Warming days. Crisp, cold nights. The glorious time when maple trees let loose their glistening liquid silver, soon to be turned into deep brown gold. Hey, Beautiful People! This blog post is somewhat of an excerpt of my contribution to the current Spring edition of Mt. Washington Valley's ViBE magazine. There's some tasty tidbits of info in each piece. I hope you enjoy both! ~ Beth xo This is the my first "real" winter in nearly a decade and I've spent it entirely in New England, I've fallen into the acceptance of the cold seasonal rhythm by noting the silent beauty of snowfall; bending an ear to the eerie music coaxed out of my wood stove and chimney by determined winds; acknowledging, with a bit of reluctance, the ache of muscles that moved many feet of snow that was all too often made sluggishly wet and heavy by an unwelcome coda of rain. There's also the uplifting and the soul-soothing reward of snowshoeing under infinitely blue skies through bony woods, across deep and sparkling snowfields printed and stamped by the tracks of unseen wildlife. For balance and to keep me humble, there was the stamping and tracking of my own well-worn path between woodpile and wood stove. But now I'm ready for Spring and the flow of maple sap gives me hope. My gratitude for the sap run is twofold: it's a harbinger of the coming change of season and it also brings with it the promise of pure maple syrup, my sweetener of choice for both savory and sweet recipes including the monthly Chocolate Club share. All sugars raises one's blood sugar so it's best to consider added sweeteners mindfully. Pure maple syrup far outweighs cane sugar and agave in nutritional benefits. And high fructose corn syrup? Just call that sh*t "poison!" Coconut palm sugar is lower on the glycemic index (GI), which means it raises your blood sugar more slowly than a sugar higher on the GI. The lower GI of coconut sugar can slow one's appetite in a way that higher glycemic sugars can not. Raw honey is better than processed sugars but maple syrup tops the natural sweetener charts when it comes to mineral values. Empower your mind with information and power your body with some pure maple syrup. Consciously, of course. Here's how you can put a little sweet "Spring" in your step. (Sorry, couldn't resist!)
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