Tag: honey

Following the success of last year's honey fair in Hillsborough Castle, it's back and definitely worth a visit!

The first ever Hillsborough Honey Fair is taking place on 21 & 22 August. Here are some details & some health benefits of honey!

Planning your Christmas menu? Bored with brussel sprouts? Try making these sticky honey and balsamic shallots. They are absolutely delicious.

A recipe and instructions for an easy and delicious spicy sesame chicken stir fry with tahini, sesame oil and toasted sesame seeds

A recipe to make delicious chicken satay skewers. These are super easy to make and are perfect with rice and salad or served on flatbreads.

Honey really is a natural wonder. Its amazing stuff. A spoonful in the morning will help you to wake up and a spoonful at night will help you go to sleep! Here are my top 5 benefits of this wonder ingredient and my recipe for honey & cinnamon cupcakes!

I love gammon. I mean, I really love gammon. Cooked in liquid it retains a lovely moist tenderness and is delicious! It’s perfect roasted and best of all, the leftovers will keep you in sandwiches for days! I sometimes cook it in apple juice which adds a nice sweetness but if you just use water, […]

If you are trying to eat healthily but still fancy a sweet treat, this is the perfect dessert for you.  It does have a little bit of coconut oil in it  but not a lot and coconut oil is officially a superfood- right?  It has so many benefits including promoting weight loss, better brain function, skin […]

I keep reading about the health benefits of combining honey and cinnamon which sounds like a tasty partnership.  I have long been a fan of honey as a superfood but adding cinnamon to the mix for healthy results is a new concept to me!  The range of benefits is listed below. Armed with this new found knowledge, I […]

As it is Independence day in USA, I am celebrating with this recipe for gammon cooked in Coca-Cola. Despite having worked for Coca-Cola in the past, I have never ever cooked with the stuff.  I have seen several cookery books featuring recipes with Coke but the only one that I have heard people rave about […]

Adding a spoonful of honey to my porridge this morning, I found myself thinking about how much good it was doing to me!  I love honey- I absolutely believe that it is one of the most perfect food sources with so many uses! Many years ago when I was a youngster starting out in work, […]

Porridge with honey at my desk- morning after a big night out at the Digital Impact Awards! Best start to the day