New fave

[DCJenn]

I was at the chi-chi grocery store and I have found some awesome diet sodas- sweetened with stevia instead of fake stuff. They're called Zevia. www.zevia.com

I tried the ginger ale and the root beer.

No caffeine, no aspartame, no sucralose, no sugar.

Are as yummy as the full-test stuff? Nope. But WAAAAAYYYY better than regular soda. Since my A/C was out until about 3pm today I was sucking down cold stuff like my life depended on it!

Jenn

[GrayMatterWife]

Given your excellent taste in tamales, I am going to take you up on this rec, too. I usually hate diet sodas, but I'd love to find one that is good. Worth a shot. The website said it's sold at the Whole Foods close by...

I'll look for those. I hate diet soda but I don't mind Stevia. TOh....they even have a cola flavor. Thanks!

I think my freezer is almost tamale ready.

[HouseofWool]

Cassy - here is what Wikipedia has to say. There is an interesting comment on the FDA's stance on stevia and stevia as a sweetener.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia

[DCJenn]

Two Words:

Corporate Farming

two more words:

Sugar Lobby

Jenn

[HouseofWool]

Exactly Jenn - although I would prefer to think that the body that regulates our food supply was immune to persuasion of this sort.

[scrub-jay]

I was at the chi-chi grocery store and I have found some awesome diet sodas- sweetened with stevia instead of fake stuff. They're called Zevia. www.zevia.com

I tried the ginger ale and the root beer.

No caffeine, no aspartame, no sucralose, no sugar.

Are as yummy as the full-test stuff? Nope. But WAAAAAYYYY better than regular soda. Since my A/C was out until about 3pm today I was sucking down cold stuff like my life depended on it!

Jenn

A stevia sweetener was just released called "Truvia." I haven't tried it yet, but I generally try to just make things with no or minimal real sugar. Although another one to try is Agave syrup - calorically similar to honey, but without such a strong, unique taste as honey has.



-C