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Stevia VS. Coffeemate VS. Starbucks..........

leavinglasvegas
leavinglasvegas Posts: 1,495
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
BOY do I love my coffee in the morning. Occasionally I go to starbucks for a skinny vanilla, but thats just plain expensive. Plus all that caffiene is not my friend, so I use it as a treat from time to time when I am going to be burning that caffiene off.
I used to keep Sugar-free French Vanilla Coffeemate in the fridge so I could make my own vanilla coffee at home, but the fat and cals weren't worth it anymore with the addition of the artificial sweeteners, so............

I found Vanilla Creme Stevia at the natural section of Kroger. BEST STUFF EVER!

Every morning I brew up some organic, fair-trade, decaf coffee, pour in about 1/8 cup of ff milk and 4-5 drops of the stevia all in my favorite BIG coffee mug and enjoy.

Practically the same as starbucks and almost just like coffeemate minus the creaminess. (I did like that creaminess) I'm going to try vanilla soy milk next time to see if I achieve a creaminess with out the guit. But.....
Honestly, this is an alternative I can live with. It is sooooooooooooo much cheaper on the wallet and the gut! Not to mention, no need to worry about all the side=effects from the artificial sweetners!

See! I can have my coffee AND drink it too!:laugh:

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  • barbarella
    barbarella Posts: 609 Member
    BRAVO!!! Good job...... :drinker: :flowerforyou:

    When we want something bad enough, we figure it out!!! :laugh:

    Good to have a healthy alternative! I'll ck that out for my BF as he loves that creamer crap in coconut flavor. Actually he's been using whole milk since the hydrogenated crap is expensive. Hmmmm...... why do we pay more for crappy products??? :laugh: :bigsmile:
  • DeeDeeLHF
    DeeDeeLHF Posts: 2,301 Member
    I have replaced all of my artificial sweetners with Stevia.

    My favorite...

    Bring 8 cups of water to an almost boil.

    Add 4 Bags of Celestial Seasoning Raspberry Zinger.

    Steep covered for 5 minutes.

    Add one packet of Stevia.

    I put mine in a carafe and enjoy it throughout the morning and make another one later in the day.

    It is a great way to get 16 cups of liquid going in addition to my water and morning smoothy!
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