Saturday, July 28, 2012

Saturday Snapshot: July 28, 2012

Stevia plant: Leaves are 30 times sweeter than normal sugar

Taken during vacations in Munnar, South India (19-25 March 2012). 

Posted for Saturday Snapshot, hosted by Alyce of At Home With books
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16 comments:

  1. bermudaonionJuly 28, 2012 at 6:33 AM

    I've only heard of stevia in the last few years - I had no idea it was a plant.

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  2. TrishJuly 28, 2012 at 4:12 PM

    That's interesting about the stevia plant. It's such a small little thing compared to sugar cane.

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  3. Paulita July 28, 2012 at 6:02 PM

    I've tried stevia, but I'm still a sugar fan. Here's Mine

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  4. Laurel-Rain SnowJuly 28, 2012 at 7:25 PM

    What an interesting plant! Thanks for sharing...and enjoy!

    Here's MY SATURDAY SNAPSHOT POST

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  5. Karen HarringtonJuly 28, 2012 at 7:45 PM

    I didn't know it was a plant, either. The things you learn on a Saturday, huh?

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  6. KailanaJuly 28, 2012 at 7:55 PM

    I had never heard of stevia before. Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Melissa O.July 28, 2012 at 8:08 PM

    I've never seen a stevia plant, how cool! That is my favorite sugar substitute.

    Here's my snapshot post this week.

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  8. Margaret @ BooksPleaseJuly 28, 2012 at 8:26 PM

    I didn't know about stevia before - it must be extremely sweet!

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  9. Christine HardingJuly 28, 2012 at 9:52 PM

    I hadn't heard about stevia either - is it as fattening as sugar, or does it count as low calorie because you need less of it? Thank you for visiting my blog.

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  10. EvaJuly 28, 2012 at 11:41 PM

    I've heard of stevia and knew it was a plant. I'd never seen a picture of one though. Fun to see what it looks like.

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  11. Leslie (Under My Apple Tree)July 28, 2012 at 11:50 PM

    So that's what the Stevia plant looks like. That's a fairly new sweetener here in the USA.

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  12. YvonneJuly 29, 2012 at 3:30 AM

    What a great plant! Great picture, too!

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  13. LmkazmierczakJuly 29, 2012 at 7:08 AM

    Thanks for the interesting, notable blog/photo♫♪

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  14. Barbara The Healthy NutJuly 29, 2012 at 8:33 AM

    I LOVE stevia. I grew it a few years ago and add it to all my teas. Lovely photo with the slanted sunlight.

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  15. LouiseJuly 29, 2012 at 5:55 PM

    I've heard of stevia but had never seen the plant before. Thanks.

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  16. AlyceJuly 30, 2012 at 8:14 AM

    I would never have thought of growing it - neat to see what it looks like!

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