Growing and Using Stevia: The Sweet Leaf from Garden to Table

Growing and Using Stevia: The Sweet Leaf from Garden to Table with 35 Recipes

Grow Your Own Sweet Herb!
Stevia rebaudiana is a natural, low-glycemic, low-calorie alternative to sugar and artificial sweeteners.
Growing and Using Stevia is your complete stevia guide from garden to table, with chapters about propagating, growing, and harvesting stevia,indoors and out. Enjoy your harvest with 35 delicious recipes developed in the Lucke and Goettemoeller kitchens!

Learn how to:
Start stevia from seeds, cuttings, or transplants.
Grow stevia in your garden or in containers.
Harvest leaves and make your own green powder or liquid stevia extract.
Use homegrown stevia in pies, frozen desserts, herb tea, smoothies, and more!

â€œ...one of our favorites. Itâ€™s simple and all in one. You get the facts, recipes, and how to grow it. The price is economical and we are happy to offer it along with live plants and other stevia products.â€
--Marshall and Judy Ayer; Ayer Natural Market & Greenhouse; Bluford, IL

"I ordered 40 stevia seeds and your book 'Growing and Using Stevia' a few months ago. I am very happy with your seeds, because 32 of 40 seeds germinated which is about 80%. I couldn't wait to take a leaf even though the plants are small. Oh, so sweet!"
--Tomas Karlsson; Delray Beach, Florida

Jeffrey Goettemoeller and Karen Lucke are siblings who grew up gardening and enjoying wholesome home cooking. Karen is now a nutritionist and reflexologist. Jeffrey is the author of Stevia Sweet Recipes: Sugarfreeâ€”Naturally!, with over 300,000 copies in print. He also majored in horticulture at Northwest Missouri State University and completed a published
research study on the production of Stevia rebaudiana seeds.

Contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction

1. About the Stevia Plant
Plant Description
Day Length
Stevia in the Wild

2. Outdoor Soil and Culture
Garden Soil
Fertilization
Transplanting
Timing for Transplanting
Plant Care

3. Houseplants
Overwintering Outdoor Plants
Watering Houseplants
Potting up Houseplants
Fertilizing Houseplants
Lighting for Houseplants

4. Propagation by Cuttings
Making Cuttings
Caring for Cuttings
Outdoor Propagation from Cuttings

5. Propagation from Seed
Shopping List for Seed Starting
Directions for Seed Starting

6. Harvest and Storage

7. Processing Stevia Leaves
Stevia Leaf Water Extract
Green Stevia Powder

8. Stevia in the Kitchen

9. Recipes
Simple Stevia Tea
Hot Tea, Green
Blueberry Grape Syrup
Puffy Oven Pancakes
Spiced Oat, Nut, and Fruit Granola
Gluten-Free Granola
Breakfast Oatmeal
Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal
Breakfast Sausage
Vanilla Nut â€˜Ice Creamâ€™
Orange Stevia Soda
Chocolate Milk Shake
Peach Smoothie
Strawberry Soup
Strawberry Smoothie
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Lime Pie
Rhubarb Strawberry Pie
Blueberry Pie
Carob Silk Pie
Coconut Whipped Cream
Lemon Chiffon Topping
Baked Custard
Pumpkin Custard
Grape Kiwi Salad
Pineapple Berry Gelatin
Sweet â€˜n Spicy Meatballs
Savory Spaghetti Sauce
Special Garlic Toast
Herb Dumplings for Stew
Salt-Free Herbal Seasoning
Creamy Herb Salad Dressing
Sunfl ower Oat Rolls
Pumpkin Muffins
Rice Tomato Soup

Appendix: Stevia Sources and Resources
Glossary

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Prairie Oak Publishing
Manufacturer	Prairie Oak Publishing
NumberOfPages	90
PublicationDate	2011-08-22
Publisher	Prairie Oak Publishing
ReleaseDate	2011-08-22
Studio	Prairie Oak Publishing

Growing and Using Stevia: The Sweet Leaf from Garden to Table with 35 Recipes

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