A Recipe & Truvia Review

I wanted to pass on this fantastic recipe I found while reading my blogs...it's a crock pot recipe...my favorite...since I don't get home until around 6 every night! Anyway it turned out fantastic...next time I'll probably make a double batch and freeze half...and we were saying it would probably be really tasty with a little ground up lean Italian sausage in it too.

Pasta Fagoili
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/10/day-305.html

The only thing I did differently was I cooked a whole box of pasta on the side...I DID add the 1/2 cup dry pasta to the crock pot like it says...I think it helps thicken the soup...and the noodles did cook right up. We just like more noodles...so we put some in our bowls before adding the soup over top...it was good stuff!

TRUVIA...like Keri said a while back
http://owencroberts.blogspot.com/2008/12/letter-to-my-favorite-no-cal-sweetener.html

it's been talked about that Splenda isn't so great for you...yes, it's 0 calories and all, but the chemicals it's made of just aren't' that great for you.

SO! While I didn't get around to making any new years resolutions (we were pretty busy that day...with Chase's tonsil/adenoid-ectomy!) I have been trying to treat my body a bit better...whole wheat as much as possible, 5-minute oatmeal with skim milk and strawberries for breakfast, a daily multi-vitamin (I keep them at work so I remember to take them!)...and cutting back on the artificial stuff...so long crystal lite and Splenda! (weeps). SO! I have bought myself a box of TRUVIA packets to try it out. My thoughts? It's really sweet! 1 packet in my oatmeal in the AM is way sweeter than Splenda was...and it's too much to put in coffee/tea...I guess I could scale down and use a 1/2 a packet or something...but other than that...I'm a fan.