Sugar Free Birthday

The kids turned four years old. The traditional birthdays that we grew up with were all about sugar. So David and I tried to see if we could figure out a way to have a yummy, sugar free birthday still making sure that the kids got to enjoy some yummy treats. We found a cookbook with recipes using agave nectar. We tried two different recipes in order to pick the right birthday cupcakes we decided on one with carrots, zucchini, walnuts and raisins ... they turned out really good. We made cream cheese frosting and homemade strawberry ice cream. None of it had sugar ... but it was really sweet! This was not an easy undertaking ... it took five trips to the grocery store plus several "bad" patches but at the end of the day we got it all figured out.