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Gluten Free Honey Granola Recipe
Honey Granola Recipe
Do you love granola as much as I do? Make your own healthy, gluten free honey granola!!!!
Keep it in an airtight container at room temperature for 1-2 weeks or in the freezer for up to 3 months. It makes a beautiful gift for your friends and family, just put the granola in a large mason jar, label it and gift it wilt love!
This recipe yield about 8 cups of granola, enough for 16 servings.
Ingredients
- 4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1 1/2 cups raw nuts or seeds of your choice (almonds, walnuts, pine nuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, etc)
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup melted coconut oil or avocado oil
- 1/2 cup of your choice of Sunny Honey Miami
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup dried fruit of your choice : chopped dried apricots, cranberries, dried cherries, etc
- optional mix ins: 1/2 cup chocolate chips or coconut flakes
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and line a large, rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the oats, nuts and seeds, salt and cinnamon. Stir to blend.
- In another bowl mix together the oil, the vanilla and the honey
- Pour the oil mixture onto the oats mixture, mix well, until every oat md nut is lightly coated. Pour the granola onto your prepared pan, spread it into an even layer.
- Bake until lighly golden, stiring halfway. Let the granola cool completelly, undisturbed. Top with the dried fruits, chocolate chips or coconut flakes. Mix well.
- Enjoy it and remember that you can customize this recipe, starting with the creamed honey used for the recipe.
DIY Sports Drink Made With Our CBD Honey
Pick me up CBD honey sports drink after a long workout
Ingredients
1 tbsp CBD honey
1 tbsp plain creamed honey
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 cups of water
1/8 tsp sea salt
Add the honey in a mixing bowl, add a little bit of warm water to dissolve it. Mix it well and then add the lime, lemon, cold water and the salt. Mix it well and enjoy it!
Cacao Creamed Honey and Coffee Smoothie
I love coffee and chocolate equally. If you are like me, you will love this easy to make and really satisfying cacao and coffee smoothie
You will need
A blender
½ banana
1 coffee cup at room temperature
1 tbs of our cacao creamed honey
1 tsp raw cacao powder
½ cup milk of your choice
A dash of cinnamon, or chili powder
Blend all of these ingredients together, pour it in a tall glass and decorate it with some grated dark chocolate and a slice of banana. Enjoy!
Carbs In Honey – Creamed Honey Carbs
How Many Carbs In Honey?
Creamed Honey Nutrition Facts
SERVINGS: 16
SERVING SIZE: 1 tbsp. (21g)
AMOUNT PER SERVING: 60 Calories
| Total Fat | 0g (0% DV) |
| Saturated Fat | 0g (0% DV) |
| Trans Fat | 0g |
| Cholesterol | 0mg (0% DV) |
| Sodium | 0mg (0% DV) |
| Total Carbs | 17g (6% DV) |
| Fiber | 0g (0% DV) |
| Total Sugars | 17g |
| Protein | 0g |
| Vitamin D | (0% DV) |
| Calcium | 0mg (0% DV) |
| Iron | 0mg (0% DV) |
| Potassium | 0mg (0% DV) |
9 Benefits of Honey What You Never Knew
Maybe you only know the benefits of a warm glass of water in the morning or maybe you have only heard about how honey is great for your skin, but have you heard what wonders combining warm water and honey can do for you overall? Read on and let me tell you the wonders of honey and warm water. I promise you; this is no old wives’ tale.
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- Watch Your Weight Melt Away
Yes, drinking water and honey can help you lose weight. Get the plaguing thoughts about the sugar aspect of honey out of your head, as that is one of its benefits. I know, I know, it sounds crazy and too good to be true, but it isn’t. The sugar in honey is a natural sugar (or read: good for you), which provides a healthy source of calories. Not only that, but it can also help to ward off any sugary sweet beverage cravings you may have. Soda pop is full of empty calories, and though everyone knows this they still reach for the bubbly refreshment. By cutting back on the amount of pop you drink, your calorie intake drops and with that so do the pounds. It may not be an overnight success story, but it is better for you all around in the long run.
- Stay Regular
OK, I know talking about being ‘regular’ can sometimes be taboo, but if Jamie Lee Curtis can do it, so can I. Drinking a warm glass of water with honey first thing in the morning helps to improve your digestive system. The antiseptic benefits of honey help relieve the acidity in your stomach while increasing the production of intestinal mucus. It also helps to hydrate the colon and infuse water into your, excuse me for this, stool. All of this combines you passing much more easily and regularly. Which brings us back to watching your weight melt away, because… well, I think you can figure the rest of this one out without my help.
- Gives Your Immune System A Helping Hand
Have I stressed just how good honey is for you yet? Honey has amazing bacteria-killing properties. If you go for raw, organic honey (you should) it is full of enzymes (hello again digestion), vitamins and minerals that lead the front line against protecting against bacteria. One study presented at the Society for General Microbiology’s Spring Conference in Harrogate; UK found that Manuka honey may even help reverse bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Honey is also an antioxidant, which helps fight those bad free radicals that wreak havoc in our body and on our skin.
4. Reduce Your Allergies
And no, I’m not suggesting taking a Claritin or something like that with the glass of honey water. By using raw, local honey you help to acclimate your body to the pollens of your area. In turn, this helps to reduce your susceptibility to environmental allergies. If you really think about what bees do in the grand scheme of things, this makes perfect sense. Now I know the warm water isn’t necessarily crucial to helping with allergies but being hydrated is never a bad thing.
5. Hello Energy, My Old Friend
Move over coffee – honey and warm water are the new dream team for boosting energy. The benefit to your energy levels by staying hydrated has all but been shouted from a rooftop. Think of your body as a houseplant. You know how droopy and sad it gets when you’ve forgotten to water it? Your body essentially does the same thing. Studies have shown that even mild dehydration can leave you feeling lethargic, drowsy, and sluggish. So, let’s add honey into this equation. Now you have a natural source of simple sugars and carbohydrates (energy-givers) to an already proven energy booster. The total? A refreshed outlook on life and energy that you didn’t know could come without a cup of coffee. Now, I’m not telling you to cut coffee out – I know I couldn’t function without it – but next time you feel an afternoon crash, try reaching for some honey and warm water first and see if that does the trick.
6. Soothe That Sore Throat and Cut That Cough
According to the Mayo Clinic, hot water with honey can help reduce the soreness and irritation of a sore throat. Honey helps to coat the throat while the warm water soothes. This soothing and coating action also helps to reduce your cough, as coughing is sometimes caused by irritation from a sore throat.
7. Detox, Detox, Detox!
Honey and warm water help to flush out the toxins from your body. By helping you to get regular, it helps you to regularly rid your body of toxins that can build up and cause disease. Adding lemon to the mix increases the benefits, as lemons help to increase urination, dispelling toxins more frequently and keeping your urinary tract healthy. Lemon contains citric acid, which helps to maximize enzyme function and in turn stimulate the liver and help with detoxification.
8. Gassy? It Helps with That.
Feeling a little uncomfortable and gassy? Drinking a glass of warm water and honey will help! Honey helps to neutralize gas.
9. Increase Your Health
Not only will drinking warm water and honey increase your hydration (plus everything else I’ve listed), but it also helps to increase the levels of “good” cholesterol in your body and reduce cardiovascular strain. I call that a win, win.
The 5 Uses for Raw Honey
Uses For Raw Honey
You may know honey as a sweet touch that’s perfect with many dishes, but what you may not know is that honey has a number of uses outside the kitchen. In fact, it’s a flexible choice you can use for a number of purposes including to better your own nutrition and to even improve healing in some situations. What are some raw honey uses you may not have discovered? Here are five you may want to consider for your own life.
- One of the most common raw honey uses is to add it to your life as a nutritional aid. There is a solid evidentiary backing on this one. Raw honey has a number of different plant chemicals inside that serve as antioxidants, which can help to protect the body against cellular damage. That cellular damage can go on to cause premature aging or even diseases like cancer. Raw honey also contains phytonutrients which offer some immune-system boosting benefits.
- Weight and diabetes management are also possible with raw honey. One San Diego State University study found that using raw honey instead of traditional sugar may help ensure you don’t add extra weight. Additionally, it works to better manage your blood sugar, increase your insulin, and decrease the potential for hyperglycemia. It can even lower your triglycerides level. More than that, though, it activates hormones that suppress the appetite, which may help you eat less throughout the day.
- Raw honey, though, is so much more than a nutritional supplement and a weight management aid. It can also be used to treat conditions like allergies and coughs. Raw honey has been used by seasonal allergy sufferers for years. Because it’s made from bees that gather pollen from plants that cause you to suffer from allergies, your body slowly becomes accustomed to the pollen in small doses through the raw honey, effectively fighting your traditional seasonal allergy symptoms. It can also help treat a cough. Just one dose of honey can help reduce the mucus that might be causing your cough. Some studies have even found that it’s as effective as the most common ingredients in over-the-counter cough medicines.
- One strange way people use raw honey is as a wound healing aid. Across the world, it’s used both at home and in medical settings to treat wounds because it not only has antibacterial properties that allow it to kill germs that might get inside the wound, but it also has the ability to stimulate tissue regeneration and push the body to heal itself. A number of studies have found that it could be helpful as a treatment for both burns and wounds when it’s applied to the bandages or the wound itself. It must, however, be changed on a regular basis to be effective.
- Some have even found raw honey to help promote better sleep. It works by giving the liver a pure supply of glycogen, which helps to prevent the brain from its continual search for fuel. That search for fuel often causes early waking. It works in one other way, too. Consuming raw honey also forces the brain to release melatonin, which spikes your insulin level and pushes your body to release a chemical called tryptophan, helping you to sleep for longer.
Raw honey is easily one of the best options when you’re searching to improve your overall health today. Learn more about our raw honey products when you search our complete catalog now.