Got any sugar free recipes?

[Tinkerbell in Texas]

thanks in advance!

[Kerrmudgeon]

thanks in advance!

Being very sensitive to sugar myself, I use stevia in any recipes that call for sugar, and it works well without the side effects of aspartame. Made my cornbread this way. If it's a cooked recipe use a touch more....cooking diminishes it's sweetness a tad. You need so little anyway, (like a couple of shakes of a salt shaker little=a spoon of sugar)it's still negligible. Used for hundreds of years in parts of the world.:thumbs:

[Me2]

We limit sugar in our house as much as we can. I discovered agave nectar / syrup is a great substitute for sugar in most recipes. You can even purchase it at WalMart in the general vicinity of where they keep the pancake syrup. It's not as sweet of a taste as sugar but it's pretty damn close.

[Tinkerbell in Texas]

Being very sensitive to sugar myself, I use stevia in any recipes that call for sugar, and it works well without the side effects of aspartame. Made my cornbread this way. If it's a cooked recipe use a touch more....cooking diminishes to sweetness a tad. You need so little anyway, (like a couple of shakes of a salt shaker little=a spoon of sugar)it's still negligible. Used for hundreds of years in parts of the world.:thumbs:

have you tried the splenda for baking? I've tried stevia (Truvia) in my coffee and notice a bitter aftertaste that I don't care for.
Kneel loves sweets but is watching his sugar.....sugar-free goods at the stores are $$$ and I want to indulge him AND help him with his sugar levels.

We limit sugar in our house as much as we can. I discovered agave nectar / syrup is a great substitute for sugar in most recipes. You can even purchase it at WalMart in the general vicinity of where they keep the pancake syrup. It's not as sweet of a taste as sugar but it's pretty damn close.

I'll have to look for that! Thanks!

[Kerrmudgeon]

have you tried the splenda for baking? I've tried stevia (Truvia) in my coffee and notice a bitter aftertaste that I don't care for.
Kneel loves sweets but is watching his sugar.....sugar-free goods at the stores are $$$ and I want to indulge him AND help him with his sugar levels.

Hi Tink, yes I have, but I can't have any of those Slenda type products with aspartame. They make my feet buzz much like a mild gout feeling. Enough so I can't sleep. It took a week to get rid of it in my system. I know what you mean about the bitterness, but if you use less of it, that disappears. :thumbs:


However, I don't believe anything that sounds "too good to be true" without doing some additional checking. After all, they said aspartame was "good" for people with diabetes and aspartame was making my husband's diabetes almost impossible to control with medication. (We removed all aspartame from his diet and his diabetes is now controlled very weel with ONE pill a day instead of three different pills twice a day.)

BUT, I also found out that agave nectar causes: high cholesterol and triglycerides; increases blood pressure; increases Insulin resistance; and a bunch of other bad things. A diabetic does NOT need any of the above symptoms. These all make diabetes worse and more dangerous and increase the risk of heart disease.
So, no agave nectar for my husband. I am really glad I checked it out before I wasted our money.
Here is a link to the problems with agave nectar (agave syrup) - http://communati.com/main...

[Tinkerbell in Texas]

Hi Tink, yes I have, but I can't have any of those Slenda type products with aspartame. They make my feet buzz much like a mild gout feeling. Enough so I can't sleep. It took a week to get rid of it in my system. I know what you mean about the bitterness, but if you use less of it, that disappears. :thumbs:

Hey Kerrmudgeon!
That's why I use Splenda....because it's not an aspartame sweetener. :) I don't like the aftertaste that aspartame products leave.

[Kerrmudgeon]

Hey Kerrmudgeon!
That's why I use Splenda....because it's not an aspartame sweetener. :) I don't like the aftertaste that aspartame products leave.
Just checked under side effects of Spenda, of which one is below. Another is that the filler used to equal a measure equal to sugar is maltodexrin, which has a higher glycemic index than straight sugar, very bad for diabetics.
I think in the end we just have to get rid of our sweet tooth altogether....K

Splenda is different from other sweeteners in that it claims to be ‘made from sugar,’ and ‘natural,’ because Splenda is the trade name for sucralose. Sucralose is a synthetic compound, which — without going into too much scientific detail –is basically sugar modified by adding chlorine atoms. Sucralose, incidentally, was discovered in the 1970s by researchers looking to create a new pesticide. Chlorine is added to many products – drinking water, for example – and does not necessarily render the product dangerous. On the other hand, you are ingesting chlorine, which is not advised in large amounts.

The reason Splenda produces no calories, is that the majority passes through the body without being digested. Most studies show that only around 15% of Splenda is actually digested. The worrisome fact for some researchers is that people with healthier GI systems, will absorb more of the Splenda, and thus more of the dangerous chlorine.

The results of the tests done by Splenda’s manufacturers, McNeil Nutritionals, are also quite worrisome. Their studies revealed that test rodents suffered from dangerous side effects such as shrunken thymus glands, and enlarged livers and kidneys … and there were only short term studies. No long term studies were performed before Splenda was approved by the FDA. One could say that the long-term study is being conducted in households and supermarkets across America, with consumers as the test rodents.

[Tinkerbell in Texas]

Just checked under side effects of Spenda, of which one is below. Another is that the filler used to equal a measure equal to sugar is maltodexrin, which has a higher glycemic index than straight sugar, very bad for diabetics.
I think in the end we just have to get rid of our sweet tooth altogether....K

getting rid of the sweet tooth isn't an option. ;)

[Kerrmudgeon]

getting rid of the sweet tooth isn't an option. ;)

Ha,ha,ha.....it was the only option for me, otherwise go on the needle and watch myself slowly die in a rather disgusting way. I eliminated 99% of sugar and white flour foods, dropped 50lbs, and was able to got off the meds. Blood pressure down, blood sugar stabilized, and I feel great for a change. Thanks for the intelligent banter. Later. Rob

[F40]

I have cut most if not all sugar out of my diet. I do use splenda when I need some sweetner like for ice tea.

Now for cooking I am going to start useing sugar free vanilla coffee mate sweetner in my recipies:dance:

[Tossin]

I just signed up to be a recipe tester for a new bread cookbook that is all gluten free/really low carb and little to no sugar. Unfortunately, I won't be able to share any of the recipes until next year when the cookbook comes out. However, I might be willing to be talked into shipping some goods...

[F40]

How bout sharing some basic ingredients for low carb Bread?:)

[Tossin]

How bout sharing some basic ingredients for low carb Bread?:)

I won't be getting the recipes until next week - we've been told to purchase a variety of nut flours, coconut flour, stevia, xanthan gum, etc.

[F40]

Keep us posted :)

[Kerrmudgeon]

Keep us posted :)

Yes, please do, I think I miss good fresh bread the most.:thumbs:

[Tossin]

I just finished the first recipe. It was a toasting bread made of flaxseed, pecan flour sesame seed, and some other stuff. I was expecting it to come out really heavy and meal-y, but for what it is, it's pretty good. It's not going to work well as a sandwich bread, but I can see where it would be really good with jam on after going through the toaster.