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Lift her Up! Acrobat Baby This is Christine Marcuap Andal. This photograph was taken in Quezon Province, Philippines where Christine and her family lived. She is diagnosed with Bronchopneumonia, high risk, Pulmonary arterial Hypertension Congenital heart disease and down’s syndrome. This little angel has 3 siblings , 2 broth...

Sweeten up your holidays with stevia! Holiday Yams Recipe

The holidays are here, which means it’s time for memorable meals, fun appetizers and sweet goodies. That being said, holiday food (even the savory kind) is often full of sugar and calories.

A great way to keep your holiday fare sweet without adding extra calories or carbs is to swap out the sugar in your recipes for SweetLeaf Stevia. And because not all stevia is created equal, I use SweetLeaf Stevia® when I want to lighten up my holiday recipes without sacrificing flavor. SweetLeaf Stevia, along with having zero calories, zero carbs, zero glycemic response and NO artificial ingredients, tastes great and is ideal for a variety of recipes. This SweetLeaf® recipe for Holiday Yams will definitely be replacing the usual sugar-laden marshmallow topped sweet potatoes at my table this holiday season:

Holiday Yams

Ingredients:

6 cups peeled yams, cut into ½” to 1” cubes
4 Tbsp. butter, melted
½ tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
4 packets SweetLeaf Stevia®
½ tsp. cinnamon

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Toss the cubed yams and melted butter together and spread the coated cubes onto a parchment-lined cookie or baking sheet. Season with the salt, pepper, SweetLeaf and cinnamon. Bake for 35 minutes or until yams are cooked through and slightly caramelized.

I found this great holiday recipe in Cooking with SweetLeaf Stevia®, the new cookbook from SweetLeaf. Visit www.ShopSweetLeaf.com to get it for yourself or for a great holiday gift!

It’s Time to Think Pumpkin Spice!

Autumn colors and crisp temperatures are here and most people’s thoughts turn to pumpkin pie, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin bread, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin lattes…. just about anything pumpkin! Nothing else says fall comfort food quite as well. Pumpkin spice flavor is easy to add to most anything that could be helped by a little bit of pumpkin. SweetLeaf® Liquid Stevia Pumpkin Spice Sweet Drops™ are super tasty and convenient. Better still, SweetLeaf Stevia® is natural. It adds zero calories, zero carbs, zero glycemic response and NO artificial ingredients to anything you add it to. Think pumpkin lattes, pumpkin frosting, pumpkin tea, pumpkin bread…. the possibilities are endless. And if you’re cooking for your kids or for friends and family with special health concerns, like diabetes, Pumpkin Spice Sweet Drops are a great way to manage a better-for-you holiday season. Find this amazing natural sweetener at www.ShopSweetLeaf.com.

Which soap is the best? Cream of Coco Face & Body…naturally

Reasons why, you ask? The soap, from Wisdom of the Ancients®, is 100% cruelty free — no animal testing or animal ingredients. There are no hidden secrets about ingredients or their sources. Sustainable practices are a priority in every aspect of business, from creation to packaging. Plus, no artificial colors, fragrances, or preservatives are used. Treat your skin to a little extra-loving care, without the synthetic ingredients found in other brands. This gentle bar of soap combines Mbocaya nut oil with three other simple ingredients to leave skin feeling clean and fresh. Discover the real difference when you use a natural, nourishing soap instead of the chemical-laden soaps that are harsh on skin. Visit ShopSweetLeaf.com to get your Cream of Coco soap today.

You Can Have Guilt-Free Flavor for the Holidays!

We all have enough guilt during the holidays—family dynamics, social obligations, overspending on gifts and overindulging in sweet treats! This year, take one guilt off your overloaded plate. SweetLeaf Stevia® makes a liquid sweetener that is super delicious without adding calories, carbs or glycemic response. It is natural and contains NO artificial ingredients, a rarity among sweeteners, right? Super concentrated sweetness and flavor make these amazing little drops perfect for seasonal beverages and baking. A favorite is Peppermint Mocha. Rich and cool, it “pepps” up coffee, hot chocolate, cookie and cake frosting… anything you can dream up for the holidays. Peppermint Mocha Sweet Drops can be found at www.ShopSweetLeaf.com.

The best gift for the foodie on your list? Cookbooks!

Cookbooks make a great gift for those who enjoy cooking or those who want to start cooking more. True, with Pinterest, blogs and countless recipe websites, it’s easy to find virtually any recipe you want with a quick Google search. But…there’s just something about having that hard copy collection of recipes with sleek, smooth pages and beautiful food photography, like this:

To inspire that foodie in your life with delicious recipes like Apple Cake (pictured above), I recommend giving them Cooking with SweetLeaf Stevia®. This cookbook has 119 mouthwatering sweet and savory recipes, all using SweetLeaf Stevia® Sweetener, SweetLeaf® Liquid Stevia Sweet Drops™ and SugarLeaf™. SweetLeaf Stevia and Sweet Drops are made from naturally sweet stevia extract and have zero calories, zero carbs, zero glycemic response and NO artificial ingredients. SugarLeaf is a blend of SweetLeaf Stevia and cane sugar, making it perfect for baking. Plus, it has 2/3 fewer calories than sugar! With the gift of this SweetLeaf cookbook, you’ll be giving unique choices for better-for-you cooking and baking!

Visit www.ShopSweetLeaf.com to get Cooking with SweetLeaf Stevia®.

Hostess Idea from SugarLeaf: White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies Recipe

Entertain guests with natural SugarLeaf™, a natural mix of SweetLeaf Stevia® and cane sugar. It offers sweet taste plus the browning, bulking, and caramelizing qualities of sugar, but with two-thirds fewer calories than sugar. Make your baked goods more wholesome and better for everyone!

White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies
240 calories, serves 24

1 cup butter
½ cup SugarLeaf™
2 tsp. vanilla
½ tsp. salt
2 eggs
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
10 oz. white chocolate chips (or bar cut into chunks)
1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat butter, SugarLeaf, vanilla, and salt with electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, beat well. Stir together flour and the baking soda; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended.

Fold in white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 minutes until edges are golden brown and center is set. Cool slightly then remove from cookie sheet to wire rack to cool completely.

Visit SweetLeaf.com to learn more about SugarLeaf or ShopSweetLeaf.com to buy yours today.

Don’t Miss Out on a Great Seasonal Flavor!

You owe it to yourself this holiday season to visit ShopSweetLeaf.com to peruse the seasonal flavors offered by SweetLeaf® Liquid Stevia Sweet Drops™. The Pumpkin Spice drops are a must-have from autumn right through the cold winter months. These delicious drops add amazing sweetness and flavor with zero calories, zero carbs, zero glycemic response and NO artificial sweeteners. What could be better for sweetening your holidays? You can enjoy pumpkin spice flavor in beverages, baking, even savory dishes that call for pumpkin—a pumpkin glaze for ham? Greens with warm pumpkin dressing? Just about anything you can dream up.

Traditional faves – lightened up! Vanilla Creme French Toast Recipe

With a chill in the air and winter approaching, it’s time to make comfort food. You know, those great recipes that your mom and grandmother made. Chances are, though, those comforting recipes are probably not…light.

This winter, try lightening up those comfort foods with SweetLeaf Stevia®. Made from natural, sweet stevia leaves, SweetLeaf Stevia Sweetener has zero calories, zero carbs, zero glycemic response and NO artificial ingredients. SweetLeaf products range from stevia powders to naturally flavored liquid stevia. My favorite SweetLeaf sweetener is the Vanilla Crème Sweet Drops. They’re especially yummy in Vanilla Crème French Toast, an easy, lightened up twist on traditional French toast. At just 210 calories per serving, it makes a great hot breakfast for a chilly winter morning.

Vanilla Crème French Toast

Ingredients

1 egg
1 cup milk
Pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg
8 drops Vanilla Crème Sweet Drops
4 slices whole grain bread
Butter (for the pan)

Directions

Whisk egg and milk together in a bowl. Add spices and Sweet Drops. Dip bread in egg mixture on both sides until thoroughly coated. Place in a buttered frying pan on medium heat until both sides are browned. Add syrup and enjoy!

For more traditional recipes lightened up with SweetLeaf, visit www.ShopSweetLeaf.com to get your copy of Cooking with SweetLeaf Stevia®, which has the French toast recipe plus 118 more!

Calling all cookbook junkies: here’s one you must get your hands on! You can get a chance to win a free copy of Cooking with SweetLeaf Stevia® by entering the cookbook sweepstakes on SweetLeaf’s page at www.facebook.com/sweetleafstevia. Just click the “Enter to Win” tab from November 14th to December 1st to enter daily. Plus, you get bonus entries each time one of your friends enters the contest!

For those of you who don’t know, this is an amazing cookbook with 119 better-for-you recipes that have way fewer calories and carbs. The secret ingredient is SweetLeaf Stevia® Sweetener, with its virtually unlimited uses, and SugarLeaf™, which is identical to sugar for browning and baking, but has 2/3 fewer calories and carbs than sugar.

Do NOT miss this opportunity! If you’ve already gotten your copy, then you’ll know that this cookbook will also make a great gift this holiday season!

Pumpkin Bread Recipe – made with stevia!

It’s fall, which means that pumpkin season is here! No matter how many pumpkin goodies I make (and eat) each year, I never get tired of the warm, spicy flavor of pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cake, pumpkin lattes, pumpkin pie and my favorite: a spicy-sweet, moist pumpkin bread.

I’m going to share with you the best pumpkin bread recipe I’ve found yet: Spiced Pumpkin Bread from SweetLeaf®’s new cookbook, Cooking with SweetLeaf Stevia®. Made with calorie-free, natural SweetLeaf Stevia® and Pumpkin Spice Sweet Drops™, this bread packs serious pumpkin flavor and is only 180 calories a slice!

Spiced Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. ground allspice
¾ tsp. ground cinnamon
½ tsp. ground nutmeg
½ tsp. ground cloves
4 packets SweetLeaf Stevia®
10 drops English Toffee Sweet Drops ™
¼ cup oil
8 oz. (1 cup) canned pumpkin
4 Tbsp. butter
2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
½ cup walnuts or pecans, chopped (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Butter or lightly spray the bottom and sides of a 9” loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.

Whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and SweetLeaf in a small bowl.

In a separate bowl, combine English Toffee Sweet Drops, oil, pumpkin, butter, eggs, and milk. Stir to combine.

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Stir to combine, and fold in walnuts or pecans, if using. Place in a greased loaf pan and bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Makes 1 large loaf.

For more recipes like this using SweetLeaf, visit www.ShopSweetLeaf.com to get a copy of Cooking with SweetLeaf Stevia®.