If you already use agave nectar, maple syrup, or honey as a sweetener instead of refined white or brown sugar, it’s time to add date syrup to the list as well. Making it is easy and worth the minimal effort.
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Five Tips for Curbing Sugar Cravings, and Simple Sweet Potato Fries
I don’t know about you guys, but for me, cutting back on my sugar consumption was a process. Here are my five favorite tips for curbing a wicked sweet tooth.
#Unprocessed FAQ: Sugar & Sweeteners
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about sugar and sweeteners, and whether or not they pass the Kitchen Test. There are a lot of different types of sugars out there, so here’s some more information to help you figure out where you want to draw some lines for yourself.
Hot Molasses
When I go on and on about the nutritional powerhouse that is blackstrap molasses, folks usually ask me how the heck to use it. When we think of molasses in the kitchen, the occasional ginger snap cookie or pot of baked beans come to mind, but I’ve got a quick recipe that will help you make this a daily pantry staple.
Getting Off of Sugar: An Interview with Margaret Floyd
Last week I had lunch with my friend Margaret Floyd, a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and author of Eat Naked. Today, she talks to us about sugar.
Sweet Semantics
I recently came upon an important distinction about sugar, and wanted to talk about it in case you hadn’t considered it yet either.
Where Sugar Hides: The Dangers of Hidden Sugar
Masked by many names, sugar quietly and dangerously hides in our diets.
Sugar is sugar is sugar is sugar!
Most “natural” products don’t list the word “sugar” anywhere in the ingredients list. Instead, they list various other types of refined, concentrated sources of sugar, like brown rice syrup or honey.