A Review For the Summer Reading Club on Sweet & Natural by Janet Warrington

In the introduction to Janet Warrington’s Sweet & Natural: Desserts Without Sugar, Honey, Molasses or Artificial Sweeteners, Lenden H. Smith, M.D. writes, “The sugar is still there but she uses Mother Nature’s packaging so it doesn’t have the quick rush that the refined products do.” I found most of the sweetness is dates and raisins, with some pineapple.


Carbohydrates are a challenge, a reminder of how they are categorized always helps. Interesting to learn in the section about exchanges for diabetic diets that starchy vegetables are treated as Bread Exchanges – corn, peas, limas, potatoes, yams and winter squash.

And to find listed among dips (page 93) – “thin peanut butter with a little apple or orange juice..’ this is a children’s fruit or vegetable dip, nevertheless I would want to try this. I did try the recipes for Sweet Milk (I used Soy Milk), Raisin-Nut Muffins and Applesauce Raisin Cake. These both seemed as sweet as anyone would want cakes or muffins to be.