Honey is one of my favorite ingredients – I use it to soothe a sore throat, sweeten tea, slather it on biscuits and dozens of other ways. If sauces are too acidic, a teaspoon of honey works wonders as does adding a little to a dish that is too spicy. I love to add a drizzle of honey to chicken as a glaze – it truly elevates the dish. Cheese platters always seem a little more special when you serve a honey component to complement an offering. Another trick I use is to make oatmeal or whole grains a little more tempting for my son is to drizzle a little honey on top.
Honey Ridge Farms has a wonderful selection of honey flavors as well as cremes, vinegar and other products at incredible prices. I’ve been using their products for a few years and love their quality and taste. The variety of flavors are great and I think I’ve tried them all – my favorites are lemon and blood orange.
Recently, I had the opportunity to review Cal Orey’s The Healing Powers of Honey which not only shares valuable information on how honey can help in a variety of ailments but also includes dozens of healthful recipes and home cures. Some of these home cures include helping with acne, allergies, anxiety and more. I had no idea how valuable honey can be to our health.
The book includes spa and beauty treatments utilizing honey, recipes sprinkled throughout (as well as an entire recipe section), and a resources chapter to locate various sources of honey products.
I was inspired to try Honey Ridge Farm’s Clover Honey Creme in a glaze in my banana bread today. I added peach preserves (home made) and the result was delicious.
Ingredients
- Banana Peach Bread Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons of butter, softened
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 to 3 overly ripen bananas, smashed
- ¼ cup of peach preserves (I used my homemade version)
- 1 1/3 cup of flour
- ¾ teaspoon of salt
- ½ teaspoon of baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon of baking powder
- Glaze Ingredients
- 1 cup of powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons of Honey Ridge Farms clover honey crème
- 2 tablespoons of milk
Instructions
This recipe is so easy and I have never had a banana to go waste in my house.
Mix all the bread ingredients in a bowl. Place the batter into a prepared 9 x 5 pan and bake at 350 for 45 to 55 minutes. Check for doneness.at 40 minutes (I can do this by feel but you insert a toothpick to see if the crumb is baked or wet).
For the glaze: Mix together the glaze ingredients and drizzle over the warm bread.
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Random Number Generator picked #97 – Carolsue!
Special thanks to Honey Ridge Farms for providing me with samples of their marvelous products and for sponsoring this giveaway.
Honey butter on fresh baked bread, muffins, bagels.
Honey drizzled on riasted veggies.
Honey butter on fresh baked bread, muffins, bagels.
Honey drizzled on roasted veggies.
Warm milk with a little honey was our family’s way to soothe a restless child to sleep.
I like to use it as a sub for sugar when baking.
I love using honey in my hot water and lemon before before bed elixir.
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I use it to sweeten my raw vinegar tonic.
I love honey too! My favorite way to use it is one warm buttered biscuits.
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WE USE HONEY SO MUCH IN MY HOUSE. WE LOVE HONEY. AND NOW THAT THE HOLIDAY IS COMING THAT SPOTLIGHTS HONEY I WOULD LOVE TO WIN THIS BASKET. APPLES DIPPED IN HONEY, HONEY CAKE, HONEY DRIZZLED OVER BREAD PUDDING. I COULD KEEP GOING ON. I HOPE I WIN!
I love honey in my hot tea.
I drizzle honey over cottage cheese spreaf on rye toast. It’s s family thing!
Love it on biscuits straight out of the oven!
I love using honey in banana bread muffins.
Honey on warm baking powder biscuits can’t be beat!
I know this is not original. But on cornbread fresh out of the cast iron skillet.
Honey on biscuits
Honey Butter on hot biscuits for a delicious breakfast.
I like it in tea and use it with warm water w/lemon when I have a sore throat. Used it as a glaze on chicken before too.
I ferment garlic in honey. It helps fight off colds.
I love honey in tea and in crepes!
one of my favorites, top a warm buttered biscuit with drizzle of honey!
I use honey in my coffee and tea. Basically I substitute honey for sugar whenever possible.
Honey cake for rosh hoshana!
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I like eating it with a spoon!
so many uses, I guess my all time fave is on top of toasted sprouted grain bread with nut butter.
My favorite way to use honey is drizzled on hot, fluffy biscuits with lots of real butter! Yum yum!
I love adding honey to my hot oatmeal, along with either peanut butter, or a sliced banana.
Butter and honey on sourdough toast
My second favorite way to have honey: a hot mug of cafe miel.
Honey in my tea sometimes
I wonder if you can make honey butter the same way Vermonters make maple butter.
I’ve always liked honey drizzled over a piece of toast that has peanut butter spread on it
I make an awesome honey cake!
In a hot toddy with bourbon 🙂
I use honey in my granola recipe.
Good morning honey;-)
I love making my homemade granola with honey. It is a natural way to sweeten it up without adding sugar
Honey + milky tea
I like to put honey into my ice coffee for a delicious summer drink.
I’ve got a couple of jars in the pantry.
I love making honey butter and putting it on fresh out of the bread. Heaven! I can only imagine what lemon or blood orange honey would taste like.
Tea 🙂
Honey in my hot lemonade
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I love using honey as a natural sweetener – my favorite is in my honey-buttermilk white bread.
My family LOVES peanut butter and honey sandwiches! We smush it all together in a bowl before spreading.
Yummm
Protect the bees
Love honey
I love honey on biscuits.
Honey with lemon tea.
I love honey on a biscuit.
I like honey on my veggie chicken patty.
I love honey on wheat crackers with nut butter!
I love using honey as a substitute for sweetener in a recipe!
in hot drinks or smoothies
I need to purchase honey! I love that it’s nature’s sugar
My favorite way to use honey is in my oatmeal and in my tea, too!
I shared on Pinterest today
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You are my honey girl and you got me wanting you.
On a spoon!
I like baklava with honey too!
Biscuits!
I love honey butter especially on cornbread. YUM!!
Honey with apples yum!!
Being diabetic, I am aware that honey is a more complex sweetening and I can use it with more freedom than with sugar. My favorite recipe so far is a ‘piernicki’ or Polish honey cake with almonds. To….die….for.
thinking about the whipped honey
Today I shared on Google +
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Can’t wait for. Honey filled rosh hoshana
I love to use it in buttercream frosting on spice cupcakes…So good! Thank you!
Of course I also like to use honey in tea.
I love to put honey in my coffee and tea but one of my favorites is honey cake it’s an old family recipe that we make for Christmas.
I like honey.
thinking of making a snack tonight of toasted raisin bread with whipped honey! this is a wonderful prize, good luck everyone
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My favorite way to use it is poured over Greek yogurt.
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Love it for my breakfast biscuits and for salad dressings! and yes coffee too.
Ohhhh honey honey di do do do doo you are my candy giiirrrlll…
I like honey on plain yogurt.
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I use it in my egg wash on pastry…Love how it gives a nice shine to the pastry. Thank you!
I enjoy using honey to sweeten smooothies
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There are many ways that I love honey, but my favorite is on fresh, warm, homemade cornbread.
I love honey butter on waffles!
I like honey in my hot tea.
Honey in the morning, honey in the evening.
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Love honey on yogurt! Thank you!
I love using honey when I have a cold…a spoon of it helps sooth my throat, and I also drink it in hot lemon tea.
I’m thinking of honey topping a warm biscuit slathered in butter right now
I love combining honey with peanut butter for a quick sandwich!
I use honey as a sweetener in my smoothies.
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wonderful gift, I’m already thinking of the first taste of this honey
I like using honey for medicinal purposes and just to eat! I love honey.
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Honey and it’s good for you too, tastes just like candy.
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I like honey on biscuits
i love honey drizzled over warm croissants! or in my tea as a sweetener! 🙂
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I like using it in my hot tea.
I love to add honey to my oatmeal every morning!
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I like to use Honey as a substitute sweetener however my absolute favorite thing to put honey on is homemade biscuits. I have never used honey vinegar before! Would love to try it. Thanks for the chance!
I love putting honey on warm, homemade biscuits.
We use our honey very simply. Just on some toast in the morning. Thanks.
Among many ways I use honey, my top two faves are adding honey to my BBQ sauces, and using it in warm water for sore throats!
I love honey on and in baked goods, in my teas and as a substitute for sugar in many recipes.
I love making honey butter for my homemade biscuits. They taste so sweet with the honey.
I like a tablespoon in my milk this recipe looks great !
I take it with my black cumin oil, to help it go down easy!
This time of year hot tea and pancakes
I love to use honey to boost my energy especially when added to my coffee
I kove to put some honey on my oatmeal and in my hot tea!
Honey over Cream of Wheat can’t be beat!
Looks great!
I love honey! I have two favorite uses: one is in vanilla yogurt with fresh raspberries, drizzled generously over the lot. SO GOOD! the second is warmed with some fresh squeezed lemon when my throat is sore – it’s the yummiest of cures!
I love honey drizzled over vanilla ice cream and sprinkled with cinnamon.
My favorite way to use honey is on pancakes.
I use honey in baking, hot tea, lip balms, and I also use it for ailments. Honey is such an amazing blessing from nature!
My favorite way to use honey is in honey mustard dressing/barbeque sauce.
I love using honey in my hot tea.
My favorite way to use honey is to sweeten my oatmeal. I love oatmeal and it’s a healthier sweetener to use!
Honey drizzeled on hot corn bread.
I LOVE THE RAW ORGANIC HONEY WHICH I USE IN COFFEE AND TEAS TO TASTE!!!!!
I just love honey on my morning toast and also love it on biscuits, mmm!!! It tastes great as a sweet addition to my hot tea too, thanks!
I love honey in my tea
I use honey in my tea as a sweetener. Also when baking muffins, I brush on top 5 min before they’re done. ..AMAZING. I also use honey in my beauty regimen. I’ll share one of my many recipes
Once A Week for dry hair
1 T HONEY
1/4 C COCONUT OIL
mix well and apply to hair. Leave on 10mins
Shampoo & Condition
Style as usual
I like honey in my hot tea and I use it in honey garlic chicken.
My favorite way to use honey is in fruit smoothies made with yogurt, frozen strawberries, and of course honey.
we love to use honey on our standwiches and breads at dinner time, and we are learning each day more and more ways to cook with it
I love to use honey in my sweet honey baked chicken recipe and I also make a nice face and hair mask! I can’t live without honey… 🙂
My favorite use is making Lavender Honey Creme Brulee
I like to spread it on a hot piece of home made bread
I love using honey as part of my marinades!
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My favorite use of honey is on biscuits and in my tea
This is soo awesome!! We absolutely LOVE honey!! I’d say my favorite use for it would probably have to be as a sweetner-it’s just the best! Thanks for sharing <3
My favorite way to eat honey is on homemade toasted bread.
I love to bake with honey or put it in hot tea when I am feeling sick
Going to to pick some more honey up tomorrow from Union Square Greenmarket.
My husband lives when I make honey butter and popovers.
sweet recipe and review, honey is always a nice treat for me
I love to put honey in my morning tea- and on my toast- nothing better!
I love honey in my tea, especially if I have a sore throat. I also like to drizzle on buttered toast.
Last day!!
I love to use honey in baking–it adds a flavor level that sugar cannot.
Love honey in my tea!
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Hot buttery biscuits,glazed carrots,glazed ham,tea and barbecue!
My fav breakfast…wheat toast, almond butter and bananas with honey drizzled all over…yum!
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Hope I’m not too late! Just got the email about this today. Honey is great to use in tea when one has a sore throat! Thanks and God bless!
My favorite use is to make fig jam. I make a Honey Lemon Fig Jam that is awesome!
Got to sample some great honeys today.
I use a teaspoon of honey to sweeten my tea each day and drizzled over oatmeal. Honey and lemon in hot water for coughs and colds. It’s great.
I’ve been using honey in my smoothies – it sweetens them up nicely!
I use honey in my Plum Deluxe teas and I love it on fresh baked biscuits.
Thank you!