Thursday, June 26, 2008
Making Your Own Health Homemade Fruit Sodas for Summer Refreshment
Healthy Homemade Fruit Sodas (Sugar Free)
I just stumbled upon this idea, when I was craving something yummy, fruity, fizzy and refreshing...but couldn't find a single 'healthy' soda at the supermarket! You could use all sorts of fruit juices, but I love it with freshly squeezed lemon juice.
What you need:
Club soda
Juice of 1/2 lemon (pick out all those little pits)
Squeeze of honey - or homemade sugar syrup (basically just water and sugar boiled down a bit together)
Ice cubes
I mixed the lemon juice together with the honey, then stirred in a little of the club soda, stirred, then added ice and topped up with more club soda. It was refreshing and so yummy! I can't wait to try this idea with fresh limes, or other juices such as orange or pineapple.
Enjoy!Labels: healthy eating, healthy soda, sugar free, summertime drinks
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Sunday, June 08, 2008
Honey Lavender Mask Recipe - a soothing spa treat for your skin!
And finally, we have a decadent sounding spa facial treatment recipe for your skin! (From Golden Blossom Honey.) Enjoy this luxurious treatment next time you need a getaway from your hectic life.
Firming Lavender and Honey Mask
Ingredients
1 tablespoon GOLDEN BLOSSOM HONEY
2 1/2 teaspoons yogurt
1 large egg white
2 drops lavender essential oil
Whisk all ingredients together until smooth. Apply the mask with your fingers avoiding the eye and lip areas. Relax for 10 minutes. Rinse off with warm water.Labels: bath and beauty, beauty recipes, facial mask, facials, homemade facial, honey, lavender
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Honey Recipes - from the National Honey Board - a Wonderful Gift made with Honey - Hot Pepper Honey
Spice up that Honey, honey!
Hot Pepper Infused Honey recipe
(from the US National Honey Board)
1 cup honey
1-1/2 teaspoons red pepper, dried and crushed
Directions
Place honey and red pepper in a double boiler with water in bottom. Bring water to a boil, and bring honey to 185°F and keep at 185°F for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand 10 minutes. Strain while still warm. Place in sterilized jars and cap.Labels: food gifts, honey recipes, hot honey, hot peppers and honey, jar gifts, no white sugar
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Honey Recipes - Honey Garlic Spareribs
(Taken from the brockvillefarmersmarket.ca website - another great, delish sounding recipe using honey instead of refined white sugar!) This one really sounds like a keeper...
Honey Garlic Spareribs
3 lbs spareribs
1/2 cup Ontario (or any variety) Honey
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup ketchup
2 cloves of garlic
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp pepper
Par boil or simmer ribs for one hour. Drain. Combine remaining ingredients and pour over spareribs.
Bake in a covered roasting pan at 350 degrees F., basting regularly, for 3 hours or until tender.Labels: honey recipes, honey spare ribs, spare rib sauce, spare ribs recipe
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Today's Ingredient is...Honey! Making Jams and Jellies with Honey instead of Sugar
Found a great tip for using honey instead of refined white sugar in your jams and jellies. (Found this on the brockvillefarmersmarket.ca website - fantastic tips for local produce!)
Jams and Jellies with Honey
Honey may be substituted for sugar in most jam and jelly recipes. If a recipe calls for four cups of sugar, use two cups of honey. Cook the jam or jelly slightly longer than the time stated in recipe using sugar. When honey is used, always use a commercial liquid or powdered pectin.
The consistency of the jam or jelly will be somewhat softer.Labels: honey, jams, jellies, no white sugar
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008
What's Your Favorite Way to Use Rotisserie Chicken?
We all know that rotisserie chickens purchased in the deli of our favorite supermarket is a GREAT way to get some delicious, freshly cooked chicken incorporated into our meals - with very little time.
So...what is your favorite way of using store-bought rotisserie chicken? Do you have a favorite recipe or tip to share?Labels: chicken dinners, fast dinners, rotisserie chickens
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Fantastic Tip for Growing Bigger, Better Tomatoes - Gardening Tips
When I plant tomatoes I put 2 tablespoons of Epsom salt in each hole before the plant. The magnesium in the salt helps them grow.
~Submitted by Angela - thanks AngelaLabels: gardening tips, growing tomatoes, growing vegetables, growing veggies, readers tips, tomatoes
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