Wahoo! First full day of school went fantastically! The students were well-behaved, I stayed away from the junk food in the lounge, and came home and was beyond thrilled to warm up leftover broccoli pesto from last night.
Usually, leftovers make for a very boring blog post…but not tonight!
About 2 weeks ago, Tropical Traditions was so kind as to send me some of their Organic Canadian raw honey to try.
I was intrigued by its creamy consistency, but I held off trying it until I knew what I wanted to eat it on. Adam on the other hand broke right into it and started using it in tea, on bread…and said it was fantastic. Of course then, I had to try it. It has a very mellow flavor, though distinctly honey. I like the texture much more than regular honey! It actually is spreadable and comes off a spoon or knife onto whatever I’m eating. My favorite was on cottage cheese. (What, you’ve never had honey on cottage cheese?? You’re missing out!)
Our Raw honey is certified organic and has not been subjected to heat processing. The color of the honey is affected by two things primarily, floral source and processing methods. Our Canadian certified organic honey has a floral source that causes it to be light in color, and our minimal processing during packaging keeps it light. Heavy processing and heat tend to darken honey. Tropical Traditionscertified organic raw honey is produced under extremely strict scrutiny and regulation all the way from the hive to the table, assuring that the original unadulterated natural healthiness of honey is preserved for your benefit. The flavor is variant with color also and is purely a matter of personal taste.There is no royal jelly in the honey. In the natural bees keep this separate for the Queen bee and very, very little is produced in the wild. If any is in the honey it is separated out.
Raw honey may be slightly warmed in a bowl of hot or warm water to make it more fluid. The natural properties characteristic of
Tropical Traditionstotally pure, unheated, unprocessed, raw honey make it smooth and creamy, with the consistency of soft butter when stored at room temperature. Properly crystallized honey has a fine, smooth texture. Crystallized honey preserves natural goodness and doesn’t drip. The more rapidly honey crystallizes the finer the texture will be.
- Leave a comment on this post about your favorite way to use honey
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how awesome! I’ve never been able to find raw honey, but I really want to try it!
I love using honey on yogurt with fruit – perfect.
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I’m with brandi, I LOVE honey on yogurt. I also love it on homemade tofu. I know that sounds weird…but I make a slightly sweet soft and creamy tofu that tastes like dessert with good honey drizzled over it!!
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I love honey on a bread of warm fresh baked bread with a glass of cold milk on the side, a childhood favorite of mine!
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Honey is best drizzled on my peanut butter and banana sandwiches grilled on the Foreman!
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My favorite is mixing cold milk, banana and honey together to have a great healthy and tasty drink. I also love spreading it on a warm bread and some butter on it.
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Honey is so tasty on top of pancakes! Thanks so much for this giveaway yum yum!
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I subscribed to their newsletter! <3
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I love raw honey. It gives oats such a wonderfully creamy texture. It really takes them to the next level!
Thanks for a great giveaway girl!
I’ve never tried raw honey. With regular honey, I love making honey mustard salmon.
I love honey in my yogurt!!!
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simplest way= add to oat bran, spread a toast!!
I love to use honey to sweeten baked goods!
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i love honey in my baked goods! esp bread. makes everything yummy!
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i’ve subscribed to their site!
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I love your site! This is my first time here and what a great post to read. I LOVE honey! It really can be put on anything. I love it with oatmeal and peanut butter and banana sandwiches. Yum!
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I tweeted about this. http://twitter.com/dawnilou
And my favourite use for honey is in hot tea. Yum!
What a great giveaway! This is my entry #1.
This is my entry #2 because I recently subscribed to the TT Newsletter on the recommendation of a friend.
I Love honey on yogurt with walnuts or on tea or with homemade salad dressing! Or on salmon. Okay I love honey!
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Random aside – I absolutely adore the Tropical Traditions Coconut Flour I won from you – FABULOUS!
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Oh my gosh Mara I love your new layout! So fresh and so clean
My favorite way to use honey is in tea…but a PB & Honey on wheat toast is pretty amazing too. Honey is actually really good for you antioxidants galore!
Honey is good on soooo many things… cornbread (!!!!!!!), pancakes, PB sandwiches….. thanks for the sweet giveaway! I’ll be sure to mention it in my next post and I’m off to tweet about it right now
Oh
My
God
does that look heavenly!!!
My fav way to have honey is in homemade honey dijon dressing or with PB on Ritz crackers. That def makes me feel like a kid!
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I put honey on pb toast- or in tea, it’s the BEST when you’re sick! YAYY first day= done
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Mmm this sounds delicious! I really like honey the old fashioned way…with PB in a sandwich:)
I love honey in tea! And on toast. And in oatmeal.
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I went to an event sponsored by the national honey board and I learned so much about honey. Its so fascinating.
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I love honey with my banana walnut oatmeal. Yum!
i love honey in greek yogurt!
I LOVE honey on cottage cheese, but it’s even better in yogurt!
OOhhh….and matched up with PB, too….
Love the new blog look!!!
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Honey, peanut butter and banana sandwiches. SO GOOD!!
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Favorite way to use honey is in tea! But I also like it on toast. I never thought to use it like some of the comments above. Yum!
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I love to bake with honey. I am interested to know if baking with raw honey is pretty much the same as with processed honey.
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I like drizzling it on bread. Or PB sandwiches.
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I like to sweeten all my yeasty breads and doughs with it!
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This is my entry #3 because I just linked to you on my blog
http://loveveggiesandyoga.blogspot.com/2009/08/this-aint-your-mamas.html
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My favorite for honey is a pb/honey sandwich on a good whole wheat bread.
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I tweeted about this giveaway.
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I suscribed to Tropical Tradition’s newsletter.
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This honey sounds delish!
I like honey best on my favorite breakfast, lunch and snack(I eat this anytime of the day), it is wholegrain toast. with peanut(almond, sunflower etc)butter, sliced banana(apple, peaches, blueberries etc) and honey drizzled on top. I can eat this everyday, all day. mmmmmmmmmmm good!
OOOOOOOOOOOOPS, I forgt to tell you I signed up for the Tropical Traditions newsletter. Site seems very interesting. Thanks for a great give-away!
i know it’s going to sound wierd but i love honey drizzled over chocolate sorbet. so yummy.
Actually, my favorite way to use honey is right off the spoon either for just a burst of sweetness or to help a headache.
Thanks for the contest!
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Um, I’m already subscribed to the Tropical Traditions newsletter–does that count?
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I tweeted about this contest from @RawJuiceGirl: http://twitter.com/RawJuiceGirl
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I linked back to you from my latest post here: http://healingwithjuices.com/2009/08/contest-x-2/
Thanks for allowing us several entries!
*smiles*
Michele
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i like to use honey as a sweetner in my oatmeal and green tea.
on pb toast!
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Thanks so much for the opportunity! I love PB and Honey sandwiches like when I was a kid. Except now I use whole wheat bread, all natural peanut butter, and raw honey!
fav way to use honey is in cereal/greek yogurt messes!
lo
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