Growing and Using Stevia: The Sweet Leaf from Garden to Table with 35 Recipes. This item is unavailable.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! “...one of our favorites. It’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.” --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: Sugarfree—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 ‘Ice Cream’ 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 ‘n Spicy Meatballs Savory Spaghetti Sauce Special Garlic Toast Herb Dumplings for Stew Salt-Free Herbal Seasoning Creamy Herb Salad Dressing Sunflower Oat Rolls Pumpkin Muffins Rice Tomato Soup Appendix: Stevia Sources and Resources Glossary

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Jeffrey Goettemoeller, "a lifelong gardener, has been featured in "Back in Thyme "magazine, quoted in "Organic Gardening", and a guest on more than twenty-five television and radio shows. He is an enthusiastic participant in a Stevia cultivation research project.