can't/won't eat sugar

[Desert Tortoise]

I really like your idea of putting fruit around the baked goods! Maybe I've seen that before but I never thought about how that gives an alternative to the other stuff.

At my son's preschool and now elementry, they like to take baked goods to the teachers as a token of appreciation. They seem to like it but sometimes I feel like we are not doing the great staff of our schools any favors. I have found making small (1/2 tbsp size dough instead of 1 tbsp) cookies are appreciated and cutting the brownies into 1" bite size. A little more portion control?

I don't know but surrounding the plate/platter with pretty fresh fruit gives the best of both worlds. Thanks!

[Cynedra]

At my son's preschool and now elementry, they like to take baked goods to the teachers as a token of appreciation. They seem to like it but sometimes I feel like we are not doing the great staff of our schools any favors. I have found making small (1/2 tbsp size dough instead of 1 tbsp) cookies are appreciated and cutting the brownies into 1" bite size. A little more portion control?

Our schools they won't even allow baked goods. It has to be pre-wrapped from a store. I just don't get it because a lot of home baked stuff would be a lot healthier. On the other hand, I had a friend who let their animals roam around on top of the kitchen cabinet while cooking. If she allowed that who knows what others may be allowing.

[Dannielle]

I should add, the recipe I linked is grain-free as well so handy for people who are gluten/grain-free as well as sugar-free. I don't get to eat a whole lot of baked goods being gluten/grain/sugar-free but that recipe is a winner. Makes for a handy bike snack too!

[FlyingScot]

LPH,
When I toss fruit "artistically around my muffins" it just keeps sliding off. How do you make it stick?

[Melalvai]

I also don't eat sugar, and it's a choice, not an allergy or diabetes. Like your friend, I just feel better when I don't eat sugar. (If I go into detail it involves descriptions of my bathroom habits and lady times.) My daughter has also reduced the amount of sugar she eats. Her clarinet section leader last year used to bring in treats to sectionals, and she'd bring an apple for my daughter, which we thought was so sweet! (sweet as in kind, not as in sugar!)

There is a huge difference between fruit sugars and refined sugar or HFCS. Fruit sugars are bound up in soluble & insoluble fibers, which creates a sort of time-release effect in the gut, so that the sugars aren't all released at once and you don't get that sugar high and sugar crash and the insulin surge. That insulin surge is pretty much toxic!

I realize your event is probably already past, but for anyone, go ahead and make your sugary treats, but if you know of someone who doesn't eat sugar, just bring fruit for that one. They'll really appreciate your kindness.

[Titania]

lph, I applaud your considerate solution!!! I'm so happy she was pleased!

As another one who doesn't eat sugar/low-carbs, I know how hard it is to have to sit and watch other people eat. Eating together with folks is supposed to remove barriers to socializatoin, and not being able to participate always makes me feel a bit alienated. I'm always super happy when there's fruit around and I can take part in an event.