Our neighbors first introduced us to the stevia plant. I immediately became OBSESSED! The leaves tasted super sweet & I could grow this amazing plant in my yard! Count me in! I bought 3 plants & was ready to go…
Except I didn’t really know anything about stevia. How was I supposed to cook with it? How could I preserve it? What exactly is this plant that I now have 3 of? I hit up Pinterest for all the answers & it didn’t disappoint.
I found out that Stevia is 300 times sweeter than sugar. It has no calories or carbohydrates. It’s just a sweet little plant!
Even though I bought my plants from a greenhouse, there are tons of tips of starting stevia plants from seeds. I might go that route for next year’s planting season. But, I could also bring my plants inside for the winter!
For preserving, I found several links on creating both liquid extract & dried stevia. A lot of the stevia extract recipes used alcohol that is boiled out, but I found this recipe that uses just water.
Here’s the full list of helpful stevia links:
- How To Grow Stevia and Make Homemade Extract
- sugarfreestevia.net
- Stevia—the sweet herb. Here’s how it grows.
- How To Use Fresh Stevia Leaves
- Growing Stevia Plants In Winter
- How To Make Stevia Syrup
- Homemade Stevia Extract
- Growing And Using Stevia
- 4 Health Benefits Of Stevia Leaf
- How To Make Stevia Extract
- Growing Stevia
- How To Grow Stevia and Preserve Stevia Leaf
I’ll also be adding more pins to my ‘Stevia’ Pinterest board, so check there for more info!
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