VegetarianMastery-Lesson37

Bake a dessert – either from this lesson or another cookbook – and replace the sugar with one of the healthier sweeteners described in this lesson. Then report back with your experience.

Elaina Love www.purejoyplanet.com Secrets to Cooking With Healthy Sweeteners: When you replace sugar with a healthy sweetener or fruit, what’s the ratio? When using a liquid sweetener, how do you adjust the other ingredients – and baking time – so the final product isn’t too runny? How do you offset the change in texture? Which

Makes 8 servings. This aromatic sweet bread is a favorite, delicious served with jam or apple butter.  Ingredients: 1½ cups whole wheat pastry flour 1½ teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder ¼ teaspoon sea salt ½ cup walnuts, toasted and coarsely chopped 1 cup ripe bananas, about 2 or 3 bananas, mashed ¼ cup light vegetable oil

Ingredients for the Crust: 1½ cups soaked and dehydrated almonds, walnuts, or pecans; about 1 cup before soaking ½ cup pitted dates 1/8 teaspoon Celtic sea salt Pinch of cayenne pepper Preparation of the Crust: Puree the nuts until they become a meal. Add the dates, salt, and cayenne and continue to puree until the

Ingredients: 4 cups soaked and dehydrated walnuts ¾ cup or 9 oz. pitted dates ¾ cup or 2.75 oz. carob powder or 1 cup raw cacao powder 2 teaspoons cherry extract or vanilla extract ½ cup coarsely chopped dried walnuts ½ cup or 4 oz. coarsely chopped dried cherries Note: If you wish to make

Serves 6.  Ingredients: 2 cups soaked almonds, soaked 6-8 hours, about 1¼ cup before soaking 2 cups water 1½ cups cashews or macadamia nuts, soak for a few hours then drain for easier blending 2¼ teaspoons psyllium husk powder 1 cup maple syrup or honey 1 vanilla bean, soft center only 1½ teaspoon vanilla extract 1/8

Serves 2.  Ingredients:   2 cups Sweetened Almond Milk 1 Tablespoon soaked chia or flax seeds 1 Tablespoon ground flax seeds 1 Tablespoon Maca powder 1 Tablespoon soy lecithin 1 teaspoon vanilla or butterscotch extract, optional 2 Tablespoons raw cocoa powder or carob powder, optional ¼ teaspoon liquid stevia or 2 teaspoons maple syrup or honey, optional

Makes 4 cups. See Elaina Love’s almond milk demo at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvXx8c2j2KA. Ingredients:  2 cups soaked almonds, about 1 cup before soaking 4 cups water 2-3 pitted dates or sweetener of choice Vanilla extract, optional, to taste  Preparation:1. Blend the water and almonds on high until smooth. 2. Strain through the Amazing Nut Milk Bag. 3. Pour the milk back

When replacing sugar with blended fruit, what’s the ratio? How do you offset the change in texture? If a recipe calls for a liquid sweetener, cut it down by ¼ cup for every cup of applesauce or other blended fresh fruit. The pectin in fruit helps the firmness in the final recipe. The sugar in

Replacing Sugar With Liquid Sweeteners When you replace sugar with a liquid sweetener such as maple syrup or honey, you’ve got to adjust the recipe so the final product isn’t too runny. Here’s how Elaina does it. For every 1 cup of sugar she replaces with wet sweetener, she cuts the water or milk down