Honey Recipes: Delicious Ways to Add Honey into Your Diet

Just like a magical treasure chest, honey contains hidden nutritional and medicinal value for centuries. The natural sweetened golden liquid from the beehive is a popular kitchen ingredient loaded with antibacterial and anti-fungal properties. Honey contribute greatly to the health benefits of the whole body. The healthy natural sweetener offers many nutritional benefits which many do not know. A great way to include honey into our daily diet would be to replace white sugar with honey, for coffee and tea. Honey can not only be used for sweet desserts but also for savory dishes. Lets look at the 20 recipes you can try at home for breakfast, snack, main dishes or even desserts with no difficulties. 

Let’s start the day with a great nutritious breakfast.

Breakfast

1. Super Smoothie Shake With Honey

With ingredients such as banana, avocado, protein powder, blueberries, raspberries, chia seeds and most importantly honey, you can have a healthy, tasty and yet filling breakfast to keep you energized and fresh to start your day with.

2. Pomegranate Yogurt

A quick and easy recipe for a healthy and mood booster breakfast. Pretty colors in your food to start your day happy. Add honey to your yogurt to bring sweetness and increase the flavoring to the yogurt.

3. Watercress And Radicchio Salad With Honey-Mustard Vinaigrette

Why spend money on salad dressings when you can make your own at home when is it easy and cheap? The honey in the vinaigrette dressing balances the bitterness of radicchio, but no worries the dressing works  well with any greens. A great dish where it is healthy and tasty.

Main courses

1. Baked Honey Ham

A simple great heartwarming dish to serve your guests and loved ones especially for festive seasons and special occasions.

2. Sweet and Sour Glazed Pork Chops

As mentioned in the name of the recipe, honey and balsamic vinegar are the sweet and sour elements for this dish. A special dish where you get sweet and sour in a savory dish. A great alternative for the norms of steaks on special occasions.

3. Honey Teriyaki Salmon and Veggies

An easy dish to prepare and a smart dinner choice for its high nutritious values and benefits. A perfect choice for someone who is on a diet.

4. Fiery Honey-Coconut Shrimp Bowl

A light satisfying bowl of honey coconut shrimp, somewhat similar to Thai cuisines. A great dish to warm your stomach on a rainy day.

5. Honey-Glazed Baby Back Ribs with Whiskey Marinade

Savory dishes with honey glazed? One of the best combination would be honey glazed pork! Somewhat similar to the Chinese ‘char siew’, this particular dish would give out a light aroma of whiskey.

6. Honey Garlic Salmon

Salmon lovers will definitely fall in love with this simple and yet delicious salmon main course.

7. Honey Garlic Shrimp Skillet

It’s yummy, it’s healthy and so simple to make. Great dish for beginners to impress. What are you waiting for?

Snacks

1. Twice-Roasted Sweet Potatoes With Hot Honey

This recipe seizes the natural sweetness of sweet potatoes and honey and giving it a spicy edge making it different from normal dishes. It is sweet and spicy! It is a better snack option compared to potato chips.

2. Peanut Butter Apple Cinnamon Sushi Rolls

A creative dish which these sushi rolls are really just peanut butter sandwiches in disguise.  An easy and great afternoon snack and definitely a perfect choice for your kids to bring to school.

3. Honey Chinese BBQ Pork

Try something different, honey Chinese BBQ pork. A sweet and savory snack which you cannot stop eating once you have started.

Dessert

1. Honey Ice Cream

Home-made ice cream. What’s better? Honey ice cream! A greater and healthier option to satisfy your sweet tooth.

2. Honey Creme Brulee

How can you resist the temptation of creme brulee, especially when it is a healthier version where white sugar is being replaced by honey.

3. Honey Flans

An elegant dessert which is rich in taste of custard and sweet honey. A fulfilling dessert that will never go wrong.

4. Pear Pizza

Pizzas has always been savory normally. Sweet pizzas anybody? Here is a pizza you can try at home as a dessert. Pear, it is a sweet and sour fruit, putting it on a pizza gives it a refreshing taste and topping it with honey brings out the sweetness and yet is healthy, which does not give you guilt for eating it.

5. Fried Honey Bites

A great one bite dessert/ nibbles for the holiday season. Nobody would say no to this golden nibble when served.

6. Honey Ricotta Cheesecake

A light and creamy cheesecake which is fulfilling after a hearty meal. With the combination of honey, it enriches the flavor.

Remedy

1. Lemon, Ginger and Honey Drink

As the weather turns cold, flu and viruses kick in. This remedy is great for boosting immunity, as it includes lemon, ginger, and honey. Lemon is high in vitamin C, ginger helps sweat out the toxins in your body and honey soothes sore throats making it an effective and natural suppressant.

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Sandra Chang

Sandra has a passion for makeups, beauty and cooking. She believes that nobody is ugly only lazy, everybody has an equal potential of looking good in one or many ways. She dedicates her life to testing and trying different beauty and makeup products, tips hoping to help everyone beautify their lives through keeping their skin and body healthy. She loves whipping up meals with new recipes for her family, and the appreciation and smiles she receives from them are just too satisfying to her which encourages her to try more different recipes. She wants to lead a life without stress and worries. It doesn’t have to be fanciful. To her, being happy and healthy is the key aspects of her life.

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