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Sugar Free Broccoli Salad

{ 01:09, Monday, January 29, 2007 } { Posted in Recipes } { 0 comments } { Link }

There are many reasons that our family does not consume artificial sweeteners - but mostly for health reasons. One sugar substitue that we do use quite often now a days is stevia. Stevia is an herb that is somewhere around 300 times sweeter than sugar. The actual leaf itself is quite bitter, but we find that we enjoy the extract. I buy it in packets like you would see at a coffee shop. The extract is still extremely sweet and too much can throw off the taste of a dish or drink, so be careful! I have been trying to get sugar out of our diet. Even though we always consume natural sugars - maple syrup, sucanat and honey - we still should only rarely consume these products. The only sweetener that we are now consuming on a daily basis would be raw honey, and there are many benefits to raw honey. So I am experimenting with Stevia in our salads like the broccoli salad recipe below and coleslaw which normally would contain sugar. I also use it in tea and will be continuing to experiment with it in desserts as well as for sweetening yogurt. The salad below will be in our refrigerator for a few days, which will force me to eat broccoli - one of my least favorite vegetables to consume :).

Sugar Free Broccoli Salad

Salad
About 2 big heads of broccoli
1 bunch of green onions
Dried Cranberries
Sunflower Seeds
About 6 oz. cooked and crumbled bacon

Dressing:
1 c. mayonnaise
1 1/2 packets of stevia extract
3 T. vinegar

Mix up dressing. Mix up all other items in large bowl. Pour dressing over top (will be pretty thick). Mix everything well. Chill for a few hours to let the flavors meld. Enjoy!

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