Stevia

I tried to grow Stevia from seed and look it worked!

Ok Ok That was a lie.

After I got my packet of seeds and looked up more information on growing Stevia- all signs pointed to the fact it was impossibly hard to grow from seed. I tried it anyhow and failed. It is supposed to be much easier to grow from a cutting. But I did succeed in finding it at the Annual Herb Fair and I think that's all that is truly important to this story.

The only real experience I had in consuming Stevia previously was when I tried a Stevia sweetened soda from Whole Foods- it tasted aspartamey. I was not impressed. But the leaves straight off the plant taste sugary great. Next step is to dry the leaves and try it in cooking. Hot tip from my friend Dana- When cooking with Stevia you can use half stevia, half sugar without compromising the taste. Then you get half the calories, half the sugar. Lord knows I could cut back on my refined sugar consumption. It is not all green beans and broccoli around here.

"Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar." Pablo Picasso