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henlady35904
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
Kim
Gadsden
Alabama
USA
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 Posted - Jun 06 2011 : 11:20:40 AM
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I am so blessed for all the zuchinni I'm getting from the garden so I made bread this am. I have been trying to cut back on refined sugar so I used the agave in its place. Yummo! Does anyone know where to find it at a cheaper price? |
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2011 : 06:15:50 AM
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Originally posted by henlady35904
I am so blessed for all the zuchinni I'm getting from the garden so I made bread this am. I have been trying to cut back on refined sugar so I used the agave in its place. Yummo! Does anyone know where to find it at a cheaper price?
I don't know, but we do use it to make a limeade drink with real lime juice and rosemary. I have not tried a nature store yet, but that could be an idea.
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Turtlemoon
Farmgirl Legend Schoolmarm
378 Posts
Tanya
Port Orchard
Washington
USA
378 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2011 : 07:52:25 AM
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I know our costco sells it in a double pack of bottles, organic as well for about 7$
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Mariebelle
True Blue Farmgirl
54 Posts
Marie
Clarkston
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2011 : 09:59:46 AM
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I use the Agave too, love it and use less in my tea and coffee than i would sugar. I buy it at Costco. I also found at Costco a bag of organic sugar- it's the color of raw sugar, has the same sugar content per serving as Agave and i just used it to make apricot/rhubarb jam- love it! I won't buy regular sugar anymore now that i can get these two products.
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Tina Kay
True Blue Farmgirl
107 Posts
Tina Kay
Deary
ID
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2011 : 11:10:42 AM
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I buy mine at Costco also! And to be truthful I had a hard time adjusting to it. To me it is not as sweet. But that is the whole point right? I probably need better recipes to try it in.
But I do tell everyone about. I like it!
Tina Kay
Happy it is, indeed, for me that my heart is capable of feeling the same simple and innocent pleasure as the peasant whose table is covered with food of his own rearing, and who not only enjoys his meal, but remembers with delight the happy days and sunny mornings when he planted it, the soft evenings when he watered it, and the pleasure he experienced in watching it’s daily growth.
J.W. von Goethe (the Sorrows of Werther)
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henlady35904
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
Kim
Gadsden
Alabama
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2011 : 4:22:20 PM
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| Thanks, I'm going to Birmingham tmorrow for dr appt, will check it out. |
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henlady35904
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
Kim
Gadsden
Alabama
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2011 : 4:26:04 PM
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| Tina Kay, I bought a new bottle yesterday and it has the ratio of agave vs sugar- for baking, drinks etc. I will share if you're interested. |
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Tammyb
True Blue Farmgirl
511 Posts
Tammy
Bluffton
Ohio
USA
511 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2011 : 5:47:33 PM
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We sell it at the Health Food Store I work at but you can go to Frankford Farms (.com) and check out their price. We use it in place of sugar and honey on occation.
Tammyb
Live to leave a legacy
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nin1952
True Blue Farmgirl
269 Posts
Donna
Cedartown
GA
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 11:37:38 AM
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Hey ya'll
I had a really bad experience with the agave. I am a Type 1 diabetic and started using it. Then after about a week, I started getting pain in my upper abdomin. I quit using it and the pain went away. I have since learned that diabetics shouldn't use it because it harms your liver. They say it's great for diabetics. How can they claim that? Any suggestions?
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Wheather therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 1:07:56 PM
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Funny thing, I've started seeing agave syrup in WalMart next to the corn syrup. My mom is type 2 diabetic and that makes me high risk so I've started cooking like a diabetic to baby my pancreas. I've bought milled flax seed, and soy flour from there, and they now sell generic splenda at a really good price-- I dont even buy sugar anymore.
Just powdered sugar and brown sugar to blend with splenda for recipes that call for it.
The one thing I have a hard time finding in quinoa. I have to go into the health food supermarket to find that, and restock on alternate flours like coconut and almond.
So far I've only used coconut flour as a half substitution for white flour. Its super dense and massive fiber. I tried some gluten free cookies made out of it when I first bought it and they were so tasty they gave people bellyaches from eating too many (3 cookies was too many).
I don't really like nuts that much so I didn't care for almond meal pancakes, although my hubby raved over them. I'd still like to find good ways to use almond meal and soy flour (hasn't been opened yet)
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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Mariebelle
True Blue Farmgirl
54 Posts
Marie
Clarkston
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 7:20:31 PM
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Jen- I buy Quinoa at Costco, do you have one near you?
Donna- I have recently noticed pain in my upper abdomen also, but I have IBS, so I thought it was that, I will try not to use the Agave for a while to see if I notice any difference. Even though some things are "all natural" or claimed to be better for you- each person is different and reacts differently to different things, so Agave might work for Diabetes, but it doesn't mean each diabetic person's system will tollerate it.
I also buy the Organic sugar in bulk at Costco- so far i like that.
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henlady35904
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
Kim
Gadsden
Alabama
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 7:48:16 PM
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Hey chicks,
That is so weird!!! My friend is type 1 and he ate a couple pieces of the bread. Yesterday he c/o of his upper stomach hurting. He drank a quart of buttermilk. Lol. Will have to see if it is the agave. Thanks for the info. |
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