Here’s a direct link to the Flax Seed Oil Supplements I purchased.

Just a quick update. I know how frustrating it can be to follow a blog and then it seems as though the blogger disappers.

Well, tonight will be an interesting experiment in cooking. Have you ever heard of Beer Can Chicken? That’s what we are going to have for dinner. I’m a sucker for any new contraption I see on QVC so when they had a ceramic bakeware dish that allows you to cook a chicken standing up – like when you put it on a beer can, I just had to have it. The dish is really well made. Rather than trying to explain what it looks like CLICK HERE to see it over on QVC. Isn’t that neat? In the center is a section that takes the place of the beer can. You don’t have to use beer – you could use wine or broth.

I’ll let you know how it works for us in my next update.

Update: The chicken was great. We’re going to get a grill with a dome high enough that we can use the roaster on it. Yummmy.

All I can say is WOW. My son was bold and took the first bit and said, “It tastes just like sugar.” I couldn’t believe it when I tried it. While to me it’s not exactly like sugar, it’s a wonderful sweet taste with absolutely no after taste. This has opened up a whole new world to me of being able to make some treats for myself. The idea of being without chocolate has been a bit depressing but with Truvia I’m sure I can find a way to make things like chocolate ice cream. I told my son that if this stuff was good I was going to invest in a small ice cream maker.

I’m hoping that Truvia can be substituted one-for-one in recipes that call for Splenda. Going to have to do a bit of surfing to see what I can find. I just found a conversion chart on the Truvia site here.

My guess is that now that Cargill has created a sweetener from stevia that it will get FDA approval soon. Or maybe the compound that they extracted from this specific stevia they have cultivated. But that should open the door for all the others. And one thing I’m really looking forward to is a Diet Coke made with Truvia. That would be incredible. Now if someone could just make a potato chip that was no-carb I’d be set.

I really can’t say enough about how pleased I am with Truvia and plan to look for some recipes to try it in.