a bad after taste???
however, i need a good sugar sub b/c sugar gives me the serious crash and burns… i basically just avoid it these days, especially in the afternoon, which means i miss out on lots of yummy sweet things.
i use “truvia” a little bit, but i feel like i dont know if i can cook with it, or if it’s just kind of a sprinkle a little on your oatmeal kind of a thing…
have you tried truvia? or do you have any thoughts on it?
I got some an order of stevia drops earlier this week, along with vanilla stevia and also some powdered stevia. I have the worst. sweet. tooth. ever and I went a bit crazy for the vanilla drops in my tea (on TOP of my normal sweetener). I ended up with the headache from hell but I was also coming down with a stomach bug as well so I’m going to have to go easy on them the next time I use them!!
I must have very sensitive tastebuds because I can pick out a fake sweetner in anything. Not a great gift! I have been searching for a good sugar substitute forever and haven’t found one yet. I have tried splenda, sun crystals, truvia, agave, etc… I have tried these in my coffee, in yogurt and oatmeal and hate the aftertaste of all of them except the agave (but it’s so carb heavy). Is the NuNatural Stevia and the vanilla drops really that much better? I would love to try the recipes here, they look amazing, but I’m afraid I will get that same bad aftertaste and not like it. Can anyone help??
You can always ask them (at Whole Foods) to let you try one packet, so you don’t have to waste your money buying a whole container if you don’t like it. They sell it in the vitamin dept.
Yeah, I checked the website and they are still offering the free samples. I’m gonna try those and hopefully be impressed 🙂 Thanks!
What do you think of honey as a sweetner?
Hi Katie! I love all of your recipes and can’t stop eating many of them! I was wondering, what if you are very sensitive to stevia? I had Zevia (a type of stevia sweetened cola) and had the worst stomachache of my life! Would agave nectar be an acceptable substitute?
I don’t have a problem with stevia, but I guess everyone is different! Then again, I don’t like zevia because I don’t like soda. I’m not sure what recipe you mean when you ask if you can sub agave… it depends on the recipe!
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You are AMAZING! Thank you thank you thank you so much for this. I was considering doing the same thing and you’ve just made the task a lot less daunting.