Honey

Rule 60!

Honey.

Just to clarify for North America peeps - I’m talking about RAW honey…this syrup that you buy in most grocery stores does not count as honey; it counts as poison.

It’s nature’s antibiotic!!!

Of course it has other benefits like treating acne and burns, but who cares when it’s a freaking antibiotic?!?!

The easiest way to have it in order to prevent the flu is as to add ½ tsp to warm water with lemon and/or mint leaves and have it as tea but you can also enjoy it in food, for example:

Make pancake from 1/2 cup oats and 3 egg white and add 1 tbsp honey :)

Or..you can make it fancy using one of this awesome recipes:

English muffins:

I don’t love flour but if you’re going to have some, you might as well have something with some health benefits to “proof” to flour from damaging your body….

Ingredients:

·         ¾ cup keffir yogurt

·         1 tbsp raw honey

·         4 tbsp coconut oil

·         2 cups flour of your choice

·         2 tsp baking powder

·         ½ tsp baking soda

Directions:

·         Mix everything in a bowl.

·         Roll out the dough to about 1 inch thick. Use glass or cookies cutter to cut it. Put in a pan and bake on 350f/170c for 12 min.

Grilled honeyed chicken:

Ingredients:

·         ½ tsp coriander seeds

·         ½ tsp fennel seeds

·         5 tbsp raw honey

·         Juice and zest of 1 lemon, 1 extra to serve

·         Juice and zest of 1 orange

·         4 green onions, finely chopped

·         4 sprigs of thyme, leaves stripped from stalks and chopped

·         2 sprigs rosemary, leaves stripped from stalks and chopped

·         1 sprig sage, leaves stripped from stalks and chopped

·         3 chicken breast cut to 4

Directions:

·         Toast the coriander and fennel seeds in a small pan until golden and then grind them in a pestle and mortar or grinder.

·         Warm the honey a little and measure it out with a hot spoon into a bowl, along with the orange and lemon juices and zest, green onions and herbs and finally the ground spices.

·         Toss the chicken in the marinade and leave for as long as you can, but for at least a couple of hours.

·         When you are ready to cook the chicken, put it in a grill until brown.

Salad dressing:

 1 tsp raw honey, ¼ cup olive oil and 1 tsp mustard. Whisk with fork and you have amazing salad dressing.

And that’s it!

Hope you enjoy and remember…being healthy is easy and fun!

Research and writing by Dana Gat ©2014