Tips and Tricks

Here is where I will post anything I figure out that makes life easier (at least when it comes to creating non-white sugar deserts). Seriously, if I had the answer to life the universe and everything, do you think I'd be worrying about sugar? Probably not.

Stevia and Sweetness:

Stevia has a sweetness that catches the taste buds after other foods have made their flavors known. This presents some quandaries when attempting to make a scrumptious desert. If you taste the bitter of the cocoa before the sweet of the stevia your brain rebels. At least mine does. I have found one way to counter this is by adding a bit of another type of sweetener to catch your taste buds at the beginning of the flavor ride so you have sweet from the get-go. My most commonly used sweetener for that purpose is Agave Nectar. From what I understand (insert requisite disclaimers here) this is a low-glycemic sweetener, so while not being as calorie friendly as Stevia it is still much more healthy than white sugar.

A Note on Measurements:

I tend to estimate. I am approaching 40 years old, have been cooking for at least 34 of those years and have been making up recipes since I was around 9. Not all of those were successful, but you cannot have wins if you don't have fails every now and then can you? I do my best to convert my findings into more traditionally recreate-able guides, but please bear with me if the concoction does not come out as you like. Take control. Own it. Make it yours- modify to your hearts content and let me know if you find something that works well. After all, I am sharing, shouldn't you?