The Stevia Cookbook: Cooking with Nature's Calorie-Free Sweetener

Here's a book that tells you everything you need to know in an organized format, anticipates and answers your questions and concerns, tells you the truth about what stevia can and cannot do, so you avoid disappointments. In addition, the authors give you options of using all stevia, mixing with other sweetners, or using only sugar in some recipies. As a healthy eater, I have been using alternative natural sweetners for years (Dr. Bonner's Barleymalt Sweetner, for example), yet never was there a cookbook. Dr. Bonner's stopped making their sweetner, so I am on to stevia and the recipies in this book are fabulous. Buy it for the tantalizing salad dressings alone. Not only are the recipes good, they are unique, like the cucumber salad and the Green and White Jade Salad.As a vegetarian who does not eat eggs, I was so happy to see an egg-free, no-bake pumpkin pie recipe! Yum!Sugar does so many awful things to our bodies and our minds, it serves everyone to at least give the stevia product and this marvelous cookbook a chance. PS Even if you fail to fall in love with stevia, buy this book for the recipes and substitute other sweetners, which they suggest.

The Chocolate chip cookies were wonderful. Who ever wrote the last reveiw must have cooked them wrong. Stevia is a saviour for me. This book helps get sugar out of my life. Thank You Donna Gates, another great book.

The Stevia Cookbook has been an invaluable resource in my ongoing quest to improve the nutrional quality of my family's diet. Trying to reduce the volume of sugar my children eat has not been easy;however, The Stevia Cookbook has changed all that! For example, I served the "Chocolate Chip Cookies" and they were devoured. My children never suspected that there had been a "substitution." The recipes are deliciouse and rewarding to serve.

This is absolutely the best book on cooking with stevia. There are over 100 delicious recipes using this remarkable substance that won't cause cavities and suitable for everyone including diabetics & children. The author starts out with a history of stevia. Next, safety, health benefits and the many forms it comes in are discussed. Then tips on using stevia; its pros & cons; & conversion rates are given. Recipes follow. These include breakfasts, salads, dressings, main dishes, toppings, cakes, pies, candy, cookies, ice cream, puddings, & beverages. Some of my favorite recipes are the sweet cream corn & lemonade. I also love the apple crepes, chocolate muffins, & chocolate cream cheese frosting. Unlike other stevia cookbook, this one contains resource list on where to buy stevia & other rare ingredients that are used.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Not only does it seem well-researched, but it has a sense of humor. Once I started reading the introduction, I couldn't put it down. The part about the FDA's involvement is very interesting. I'm now using stevia in my tea each morning. It's great.