Swerve KitchenAid Giveaway

I love Swerve sweetener for many reasons. It gives the best results in baked goods and is a good value compared to other healthy sweeteners. It has ingredients that are GMO free, doesn't affect blood sugar, zero calories and gluten free.

Swerve has two primary ingredients, Erythritol and Oligosaccharides. Erythritol is made by fermenting glucose with Moniliella pollinis (a natural microorganism found in honeycomb) which breaks down the glucose and yields erythritol. Erythritol also naturally occurs in many fruits and vegetables like melons, grapes, asparagus as well as fermented foods. It is classified by the FDA as a zero calorie, 4-carbon sugar alcohol that does not affect blood glucose. Oligosaccharides are sweet, non-digestible carbohydrates extracted from fruit and vegetable sources. They are similar to fiber and can help stimulate beneficial bacteria in the large intestine.

And they really do care about their customers. They want to make Swerve more readily available to the average customer, and get it on store shelves across the US and Canada. So they've asked me to help, by asking my readers to tell me where they live and where they shop. This is in no way a Big Brother kind of thing, they simply want to know general location (state and town and grocery stores where you shop). As an added incentive, every person who contributes this information will be entered to win a 5 quart KitchenAid stand mixer! And to top it off you get to choose whatever color you like!

There is no other kitchen gadget I love more than my KitchenAid stand mixer! My mother-in-law surprised me with one on my birthday a few years ago and I have used it almost everyday since.

I have a lot of recipes that call for whipping egg whites which can get tedious with a little hand mixer, but with my stand mixer, I just throw the whites in and let the stand mixer take over! Some of my egg white whipping recipes include my Protein Bread, Cheetos, Angel Food Cake, Bread sticks, Croutons, Deep Dish Pizza, and Cinnamon Bread (all of these are safe for Pure Protein days). I have much more on Pure Protein days and why they can help weight loss in my book Secrets to a Healthy Metabolism.

Giveaway Rules:

1. Open to US and Canadian residents

2. Contest will run from now until October 30th, 2012 at midnight EDT at which time I will select a winner at random.

3. To enter, simply leave a comment telling us your general location and where you prefer to shop (and where you’d like to see Swerve on the shelf).

4. For additional entries (leave a separate comment on this blog post for each):