Sensational Stevia Desserts

I've been using only Stevia as a sweetener for 4 years, mainly added to beverages or cereal, but I was missing the occasional sweet treat. I have bought 5 Stevia books: David Richard's Stevia Rebaudiana, Jeffrey Goettemoeller's Stevia Sweet Recipes, James & Tanya Kirkland's Sugar-Free Cooking with Stevia, Rita DePuydt's Stevia, and Lisa Jobs Sensational Stevia Desserts. The Stevia information in all of the books is very helpful; however, Goettemoeller's book is the best for "from-scratch" bakers like me (I mill my own flour), but Lisa Jobs' recipes are great for "casual" bakers. The ingredients are easily found in my grocery store, the recipes are easy to follow, but the best recommendation is that every recipe I've tried in this book has been delicious, including the non-fruit ones. Stevia has no problem sweetening recipes with fruit in them--even my sugar-loving husband can't tell the difference--but Stevia can be bitter if too much is used. Lisa Jobs, however, has come up with the right amount of Stevia to make a recipe yummy. I've successfully made and enjoyed her cobblers, pumpkin bars and pumpkin custard (taste and texture like pumpkin pie!), cookies, Rice Custard Pudding, and just today, her Chocolate-Peanut Butter Fudge II. After tasting that, I knew I had to recommend this wonderful Senstational Stevia Desserts cookbook to others on "no sugar added" diets. The nutritional information for each recipe is an added plus. I'm doing my Christmas baking now for teacher, neighbor, and friend gifts, and those (diabetics, dieters, and/or limiting sweets) who receive the goodies from this cookbook will not feel deprived! Not only do you need a good Stevia recipe book, but you also need the right Stevia brand. I'd read that KAL was the best tasting brand, but KAL wasn't sold locally, so I had only used NOW powder or Sweet Leaf packets, which can make home-made desserts bitter, except in beverages, or if not combined with fruit or if not used in precise measurements. When my local NOW source couldn't deliver for 2 months, I checked on-line for a quicker source and discovered KAL brand available and decided to try it. I am so glad I did. The taste is never bitter. As an experienced Stevia user, I highly recommend KAL as the best tasting stevia available. If you're not liking the taste of Stevia, before giving up entirely on it, try KAL Stevia. And if you find stevia bitter, it's probably because you're still using sugar or artificial sweeteners also. My daughter-in-law discovered her normally delicious stevia-sweetened morning coffee would taste bitter if she'd had a non-stevia sweetened dessert the night before.

This is an outstanding recipe book using Stevia. There is no sugar at all in any recipe. Every recipe is absolutely delicious and easy to make. It is full of healthy information and I highly recommend it to everyone. If you are diabetic it is definitely a book you should have and use often.

This is a good book. It gives you the nutritional breakdowns which is nice, and compares them to the same products made with sugar. She uses healthy ingredients, but not much in the way of whole grains. It's definitely low-carb friendly, as you can easily see how many carbs each recipe will set you back. None of the recipies include other sugar sources which is nice to see in a stevia cookbook.

I bought this book thinking it was a low-carb stevia cookbook (as the title indicates); however, it uses wheat flour. The only thing that makes it low-carb is that the recipes use stevia instead of sugar. To me, that is not low-carb. It is probably a good cookbook if you only desire to use stevia to replace sugar in your recipes, as there is an art to using stevia. You can't just replace the sugar with stevia; you have to add some bulk, such as apple sauce or some extra liquid, etc. The book has lots of recipes that sound very tasty, but I needed a cookbook that was also wheat-free so this wasn't the book for me.

I do like the fact that the recipes call for stevia, but the recipes are still too high in carbohydrates from other ingredients used in this cook book. This was published in 2005. There are better recipes for truly low carb cooking.

Excellent recipes for many brands/ratios of Stevia. Best Stevia cookbook available in my opinion. Liked it so much on Kindle that I bought the hardcopy. A must have for diabetics.

Lots of different desserts.

I was excited about this book until i started reading the ingredients, everything is made with cream! I'm lactose intolerant & i don't know how to substitute an ingredient like that in a recipe. I will be passing this book along to someone else.

Found this book very informative, well written at the moment have just been reading all the information about the different types of stevia sweetners available . Have brought some from amazon. Made some diabetic chocolate fudge recipe wasn't from this book. But used some of the stevia essence needed very little although it is very expensive to buy think that it will last a long time. Looking forward to making some diabetic bars, and cakes. Would recommend this book . Has loads of lovely recipes to try.

Glad someone has done their homework on taste testing in recipes like this book. Very good.

only two cake recipes and American ingredients not available localy

Lots of good healthy recipes, LOVE IT!!!! Tasty desserts for Christmas that are easy to make and nutritious. Only complaint is they use a lot of white flour, but you can sub whole wheat in.

Sadly, having bought the book, I discovered that it is illegal to buy or sell Stevia in Europe! I haven't therefore been able to try any of the recipes and suggest that if you live in Europe, don't bother buying the book.