The Simpler the Sweet...the Better!

This recipe is from one of my favorite websites www.sweetsavvy.com. It is a website of all things sweet made with all natural unrefined sweeteners. It is divine and the recipes are simple, natural and tasty.

I have been exploring the variety of natural sweeteners because of this site and have found that I like using them. I especially like to put agave nectar in my coffee…yummy! If you are new to this site, I love agave nectar and have been using it in recipes that call for sugar. The result is great, sweet and a lower glycemic index.

Try this simple recipe below. It is so easy and seriously delicious. I would like to call them, Natures Truffle!

A Valentine Date

Makes 8 "dates"

Directions:
Put the dates on a plate and mash them with the tines of a sturdy fork.
Add the cocoa powder and mix with the dates using the tips of your fingers.
Add the chopped nuts and continue to mix until all is incorporated.
Break the mixture into 8 pieces and roll each one into a ball.
Roll in cocoa powder, coconut, or powdered nuts.

Ingredients:
· 3 Deglet Noor dates (must be Deglet Noor--buy them at a natural food store)
· 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
· 1 teaspoon chopped nuts


TIPS* use any nut you like (or leave the nuts out altogether)* add other dried fruits if you want* add more coconut* add any flavorings you like

Recipe adapted from sweetsavvy.com
(c) copyright 2007 Debra Lynn Dadd. All Rights Reserved

From the Mouth of Luciano Pavarotti...

One of the nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating ~ Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, My Own Story

...and other great quotes about food.

Did you ever stop to taste a carrot? Not just eat it, but taste it? You can’t taste the beauty and energy of the earth in a Twinkie ~ Astrid Alauda

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not make that a pleasure as well as a necessity ~ Voltaire

High-tech tomatoes. Mysterious Milk. Supersquash. Are we supposed to eat this stuff? Or is it going to eat us? ~ Annette Manning

It is difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato ~ Lewis Gizzard

If organic farming is the natural way, shouldn’t organic produce just be called “produce” and make the pesticide-laden stuff take the burden of an adjective? ~ Ymber Delecto

NEW RECIPE!

Looking for a yummy new Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Recipe? This version of the popular cookie is made with organic agave nectar and a bit more butter to yield a buttery sweet cookie you will love!

I love baking with agave nectar! It is lower on the glycecmix index, which means it doesn’t make your blood sugar spike up like other natural sweeteners!

My son Ben (20 months) just loved the cookies, he asked for them all day. I think he may have had 10 cookies in one day….whew!

Check out the recipes here and enjoy!!
Oatmeal Raisin Butter Cookies
www.simplyfoodonline.com/desserts.htm