Sugar Substitute and Recipes

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Registered: 07-17-2003
Sugar Substitute and Recipes
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Tue, 11-18-2003 - 4:27pm
OK, there is one thing that puzzles me about this diet...a lot of SB-friendly recipes I see call for packets of Splenda or other sugar substitute. Now, if I were not on SBD, I would never in a million years add sugar to some of these recipes (for example, that yummy-looking green bean recipe below).

So why do these recipes call for sugar substitute?

(Incidentally, I hate sugar substitute and I never use it (with the exception of phase 1--I used it in my morning coffee--ick!).

Also, whenever I make these recipes--as I intend to do with the green beans--I leave out the sugar substitute and the recipe still comes out great.

So, what gives?

Cheers,

Stacy

151/137.5/138 (below goal, in P3)

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Registered: 05-21-2003
Tue, 11-18-2003 - 10:23pm
The decision to add the sweetner to the green beans was a last minute decision. I like teriyaki sauce, but that probably has too much carbs and/or sugar in it compared to plain old soy sauce. When you add the sweetner to the soy sauce, it gives off a tangy-er flavor that is similar to teriyaki sauce. I am sure you can leave it out though.

HTH,

Julie

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Registered: 07-17-2003
Tue, 11-18-2003 - 11:18pm
Interesting--I hadn't thought of that.

But, still, I see that in a lot of recipes--I was just using yours as a (yummy-looking!) example. A while back, some one posted a link to Heidi's Phase 2 recipes, and a lot of those recipes have the same thing (like a curried chicken salad recipe that called for a tablespoon of sweetner!).

Anyway, still curious, but now I understand that soy + sweetner = pseudo teriaki sauce. (Maybe I'll try your recipe with teriaki! I'm not a SB purist in that I would rather have real sugar than substitute...).

Thanks for your response!

=) Stacy