Comments on: Reviews and Giveaways Coming Soon

By: Penny

Penny — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:55:08 +0000

Please let me know, via email, if you’d like to try some of my Lavender Herbal Blend Tea. I’ll send you a sample to review.
Blessings!
Penny
Website: http://www.pennylaneboutique.com
Email: admin@pennylaneboutique.com

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:55:23 +0000

Hope you enjoy the NuNaturals stevia products! I’m addicted to them, and use them in all of my recipes. Neat blog! We seem to have similar health philosophies. I will be trying out that yummy looking cheesecake ice cream for sure!

By: maria

maria — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:45:51 +0000

Alison-
I was so happy to find your blog when i did a google search for icecream recipes! I can’t wait to try the cheese cake one, I just have to purchase an icecream maker! It’s great to find some recipes that are gluten free and sugar free as well, my natro doc has me on a NT diet exculding all and any sug and gluten so this is a great resource!

Thanks-
Maria

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:59:45 +0000

I’ve used the Organic Zero brand of erythritol a couple of times now with really good results. I prefer to use it with stevia. I tried it in your cranberry vinagrette dressing by using 2 tablespoons of erythritol and 1/4 teaspoon of stevia powder (SweetLeaf SteviaPlus). It turned out just fine. I’ve also made a baked custard using a little stevia along with erythritol. I like using a combination of the two because I think it gives a more “complete” sweetness. If I only use one or the other, I always feel like something is missing.

By: DeAnna

DeAnna — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:44:17 +0000

I’ll have to look around again, is it down the ethnic food aisle? That’s where this was found, but that’s all we found. Sometimes my Whole Foods is weird about things they carry, for instance, they carry 1 brand and size of goats milk. That’s it and its way too expensive. But if they have their own brand, they normally have it. If I don’t find it next time, I will definitely ask them to start carrying it. Tomorrow, Isabella’s gymnastics is close to Earth Fare so I’m going to try there instead. Thanks for the help!

By: Alison @ Wholesome Goodness

Alison @ Wholesome Goodness — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:54:22 +0000

Marjorie,

That’s good to know. I noticed that the Lakanto looks like brown sugar, while the NuNaturals erythritol is super white, but I didn’t know if there was a corresponding difference in flavor. I look forward to MH getting back from her camping trip so we can compare!

DeAnna,

I’m really surprised that’s all the associate could find for you, especially considering that Whole Foods has their own store brand of organic coconut milk! That’s what I buy when I’m at Whole Foods (it’s the cheapest organic coconut milk I’ve found). I wonder if the associate was new? That’s so strange. I don’t know what to tell you. I either buy the Whole Foods brand at Whole Foods, or I buy Thai Kitchen organic coconut milk at my local grocery store (HEB). Before I knew better, I bought Goya, but I quit doing that because of the preservatives in it. Hmmm…another option might be an Asian market of some kind, if you have one available to you.

One last thought about Whole Foods: you could speak to a manager to request that they start carrying organic coconut milk. I once asked a grocery store to carry cannellini beans, and they started doing it! It was great! I think Whole Foods would be especially inclined to respond to such a request, given that they are really proud of their customer service. Yes, I think it’s definitely worth asking. What can you lose?

By: DeAnna

DeAnna — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:21:11 +0000

I just noticed at my Whole Foods blog that they have NuNaturals Stevia on sale this week, they didn’t mention the vanilla kind, which I wanted, but they did say the packets and the baking blend were on sale. Might have to run by there and pick some up. Allison, I was going to ask you, where do you get your coconut milk? I looked at Whole Foods the other day, asked a worker there and the only thing they showed me was a small can of Goya. I thought I should be able to find something organic.

By: Marjorie

Marjorie — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:41:07 +0000

I have tried Lakanto and really liked it. I like that it seemed to have a more caramel like flavor.

I started using NuNaturals because it was a cheaper source of erythritol. Unfortunately, my son reacts to the erythritol so now I have both the NuNatural brand and Z Sweet another erythritol brand that is cheaper than Lakanto. I like both, but the Nu Naturals stevia is so much better than the erythritol in my experience. It take less to sweeten and for me, no one reacts negatively to the NuStevia.

So I will be sweetening my Teecino or adding the erythritolt baked goods that my kids won’t be eating until it is all gone. That may take awhile!!!

By: Alison @ Wholesome Goodness

Alison @ Wholesome Goodness — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:42:09 +0000

Kelly,

I can forward you the email I received from NuNaturals about the natural flavorings and the maltodextrin. They were very helpful.

My friend has Lakanto, and I have NuNaturals erythritol. When she gets back into town, we’ll compare the two. Let me know what you think of Organic Zero. I saw it in the health food store and was tempted to buy it, but I resisted.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:28:34 +0000

The response I got from NuNaturals was, “Stevia is not an amino acid”. I believe I was not specific in my request because I asked about the stevia not the maltodextrin. My mistake. I’ll wait and see what response you get, Alison, before I rephrase my question. As far as the Erythritol goes, has anyone tried Body Ecology’s brand of erythritol called, Lakanto? I wonder if it’s different than other brands. I tried it and thought it was great, but it’s way too expensive for me to continue buying. I just bought a brand called Organic Zero, but I’ve not tried it yet.