I’ll admit it – I’m a complete sugar-a-holic! Maybe it’s one of those things where if you actually attempt to give it up, you won’t crave it anymore, but I honestly don’t think that’s possible for me. I enjoy chocolate, sweetened tea, homemade cookies and plenty of other sugary delights far too much. But my mom is a type 1 diabetic and sticks to sugar free desserts to keep her blood sugar levels in check.

While I’m not a diabetic, it is summer and I’m sure limiting my sugar addiction would help me feel healthier, and also more energized.  I’ve decided to give sugar free desserts a try. Don’t worry, I’m not giving up on my beloved sugar anytime soon, just experimenting with the unknown.

Keep reading for plenty of sugar free dessert recipes!

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Happy Friday and welcome to another edition of Cocktail Hour!  This week, I shook up a citrus martini that made my lips pucker.  I knew I wanted to make a lemon drop martini this week; I had heard great things about them, so I was on the lookout for the perfect recipe.  There was already a recipe for one on Recipe4Living, but it required more lemon juice than I had.  So I went searching, found another recipe that worked better for me, and added it to the site.  Read the rest of this entry »

Lately at the Recipe4Living office, we have been getting serious cases of the munchies.  A while back, we received an Emerilware Bread Machine by T-fal.  We used it a couple times, but lately, it has been sitting around and gathering dust.  “Let’s bust out that bread maker and bake some bread!” we decided one day.  After leafing through the Emerilware Bread Maker recipe book, we decided to bake a loaf of the delicious-sounding Pecan & Dried Cranberry Whole Wheat Bread. 
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Just a spoonful of sugar…makes your vegetables stay intact when cooking!

I learned something today from the New York Times. What first sounded like a myth was proven by many food scientists as fact: Adding sugar while cooking vegetables helps them to keep their shape and nutrients.

When you heat vegetables or fruits, their cells essentially “leak out” causing them to lose their shape. But adding sugar acts as a glue that keeps the cell structure intact for longer. Read the whole article here.

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