March Whole Foods Raw Vegan Cooking Class

Stop by any of these local Southern California Whole Foods Markets to sample ZSweet® this month & be sure to attend Kelly Keough's Raw Vegan Cooking Class on Wednesday, March 31st at 6 pm. She'll be teaching students how to make Chocolate Hemp Ice Cream Smoothies & Wheat Grass Pineapple Sorbet!


3/1 Mon: 11-2 pm - 2201 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica - Demo
3/3 Weds: 4-7 pm - 3751 E Foothill Blvd, Pasadena - Demo
3/5 Fri: 11-2 pm 7871 West Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles - Demo

3/7 Sun: 2-5 pm - 331 N Glendale Ave, Glendale - Demo
3/8 Mon: 4-7 pm - 19340 Rinaldi St, Northridge - Demo
3/24 Weds: 11-2 pm - 740 N Moorpark Rd, Thousand Oaks -Demo
3/25 Thur: 4-7 pm - 24130 Valencia Blvd, Santa Clarita - Demo

3/29 Mon: 11-2 pm - 239 N Crescent Dr, Beverly Hills - Demo

3/30 Tues: 11-2 pm - 11666 National Blvd, Los Angeles - Demo

3/31 Weds: 6 pm - 21347 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills - CLASS

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

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.

Livin' La Vida Zsweet®!

Congratulations to Cathy from Waterbury, Connecticut for winning the Zsweet® prize from Livin' La Vida Low-Carb's 4 year blogiversary giveaway!

Cathy won a Zsweet® T-shirt, Box of Zsweet® Packets, 8.8 oz. Zsweet® Table Top Canister, 1.5 lb. Zsweet® Pouch & "The Sweet Truth" Sugar-free / Gluten-free e-Cookbook by Kelly
Keough, Veria Channel Cooking Show Host.


Both Kelly Keough of the Sweet Truth & Jimmy Moore of Livin' La Vida Low-Carb are big inspirations to us at Zsweet®. If you haven't read their motivational stories about changing their lives through eating healthy & living well visit their sites now & & let them help you on your own journey to health & beauty.
photo credits:www.kellykeough.com, www.livinlavidalowcarb.com

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.