On the Ketogenic diet most of us obsessively check the labels on all sorts of food Hidden sugars are everywhere Sometimes it is nice to have a sweet treat and so understanding keto approved sweeteners is important to stay in ketosis. (although there is a growing school of thought that it is really best to try and stay away from sweet tasting things but thats a debate for another day) and being able to bake your own sweet treats or sweeten up a hot drink without spiking blood sugar or having nasty aftertastes from horrible chemical sweeteners is a dream. Stevia seems to check so many boxes. its GI score is 0 which means zero impact on the blood sugar and its natural So doing some baking over Christmas as well as using the xylotol (GI of 12) in the Lizza starter kit (see the last blog post for some of the treats we made out of that) I thought mixing in some of this Stevia from Morrisons would be a great idea - it would even lower the overall impact on blood sugar of
Again from Lizza we tried their Low Carb Baking mix to make some little Keto cupcakes / Muffins One batch from their cupcake recipe uses 1/2 the baking mix and makes 12 cupcakes So following the recipe that comes with the book I got with their Starter Package which is fairly easy to follow, a little more involved than the bread mix needing almond flour, butter, eggs and sweetener but still not too difficult to follow And then once the batter was added to the cupcake liners some fruit was added, in this case raspberries and blueberries And they baked perfectly They dont raise very much but still taste lovely and light and cakey - not too eggy at all. A very neutral not too sweet taste that makes the taste of the berries just POP and they go very well with a little cream poured ontop to make them an even more indulgent treat