Best healthy sweeteners?
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IMO - dates, maple syrup and if sugar needed then demerara or brown sugar
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Lou
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not vegan, but I think Honey is at the top of the list.
I used to buy it, even after I became vegan for a variety of reasons but over time I stopped mostly because I rarely used it anyway.
not my favorite but I have a little bottle of agave syrup that I use when a recipe requires sugar.
I used to buy it, even after I became vegan for a variety of reasons but over time I stopped mostly because I rarely used it anyway.
not my favorite but I have a little bottle of agave syrup that I use when a recipe requires sugar.
Most dates I find are fresh. I mostly buy medjool, and often make a paste of blending dates with some water.
Lou
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I haven't watched the video. What are the "only two healthy sweeteners?"
I've never had erythritol. I have maple syrup and agave on hand.
And I sometimes have dates.
I'm also heartened to see Stevia on the list.
When I quit drinking beer I started drinking soda as sort of an emotional crutch. now I drink no more than one Zevia Ginger Root Beer a day. And Zevia is sweeter with Stevia.
I've never had erythritol. I have maple syrup and agave on hand.
And I sometimes have dates.
I'm also heartened to see Stevia on the list.
When I quit drinking beer I started drinking soda as sort of an emotional crutch. now I drink no more than one Zevia Ginger Root Beer a day. And Zevia is sweeter with Stevia.
I buy date paste from an oriental mart hoping it is exactly the same as whole dates. Just in a different state.
OK. I wonder why. Many thanks for the new one.
They are, the most healthy ones, Dates and Blackstrap Melasse (with an apparently strong taste of its own, but I love licorice).
From the information I found, xylitol actually appears to be safe.
Lou
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Oh I once bought some. blackstrap molasses for making vegan baked beans. I really didn't like the flavor that it imparted.
guess I'll go buy some more dates.
Lou
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not sure if mine is still good but if so I'll try it in oatmeal. maybe I, too can get used to it.I actually got used to the taste--my son really likes it. I have a big jar and meant to add to my oatmeal. It's high in iron and calcium, funny,but the organic one is not, neither are fortified
I've been buying baked beans - in the can- the vegetarian ones. but I wouldn't mind making my own.
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Lou
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ah yes, I forgot about molasses - I don't think of it as a sweeten-er I think of it as an mineral-er hehe - I do use it 3 times a week in my oatmeal and love it - it tastes bland, to me, without it
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