Sentences with phrase «much less sweetener»
Though I used much less sweetener, and I added a few drops of orange peel oil to the filling overwhelm the sweetness of the figs, It was just great!
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Once I re-trained my taste buds (I literally did not have sugar or sweeteners of any kind for five years because of allergies and illness), I found that I could subsist on much less sugar in the treats I made.
I've just gone paleo, like, two weeks ago (after a brief transitional period of trying low carb and getting sick of recipes using artificial sweeteners and crap wherever I looked), and am still very much in the reading - up - phase, and more or less re-learning to cook without trying to focus on «substituting», but more on using what I've got and what I know will be good for me.
agave is much sweeter than maple syrup - it's usually used to substitute for other sweeteners because you can use a lot less of it and get the same sweetness
I appreciate cooking for a diabetic has it's challenges and that this may not be appropriate, but it was not written for that specific purpose, but rather providing those, where appropriate, the option to have a less refined and what is generally considered a healthier form of sweetener, not to mention much less sweet than most cookies.
Why on God's green Earth should sandwich meat (chicken, for example), cheese, bread, canned tomatoes, or any of hundreds of other foods have - ANY - sweetener in them, much less a corn - based one?
First of all, the less of any sweetener you can use, the better... if you can slowly over time adjust your taste buds to enjoy the natural taste of foods and drink without the need for heavily sweetening them, you'll see many benefits for your body including maintaining more stable blood sugar and insulin levels, managing your body weight, and reducing inflammatory effects of too much sugars and artificial sweeteners.
However, taking in that much simple sugar (even though maple syrup contains minerals and is less refined than corn syrup, cane sugar, or artificial sweeteners) will cause spikes and crashes in your blood sugar, and the potential for insulin resistance.