Yes, Honey!

“Stands the Church clock at ten to three?

And is there honey still for tea?” 

 Rupert Brooke

Honey is healthy and delicious- a great addition to your diet (but not for children under 12 months old). I've read about the wonderful benefits of eating honey and was surprised to learn it can help facilitate a good night's sleep, among other things. I look for raw honey when shopping.  

I found this brand at TJMaxx. It's my favorite!

Raw honey is the unpasteurized version 

of more commonly used honey but with 

added filtration, which mainly helps 

extend shelf life. 

A lot of honey found in the supermarket is not raw honey but "commercial" regular honey, some of which has been pasteurized (heated at 70 degrees Celsius or more, followed by rapid cooling) for easy filtering and bottling so that it looks cleaner and smoother, more appealing on the shelf.

“Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then 

he had to stop and think. Because although 

eating Honey was a very good thing to do, 

there was a moment just before you began to 

eat it which was better than when you were, 

but he didn't know what it was called.” 

 A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

Did you know...

Some seasonal allergy sufferers have found relief from their allergies in raw honey. Raw honey exposes consumers to traces of the pollen that would otherwise cause allergy flareups with exposure, desensitizing them to these effects. The North Dallas Honey Company says a daily tablespoon of honey can actually act like an allergy shot

Raw honey naturally contains B vitamins (stress relievers) and a teaspoon or two helps with indigestion! I really like the taste of the raw honey compared to the kind in the little bear squeeze bottle.

"We ought to do good to others as simply

a horse runs or a bee makes honey,

or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne."

Marcus Aurelius

Want to cook with honey? <Click here for

 some recipes.

Check out this pink silicone honey dipper from Amazon

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