QtFoxe的日记, 2023年05月16日

looks yummy. have u tried munk sugar? not aspartame tasting. but it is expensive. 

I've never heard of it! I'll have to look into it. Thank you so much for the suggestion! Probably too pricey for someone like me but maybe I'll find it on sale haha 🥰💜 

It’s Monkfruit. And it is made of Erythritol. It actually tastes like brown sugar, and you can order it on Amazon or IHerb, it’s not that expensive. I’ve eaten it all the way when I was on keto and it made my life so much easier. Never had to quit sweets thank to it. I recommend you try it! 

It’s often available at Costco too if that’s an option. 

Monk fruit extract, also called luo han guo fruit extract is about 100 times sweeter than sugar which is why it is "cut" with Erythritol to bring the sweetness level down. Stevia, also called Stevia rebaudiana, is a plant that is a member of the chrysanthemum family but the sweeteners on the market don't contain any part of the plant but instead it has the highly refined stevia leaf extract called rebaudioside A (Reb-A). It too is anywhere from 100 to 300 times sweeter than sugar and needs to be "cut" with Erythritol or another sugar alcohol. There are some artificial sweeteners that will never grace my palate but those two I do keep in my pantry. Basically I just try them and see if I react or not. Artificial sweeteners like Sweet N Low or Equal never grace my pantry. 

Yeah, I won't touch artificial sweeteners. They taste terrible and they're arguably worse for you than sugar itself lol. I have so many things I used to enjoy that taste terrible now because they replaced the sugar in it to make it look better on the label. I'm glad they're losing popularity again 

that looks amazing! our strawberry plants are blooming. Can't wait for the orchard fruit to ripen. 

I do the same thing, *very occasionally, with bananas and blueberries. (And half and half cream. But, if you tell anyone that part … I’ll deny I ever said it! 😉)