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Quick And Awesome Honey Recipes
It has been a well known fact since the times of the ancient Greeks and Romans that honey boosts the strength and endurance of athletes. Honey, which is a powerful antioxidant, offers many benefits that we're losing out on thanks to refined sugar being easier to use in most recipes.
Honey contains phenolic acids and flavonoids, both of which are known to fight free radicals, a necessary health benefit in today's world. Honey recipes (or recipes that incorporate honey sugar) are actually quite easy to prepare, and have the same sweetness - and a much finer flavor - than the processed food containing refined sugar we buy at the market without even thinking about what ingredients they really contain.
Take honey barbecue sauce for example. Is there really any honey in that bottle that you purchased last week for your backyard barbeque? Try this quick, easy and nutritional honey recipe for barbecue sauce. Mix 1 can of condensed tomato soup, cup honey, 2 TBSP Worcestershire sauce, 2 TBSP salad oil, 1 TBSP lemon juice, 1 tsp mustard and a dash of hot pepper sauce. Mix all in a saucepan, bring to a boil, simmer and remove.
When the craving for something sweet hits you, you can buy some frozen yogurt or custard from the store and, with a home maid honey caramel sauce, turn it into a decadent treat. It's fewer calories than an ice cream sundae and more healthy as it uses honey sugar rather than chemicals. Simply mix a cup and a half of honey, half a cup of heavy cream into an oven safe container and heat to 238 degrees Fahrenheit. Then add in a tablespoon of butter, one teaspoon of vanilla and an eighth of a teaspoon of salt. Your sauce will thicken and turn into a rich, glorious sauce that will make your mouth water.
There are also honey recipes for sweet, healthy snacks that, once made, can be kept for weeks. Rather than chips, candy, or cookies, try granola. Cover it with milk and eat it like cereal. You can add salty nuts to go with the honey sugar flavor, depending on preference.
Mix 2 cups coarsely chopped nuts, 4 cups rolled oats, and 1 cup raisins into a large mixing bowl. Blend together and set aside. In a large saucepan, combine cup melted margarine, cup honey, 1 tsp vanilla, 2 tsp ground cinnamon, and a pinch of salt. After mixing together, bring to a boil, allowing to cool for 1 minute. Remove and pour over oat mixture, stirring until blended. Pour onto a greased cookie sheet, then bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees, stirring every 5 minutes. After it cools, crumble for a delicious treat.
If you make an effort to replace your granulated sugar with a small amount of honey sugar, it won't be long before you don't even notice that absence of refined sugar. Test your regular recipes with honey sugar, taking care to account for the liquid measure. Remember to reduce your liquids by a quarter cup per each cup of honey, and add half a teaspoon baking soda for each cup of honey used in baked goods.
The more we revert back to natural foods, the more we realize how much our bodies have taken a toll for empty calories and fast living through processed foods. Honey recipes are simple to use with any meal that calls for sugar. Get creative and make your own honey recipes to serve your family.
About the Author You can see a lot more honey recipes made from a honey sugar like organic and natural honey crystals by visiting the Mama Healthy website.
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