Honey?

honey is a wonderful natural sweetener, and it also has antibiotic properties as well. If you cut yourself, put a little honey on it, and it will heal up fast with no scar.

just don't give honey to kids under 2 years old. it can cause problems because it is unpasteurized and kid's digestive tracts are not fully developed-

just don't give honey to kids under 2 years old. it can cause problems because it is unpasteurized and kid's digestive tracts are not fully developed-

Botchelism. Blood disorder from unpasteurized honey.
(That doesn't sound right but I swear that is what I recall....)

i think that's right. whatever it is, people over the age of 2 are strong enough to fight it-

Try the Spicy Honey Brushed Chicken Thigh recipe that Tam posted-it's GREAT!

add to hot tea

I like to replace sugar with a little honey-in tea, add a little to smoothies, my husband likes to drench banana slices in honey It's yummy on Special K waffles instead of syrup. Or my personal favorite, peanut butter and honey on toast!

I read in a health magazine that a healthy snack is 1/2 c. berries (I usually eat strawberries & blueberries), 2 TBSP almonds, and 1 tsp honey. I tried it last week and really liked it. :happy:

honey is great added to tea
drizzled on top of corn bread (or bran muffins)
add 1Tbsp to plain yogurt to sweeten it
can be used as a glaze on chicken or fish
honey glazed carrots (cooked)
butternut squash tastes really good with a dollop of honey on top

My favorite - peanut butter, banana and honey sandwiches!


Those are just some of the things I commonly use honey for. I'm sure there are salad dressing recipes and glazes that incorporate honey, I'm just not familiar enough with them to tell you where to go to find those recipes... sorry.

dip walnuts into the honey, it's just incedible...

the more clear the honey, the more refined it is and it has nearly NO benefits

the whiter and more pure, the better...make sure you don't pick up whipped honey by accident, because it is sort of white, but it has added no-nos in it. try to get honey with the "caps", this adds even more nutrition, but it can have an odd waxy taste depending on the brand...it does rise to the top of the honey, so you can feel free to scoop it off....

i definitely use it on my scars too, as well as bug bites to sooth the itching...

if you're hungover, the next day take a glass of milk, a banana, and a tblspoon of honey and put it in a blender to recoup on your electrolytes and Vitamin B...it also helps if you drink this shake after a case of dehydration or the "runs"

try to do local honey if you can and support your local honey bee farmers

if you have allergies to flowers, DON:T do wildflower honey

some honeys taste better than others, and that's b/c of the crops the bees were exposed to, i believe "corn silk" honey is the best b/c it's naturally sweeter, but it's super hard to find

if you are thinking later about becoming vegetarian/vegan, you aren't TRULY vegan if you eat honey b/c bees are pretty much considered animals and you are consuming something they produced!

heating up honey actually destroys the good for you antioxidants in the honey...don't put it in boiling water...hot tea is ok and not hot enough to "kill" the enzymes and good things you want from this precious stuff!

pure is best! have fun exploring, every health food store has different varieties....

On toast.
If you have hayfever, eating some early season local honey can help

Here's what I know (not much) ...

Bad for babies (don't think you have to worry there... since you appear to be over 2 yrs old).

Better to get the honey that is locally made (not only because it helps the environment to have stuff that didn't travel as far to the farmer's market or store, but because the bees sample the local flowers, which helps with allergies).

Lastly, like everything else, measure it. Makes it a lot easier when you're logging it in your MFP food diary.