I feel the sugar crash and burn when I eat honey.
You may not.
Date Paste
Just barely boil 12 oz Deglet Noor Dates or Medjool dates. Reserve 1 cup of date water.
Blend dates and 1 cup of the date water until smooth.
Keeps in the fridge for 2 weeks. Freeze in 1/2 cup freezer bags. Lee saves the date water to make date syrup.
I am not a diabetic, but let's look at the
glycemic index.
Dates are high in fiber, whereas honey has none.
The fiber in dates makes it slower to digest
and blood sugar is not spiked. The Glycemic Index measures that. The lower the glycemic index number,
the better.
The glycemic index of dates are 44, honey is 61, white sugar is anywhere from 68 - 100.
Deglet Noor dates are less sweet, and contain about 20 calories each.
There are 10g of natural sugars in 1 Deglet Noor Date.
One Medjool date is the about same size as 2 tbsp of honey, has 67 calories
and 16 grams of natural sugar. 🌴
2 tbsp honey has 34 grams of natural sugar and 128 calories
🌴
I substituted date
paste for sugar on a one-to-one basis.
I could taste no difference, but I haven't had sugar for four 1/2 years.
Adding more date paste would make it sweeter, but the texture changes to a moist cake quality, but I just make muffins.
To substitute date paste for
Maple Syrup
use twice the amount that the recipe calls for.
The answer to
honey, maple syrup, agave,
is Date Paste.
At the Supermarket
don't buy chopped dates
2nd ingredient is dextrose. I was so surprised when I opened the dates and they had a white powder on them. Had to take them back.
Disclaimer
I am NOT a diabetic and I read some research that only 3 dates a day are recommended for diabetics -(wow, great social life). Yet there's other research
that states otherwise. Use your own judgment. Check your blood sugar first. 🌴 Here is a carb meter which may help diabetics. 🌴 Glycemic Index Search
Medjool tastes like caramel or Maple Syrup and are easily found in stores. 🌴 Khadrawy - similar to Medjool but more of a honey flavor 🌴
Deglet Noor have a less sweet flavor, sold in supermarkets, and widely grown in California. 🌴
What about Date Sugar? Date sugar is ground up dates, heated and processed. Heated and processed as opposed to the natural fruit does not sound good to me.
Plum Sauce
11 prunes (for sweet)
3 dates
1 tblsp Sesame Oil
1/3 cup Apple Cider Vinegar (instead of Rice Wine Vinegar)
1 tsp Sea Salt
3 Tbsp creamy peanut butter
1 clove garlic
1/2 tsp hot sauce
2 tsp soy sauce
2 tsp cinnamon
1 teaspoon Chinese Five Spice Powder
Bring to boil, then simmer for 20min. Blend in Blender.
