Related to the baking post below…

Last Friday we came home to a box sitting on our front door step.  Matt and I looked at each other and each said “What did you order?”.  We live together.  We work together.  We are all up in each other’s business with very few surprises on a day to day basis.  We know what the other one is doing.  It doesn’t work for everyone but, fifteen years later, it works for us still.  Neither of us knew about any purchases.

So what was it?  Being as that we’re not big time enough to be concerned about unknown packages, we brought the box into the house.  (I don’t know that Patrick M. would agree with us on that but lets assume he would.  I did check for ticking sounds.  It was quiet.)  When we finally opened it there were stevia products and LOTS of paperwork from Ron Redding, VP of Sales and Marketing for NuNaturals.  It’s all interesting reading with info about their products and recipes and such.  He’d read about my attempts at healthier recipes and thought I might like to try their products.  Ok.

So first things first…I googled NuNaturals to see if I could find any complaints or problems.  Most folks are real quick to share the bad experiences and not the good ones so if there’s dirt it should be easy to find.  6 pages into my search and nothing bad.  Cool. I kept thinking that Mr. Redding was maybe taking a big chance sending product.  What if I don’t like it?  What if I am like the majority and quickly share the bad but not the good?  Kinda ballsy on his part.  I don’t guess you get to be V.P. of sales and marketing by being timid.

Ok.  So here’s a bit of honesty.  I’ve tried stevia products before and didn’t care for them.  There was an after taste.  Mr. Redding is right, though.  I am trying to find a different way of cooking, of eating, of living and my goals don’t work with what I’ve always done so there has to be something better.

So far we’ve only tried the Pure Liquid Vanilla Stevia in our coffee.  It’s actually good!  No after taste, vanilla flavoring in the coffee, no guilty conscience about chemicals from artificial sweeteners.  I like that.  We’ll be running through all of the products he sent to see what’s a winner and what isn’t.

Maybe there is a way to have my cake and eat it too.

My fingers are crossed.