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Bee Ready with Honey
The sweet, rich flavor of honey is something that everyone loves. Thankfully, it’s also a great food storage item!
Honey can be used in hundreds of recipes, can be used for different purposes and has an amazingly long shelf life. Below, we’ve listed just a few of the benefits of honey and explaining why you should have honey in your food storage!
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You Can Make Your Hair Beautiful
After you take a shower, coat the ends of your hair with honey. Let it sit for a few minutes and then rinse your hair. It should take care of frizzy ends. It will also make your hair more shiny and bright by adding 1 tsp of honey to 1 quart of water. Wash your hair with the mixture and let your hair dry.
Fights Infection
Honey is a great source of healing power. Honey helps you fight infections, aids in tissue healing and helps reduce inflammation and scarring. It can also help you grow stronger and healthier skin. With food storage, you want to have enough nutrients, but you also want food that will make you healthier!
Baking Substitute
If you’re using your food storage for baking, honey can be a great replacement option. Instead of using sugar, you can substitute honey cup or cup. However, you will need to decrease other liquids in the recipe by ¼ per 1 cup of honey.
However, it should be noted that some types of honey will turn into a glue-like substance when they are heated above 108 degrees Fahrenheit. This can be hard to eat and if difficult to digest.
Amazing Shelf Life
Honey in a sealed container can stay good for decades or even centuries. Honey can change color during its storage life and might change color. Depending on the temperature of the storage location, this can give you a 2-year shelf life. However, if stored in a cool, dry location, honey can last for decades.
Just Stir It Up to Prepare
Many times, people will open their honey and it has become solid. Granulation, crystallization or sugaring can occur with pure honey. However, this is easily reversed. It doesn’t mean that the honey is rotten or bad. Just take a pan and boil some water. Turn the heat off and place the container into the boiling water. Leave it until both the water and the container have cooled.
Diaper Rash
Probably not the first thing that comes to mind, but you can use honey to relieve diaper rash and chafing. The sugar in the honey absorbs water, keeping bacteria from causing infection. However, it’s not recommended to feed honey to children under 12 months of age. It can cause botulism.
Go the Extra Mile
Honey can actually help you perform better in physical activity. Ancient Olympians would eat honey with dried figs and modern science has shown the benefits. Honey will help you maintain glycogen levels and improve your recovery time better than other sweeteners.
Extra Vitamins and Minerals
Raw Honey and Pure Honey contain vitamins, minerals and enzymes that aren’t found in refined honey. Honey also doesn’t contain fat or cholesterol. The Food and Drug Administration considers honey “sodium free.”
Gluten Free Food Storage
Honey is also a naturally gluten-free product. It’s also free of other allergens
Alright, Let’s Discuss
So, what have you used honey for? Have you found an amazing health benefit for honey in your diet? Share the knowledge below and share this article with your friends and family.
Find “Local” raw honey. Take a tablespoon a day to build up antibodies for pollen allergies. First 2 weeks are rough as your body acclimates to it. Much better than shots and tastier too.
October 1st, 2012 at 6:09 amMix equal parts honey and plain yogurt. Apply it to your face. Wait for ten minutes or so. Rinse it off.
October 1st, 2012 at 6:53 amIs this honey actually “raw” without any processing? It is my understanding that only “raw” honey has antibiotic qualities when applied to wounds.
October 1st, 2012 at 8:28 amHoney + water + yeast + time = mead, one of the oldest, if not the oldest form of alcohol.
October 1st, 2012 at 9:46 amAs a rule, if the honey is crystal clear, its not welcome in our home. Its a form and a fashion of honey without the power thereo. And its often an amalgamation of honeys(or is it honies?) From ,literally, heaven knows where,specificly. Honey is used ampelly in my rootbeer glaze on baked ham. Syrups just arnt the same. Its also a great addition to apple pie, halfing the white sugar with honey. Technically if the “honey” is void of pollen, vitamens, minerals,an bee imparted benefits, its not actually
October 1st, 2012 at 11:53 amhoney at all.
When my son was younger, allergies and colds often brought on asthma symptoms, sometimes requiring me to break out the nebulizer. My mom (who lives overseas) told me she saw a doctor who specialized in treating asthma on a talk show recommending a concoction of honey and fresh pineapple to prevent asthma flare-ups: 1 cup pure honey, 1/4 to 1/2 cup fresh cubed pineapple, simmmer 20 mins, cool and store in fridge. I decided since it wasn’t difficult and would surely do no harm, it was worth a try so I’d give my son 1 tablespoon several times a day when an episode was coming on. Don’t know how it worked, but found myself rarely needing the nebulizer after that.
October 1st, 2012 at 5:53 pmHoney is great to put on burns. It not only serves as a topical protectant to the burned area itself, but also provides antibacterial qualities to help fight infections, which is a major concern with burn injuries.
October 2nd, 2012 at 5:52 amHoney & Cinnamon together, you lose weight…working on 14lbs no exercise. and it will get you off stomach med’s…
October 2nd, 2012 at 12:11 pmWe are so excited that you are carrying Cox’s Honey. We have had it for years and there is no other kind we will buy. We were told that they do not pasteurize or filter the honey and that is why we buy it. It is great honey!
October 2nd, 2012 at 3:13 pmTaking raw honey right before you go to bed is very beneficial to refueling your brain. As we sleep our brain works to refuel itself. It takes glycogen from your liver. If there is insufficient glycogen in your liver then your brain works harder as it tries to find and build glycogen from other parts of your body. This is one reason for feeling tired when you wake up in the morning. A tablespoon of raw honey right before bed puts the needed glycogen in your liver for your brain to refuel.
October 2nd, 2012 at 5:33 pmHave a sore throat?
Take a spoon-full of honey all by itself. It is very soothing on inflamed tissue and has the additional benefit of its antibacterial activity.
Some prefer to mix it with warm water. The warmth seems to offer greater effect.
Never hurts to add a little fresh-squeezed lemon.
October 2nd, 2012 at 6:55 pmFor pain take 2 teaspoons of Honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon in an 8 ounce glass of warm water take up to 2 per day.
This was taken from a Swiss Clinic test – some people were healed, and some improved their condition, others still had their level of pain reduced
October 3rd, 2012 at 6:53 amHoney and Cinnamon in my coffee in the morning-eases Arthritis dramatically.
October 3rd, 2012 at 8:47 pmAlso, Mead, which is Honey wine, helps to ease the pain of arthritis. A small shot glass before bed, and it also helps you to sleep better.
Make up a 1/2 pint jar of honey, 1/2 of a lemon sliced thin and thinly sliced ginger. Store it in your frig for approx. 6 weeks then just add a teaspoon of the honey to tea or warm water for winter sore throats; works very well!
October 4th, 2012 at 10:16 amLove all the ideas for use but we know sugar is bad for diabetics, what about honey??
October 8th, 2012 at 11:30 amI have a wonderful recipe for gluten-free chocolate chip cookies that are made with honey and olive oil.
October 9th, 2012 at 7:04 pmWent to disaster Survival Jane’s site and couldn’t find the gluten-free chocolate chip cookies made with honey. Can you send me the recipe? Thanks
October 28th, 2012 at 8:21 pmKen,
You wrote about combining Honey and cinnamon to help you lose weight. What is the amount of each and how often?
Thanks
Diane
Ken wrote:
Honey & Cinnamon together, you lose weight…working on 14lbs no exercise. and it will get you off stomach med’s…
October 28th, 2012 at 8:23 pmOctober 2nd, 2012 at 12:11 pm
Diane,
My mistake, the recipe is not Gluten-Free, it calls for Spelt Flour, but if you can eat wheat, it is a really simple but good recipe. Here it is:
Carob Chip Cookies
Cream together:
· 1 cup light tasting olive oil
· 1 cup honey
· 2 tsp vanilla
Add:
· 1 tsp baking soda
· 4 cups Spelt Flour
· 1/2 tsp salt
· 12 oz carob chips
Bake at 375 for 7-9 minutes
Note: You can alter this recipe to make oatmeal cookies with raisins, almond butter cookies…etc.
Disaster Survival Jane
October 28th, 2012 at 8:56 pm