ZSweet®, Ashley Koff Approved!

On April 25, 2010 ZSweet® become an Ashley Koff Approved food & is currently being used as her sweetener of choice for craft services on the production of several popular TV series. Learn more about Ashley below.

"Ashley Koff is a registered dietitian (R.D.) who strives to make better nutrition a way of life for all. Koff has the proven ability to demystify the science of nutrition and communicate the importance of a healthy lifestyle to clients in a way that instills loyalty and trust. Never preachy, Koff's clients truly admire her gentle and patient way of finding the correct and effective nutritional program to suit their individual needs. Her passionate style is effective, resulting in Koff being named by Citysearch as LA's "Best Nutritionist" three years running and a national media favorite. Koff appears monthly on Good Morning America Health and as the lead expert for HuffPost Living's 'Total Energy Makeover' with Ashley Koff RD; selected as Hollywood's Dietitian, InStyle magazine featured Koff's work in their coveted December (2009) issue."

February Gluten-free / Sugar-free with Kelly Keough

Join Kelly at Whole Foods Markets in Southern California for hands on training in gluten & sugar-free "baking". Taste for yourself the surprisingly delightful results of Kelly's creative & simple alternatives to popular foods we know & love.

2/4, Thurs: 4-7 pm - 7871 West Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles - Demo

2/5, Fri: 11-2 pm - 6350 W 3rd St, Los Angeles - Demo
2/8, Mon: 11-2 pm - 239 N Crescent Dr, Beverly Hills - Demo

2/11, Thurs: 11-2 pm - 3751 E Foothill Blvd, Pasadena - Demo
2/12, Fri: 11-2 pm - 21347 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills - Demo

2/16, Tues: 4-7 pm - 19340 Rinaldi St, Northridge - Demo

2/18, Thurs: 11-2 pm - 11666 National Blvd, Los Angeles - Demo

2/23, Tues: 4-7 pm - 331 N Glendale Ave, Glendale - Demo

2/25, Thurs: 11-2 pm - 239 N Crescent Dr, Beverly Hills - Demo

Mmmm.... Cake.

photo credit: www.theyucadiaries.blogspot.com

How good does this cake look? Foodie-blogger Roxanne Buil adapted a sugar-free, gluten-free red velvet chocolate cake recipe from Healthy Indulgences to exclude the red food coloring, but the result is just as yummy & even healthier.
She used ZSweet® in place of sugar & graciously allowed us to share the fruits of her labors here with you.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
9 large eggs
1 cup ZSweet
1/4 teaspoon stevia extract ( I use the Now brand)
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup yogurt
3/4 cup sifted coconut flour
3/4 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
2 tablespoons cocoa powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Set out butter and eggs to bring to room temperature. Butter a cake pan and coat with cocoa powder removing the excess powder. Separate the egg yolks from the whites and beat the whites until they form stiff peaks. In a separate bowl, beat the yolks with vanilla extract. Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. In another bowl , cream butter until it turns to a pale yellow color. Add the ZSweet in a steady stream and cream together for 2-3 minutes, or until light, fluffy, and close to the color of cream cheese. Make sure to incorporate well. Add the egg yolks to the butter and cream and beat. Once the yolks are added, add dry and wet ingredients until the mixture is combined well leaving the egg whites until the very end. Fold in the egg whites gently and once the mixture is combined, pour the batter into the cake pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes, and test with a toothpick. Remove and invert very gently onto a cooling rack. Once cool, use a cake leveler to cut the loaf evenly in half. Frost with cream cheese frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting
2-8 oz packages cream cheese
1/2 cup ZSweet, powdered (using a coffee grinder combine ZSweet with a little arrowroot)
1 tbsp arrowroot powder
1/4 teaspoon stevia extract
1 stick butter
Pinch of salt

Bring cream cheese to room temperature. Beat until smooth and creamy, then add powdered ZSweet and beat until the mixture is combined well. This will take a little while because the ZSweet has to dissolve into the mixture well.

Start Sugar-free in January!

Interested in learning easy ways to go sugar-free in 2010? Southern California residents can get quick tips from sugar-free / gluten-free chef Kelly Keough in person at Whole Foods Markets all month, see dates & times below. Not able to make it out to her classes? Get Kelly's cookbooks for simple & tasty recipes.

Kelly broke the sugar addiction, you can too!

1/5, Tues: 4-7 pm - 7871 West Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles - Demo

1/7, Thurs: 11-2 pm - 6350 W 3rd St, Los Angeles - Demo

1/12, Tues: 11-2 pm - 21347 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills - Demo

1/14, Thurs: 4-7 pm - 740 N Moorpark Rd, Thousand Oaks - Demo

1/18, Mon: 4-7 pm - 3751 E Foothill Blvd, Pasadena - Demo

1/20, Weds: 4-7 pm - 19340 Rinaldi St, Northridge - Demo

1/21, Thurs: 11-2 pm - 11666 National Blvd, Los Angeles - Demo

1/22, Fri: 4-7 pm - 331 N Glendale Ave, Glendale - Demo

1/30, Sat: 11 am - 2201 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica - CLASS

1/31, Sun: 11-2 pm - 239 N Crescent Dr, Beverly Hills - Demo

ZSweet® is @ Vitamin Shoppe!

Kelly's December Sugar-free / Gluten-free / Vegan Events

Find Kelly Keough at the following Whole Foods Markets this month sampling delicious recipes made with ZSweet® from her cookbook, "The Sweet Truth" .

12/1, Tues: 4-7 pm - 7871 West Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles - Demo

12/2, Weds: 4-7 pm - 21347 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills - Demo

12/3, Thurs: 11-2 pm - 2201 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica - Demo

12/8, Tues: 4-7 pm - 3751 E Foothill Blvd, Pasadena - Demo

12/10, Thurs: 10-1 pm - 11666 National Blvd, Los Angeles - Demo

12/11, Fri: 4-7 pm - 6350 W 3rd St, Los Angeles - Demo

12/21, Mon: 6 pm - 40 Railroad St, Andover, MA - Class

12/29, Tues: 4-7 pm - 24130 Valencia Blvd, Santa Clarita - Demo

12/30, Weds: 4-7 pm - 331 N Glendale Ave, Glendale - Demo

12/31, Thurs: 11-2 pm - 239 N Crescent Dr, Beverly Hills - Demo

Vegan / Sugar-Free / Gluten-Free Goji & Pistachio Raw Cacao Recipe

goji and pistachio raw cacao

by Kelly Keough

1 1/4 cups Artisana coconut crème

3 tablespoons Madhava agave

2 teaspoons chocolate extract

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/4 cup ZSweet®

3 tablespoons Navitas Naturals cacao

3 tablespoons roasted carob powder

1/4 cup pistachios, shelled

1/4 cup Navitas Naturals Goji berry

2 tablespoons Navitas Naturals cacao nibs

Manitoba Harvest hemp milk for thinning

Melt coconut crème and place in food processor. Add agave, stevia, and ZSweet®. Blend. Add cocoa and carob and blend. Add in Goji, pistachios, and nibs. Pulse until just incorporated. Use extra hemp milk for thinning. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread mixture a 1/4 inch thick. Set in freezer for 15 minutes. Break into pieces.

October Gluten-free / Sugar-free Classes

Sweet chef Kelly Keough is hosting more sugar-free / gluten-free raw cooking classes & demos this month at Whole Foods Markets in Southern California. Stop by for some delicious, innovative & simple recipes that will satisfy your sweet tooth without tipping your scale.

10/1, Thurs: 4-7 pm - 19340 Rinaldi St, Northridge - Demo

10/6, Tues: 6:30 pm - 239 N Crescent Dr, Beverly Hills

10/13, Tues: 6:30 pm - 7871 W Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles

10/15, Thurs: 6 pm - 21347 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills

10/19, Mon: 4-7 pm - 465 S Arroyo Pkwy, Pasadena - Demo

10/21, Weds: 7 pm - 3751 E Foothill Blvd, Pasadena

10/23, Fri: 4-7 pm - 6350 W 3rd St, Los Angeles - Demo

10/26, Mon: 4-7 pm - 331 N Glendale Ave, Glendale - Demo

10/28, Weds: 4-7 pm - 24130 Valencia Blvd, Santa Clarita - Demo

10/29, Thurs: 4-7 pm - 11666 National Blvd, Los Angeles - Demo

ZSweet® Celebrity Sightings... Did You See Her?

Yesterday I went to visit Kelly Keough at Whole Foods in West Hollywood. She was sampling her delicious sugar-free / gluten-free, vegan, raw hemp ball truffles made with ZSweet®... did you see her? More importantly, did you taste the truffles? They are UH-MAZ-ING!!!

Also spotted at Whole Foods that day were actors Kathy Najimy from movies like 'Sister Act' & 'Soap Dish' & Andrea Roth from the FX Show 'Rescue Me'. They both tried ZSweet®... how cool is that? We hope they become big fans!

Kelly has more free demos & cooking classes going on in the L.A. area Whole Foods all month. Click here for dates & store addresses.

photo credits: kathynajimy.com, fxnetworks.com

FREE Sugar-free / Gluten-free Whole Foods SoCal Raw-cooking Classes

Cooking Show Host & Recipe Book author Kelly Keough "The Gluten-Free / Sugar-Free Chef" will be teaching free classes at Whole Foods Markets in Southern, CA this month. She will be featuring ZSweet®, handing out free samples & recipes. Don't miss it.
Also, pick up Kelly's new cookbook while you're there!

o Whole Foods – 7871 W SANTA MONICA BLVD, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 – DEMO - Sept. 3, 4-7 pm
o Whole Foods – 2201 WILSHIRE BLVD, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403 – CLASS - Sept. 5, 12 noon
o Whole Foods – 3715 E FOOTHILL BLVD, PASADENA, CA 91107 – DEMO - Sept. 10, 4-7 pm
o Whole Foods – 239 N CRESCENT DR, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 - DEMO - Sept. 12, 2 pm
o Whole Foods – 331 N GLENDALE AVE, GLENDALE, CA 91206 – DEMO -Sept. 21, 7 pm
o Whole Foods – 11737 SAN VICENTE BLVD, BRENTWOOD, CA 90049 – CLASS - Sept. 23, 7 pm
o Whole Foods – 21347 VENTURA BLVD, WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91364 – CLASS - Sept. 24, 6 pm
o Whole Foods – 6350 W 3RD ST, FAIRFAX, CA 90036 – CLASS - Sept. 26, 3 pm

o Whole Foods – 19340 RINALDI ST, NORTHRIDGE, CA 91326 (PORTER RANCH) – DEMO - Sept. 28, 4-7 pm
o Whole Foods – 11666 NATIONAL BLVD, WEST LA, CA 90046 – CLASS - Sept. 30, 6:30 pm

visit: www.wholefoodsmarket.com or www.kellykeough.com for more details.

Who Likes The Taste of Chocolate & Mint?

Kelly Keough shares her simple sugar-free mint chocolate pattie recipe.

All the ingredients are natural & healthy, now that's sweet. Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS
Candy
1 ½ cups extra virgin coconut oil, melted
¾ cup hem butter
½ cup Zsweet® powdered
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
3 drops Peppermint Liquid Stevia
3 drops Chocolate Liquid Stevia
¼ cup agave
¾ cup roasted carob powder
½ cup raw cacao nibs
½ cup hemp seeds

Filling
½ cup hump butter
¼ cup agave
¼ cup powdered Zsweet®
2 drops Peppermint Liquid Stevia

PREPARATION
Line mini cup cake tins with paper liners. Melt coconut oil by placing jar under hot water or spoon into saucepan and melt over low flame. When coconut oil turns to a liquid, pour oil in medium bowl. Slowly whisk in peanut butter until smooth.
To powder Zsweet®, place in high powered blender and blend on low and increase speed high for 30 seconds. Measure amount needed. Whisk powdered Zsweet® into wet batter. Add in peppermint extract, Liquid Stevias, and agave one at a time and blend.
Slowly stir in carob and cacoa powder a spoonful at a time. Stir in raw cacoa nibs and hemp seeds one at a time. Batter should run off of spoon easily, but not too runny.

To make filling, in a small bowl mix together hemp butter and agave. Add Zsweet® and Liquid Stevia and mix. With two spoons, spoon drop a small teaspoon full of filling into prepared paper liners. Spoon a tablespoon full of prepared batter on top of filling. Freeze for 15 minutes. Store in freezer.
Yield: 50 candies.

For more delicious, guilt-free recipes visit: www.kellykeough.com.

Learning the "Sweet Truth" at Kelly Keough's Sugar-free & Gluten-free Cooking Class

Did you spot the Zsweet® van last night at Whole Foods in Tustin, CA?

I was there to attend "The Sweet Truth" TV show host & cookbook author, Kelly Keough's sugar-free, gluten-free chocolate cooking class. It was an intimate, hands-on experience. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Zsweet® is one of Kelly's staple ingredients. When I first scanned her table of ingredients, I must say, other than the Zsweet® I was unfamiliar with most of the items and a little intimidated. Green hemp butter, cacoa powder, goji berries... I've seen these foods before, but never knew what to do with them or how they would taste together. Let me tell you, they taste AMAZING together, and her recipes were complete in only 5 minutes!

Kelly has perfected sugar-free, gluten-free cooking. Even though I watched her make her recipes with my own two eyes, once I tasted them I couldn't believe there was absolutely no sugar inside. They were that sweet and delicious.

Once Kelly got started she explained the nutritional value of all the ingredients and let us taste each one. We sampled the hemp butter with agave nectar on top which she recommended as a great peanut butter and jelly taste alternative, and she was right, it tasted just like that. She explained that agave and stevia are great compliments to Zsweet® and that it's necessary to use a blend of alternatives to achieve the most sugar-like taste without the sugar.

As she was preparing the recipes she was friendly and inviting. We all took turns participating, there was lots of Q&A and at the end we all had yummy samples to take home.

Kelly Keough has used her innovation to come up with creative, simple recipes to satisfy sugar cravings without eating sugar. She really makes eating healthy taste scrumptious and appear attainable for everyone. If you're working on breaking your sugar addiction and you need help getting over the hump, or if you're interested in guilt-free desserts, DEFINITELY buy Kelly's cookbook "The Sweet Truth" for all her unbelievably sugar-free recipes.

Southern California residents, check your Whole Foods event calendars for her next class. DISH Network subscribers, watch Kelly Keough's show "The Sweet Truth" on Veria TV.

The Benefits of Zsweet®

The "Z" in ZSweet® stands for Zero. As you read ZSweet®'s benefits you'll see why.

* Zero calories
* Zero glycemic index
* Zero artificial ingredients
* Zero net carbs
* Zero sugar, glucose, fructose, sucrose
* No known allergens (no corn, soy, nuts, dairy or citrus ingredients)
* Vegan
* Kosher
* Raw
* No gluten ingredients
* Non-GMO
* No MSG
* Doesn't promote tooth decay
* Doesn't promote candida growth
* Zero fillers
* Made in the USA

Want a second opinon?
ZSweet® is endorsed by Dr.'s Andrew Weil, Nicholas Perricone and Julian Whitaker




articles courtesy: www.drweil.com, www.perriconemd.com, www.drwhitaker.com