Category: Cooking

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What You Need To Know About Baking with Alternative Sweeteners

Alternative sweeteners are something of a booming industry at the moment. With sugar getting a pretty bad rap, the interest in replacements is steadily increasing. This is reflected in the wide variety of options now on the market, all claiming to be the number one sugar alternative.
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Baking With Low Carb Flour Alternatives

Baking With Low Carb Flour Alternatives

I stick with the real, whole food low carb flour alternatives like almond flour and coconut flour. It may be hard to believe now, but I promise that you can create baked goods that rival their high-carb counterparts in taste and consistency.
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Low Carb Baking 101: Stocking Your Pantry

Low Carb Baking 101: Stocking Your Pantry

Get yourself some almond flour and coconut flour, as these will be the most commonly used flours. If you can’t do nuts, sunflower seed flour can make a great alternative to almond flour. Ground chia seed and flax seed meal can also be good flour alternatives.
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And Here We Are at the Table

And Here We Are at The Table, A Grain-Free Cookbook

This grain-free cookbook contains the same recipes Ariana cooks for herself and her family, with a focus on whole high quality ingredients. With food allergies and autoimmune disease in her family, she has found going grain-free has been a great solution for all members’ health issues.
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Le Creuset Dutch Oven Giveaway

Le Creuset French Oven Giveaway

We’re thrilled to be teaming up with Le Creuset to celebrate Diabetes Awareness Month and promote home cooking.  Enter this giveaway to…
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Coconut Flour Cookbook

New Ingredient, Familiar Foods: The Healthy Coconut Flour Cookbook (Review)

Other recipes I am eager to try are Scallion Pancakes with Soy Ginger Sauce, Cake Brownies, Garlic-Cauliflower Breadsticks, and Matzo Ball Soup. The pictures and Kerwien’s commentary entice. For these and all the recipes, she suggests additions (frosting for the brownies!), side dishes, and substitutions.
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Diabetes and Heart Healthy Cookbook 2nd ed

Diabetes Cookbook Review: the Diabetes & Heart Healthy Cookbook, 2nd Edition

Somehow, the hardworking souls who put together the Diabetes & Heart Healthy Cookbook made it all work. The book is a joint effort from the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association, so while I was eager to try out some of the recipes, I was also slightly wary of what I’d find inside. Would the recipes call for abominations like sugar-free jelly or spray margarine? How much kale would be involved?
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Bob’s Red Mill Giveaway: Low Carb Products and a $25 Gift Card

To encourage people with diabetes to cook and bake at home, ASweetLife has partnered with Bob's Red Mill to bring you an exciting giveaway. Enter now to win a package that include a pack of Almond Meal, Hazelnut Meal, Coconut Flour, Chia Seeds, Flaxseed Meal, Dried Blueberries (no sugar added) and a $25 Bob’s Red Mill Gift Card.
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