September is National Honey Month, and our Nantucket Gate Blog is here to help you celebrate in the sweetest way possible. We will be featuring a few different recipes featuring honey and sharing with you where you can find great local honey near your apartment here in Tacoma, WA. Keep reading for the buzz.
Honey is a natural sweetener as well as a flavor enhancer, and can be used as a substitute for processed sugar in most recipes. Honey is the only food source that is produced by insects and eaten by humans. Honey has a wide range of uses — from skin care to food sweetener to home remedies. This incredibly unique substance is magnificent in every way.
Recipes
Honey Peanut Butter Protein Energy Balls
Looking for a healthier snacking alternative? Try these tasty treats made with honey, oats, shredded coconut, chopped almonds, whey protein powder, dried apricots, and peanut butter.
Strawberry and Honey Oat Scones
Start your morning off right with these fruit scones that have somehow managed to achieve the ideal balance of sweetness.
Give these a try at your next BBQ to surprise your guests with some delightful flavors and a little unexpected sweetness. You will need chicken or turkey frankfurters, barbeque sauce, honey, dry mustard, and ground ginger.
Grilled Potato Salad With Honey Chipotle Vinaigrette
Perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, this hearty meal mixes spicy and sweet to obtain a satisfying mixture of flavors that will keep your taste buds on edge.
This lightly breaded, honey-glazed chicken very likely might become a new dinner favorite. For the honey glaze, you’ll need honey, orange juice, soy sauce, minced garlic cloves, hot sauce, black pepper, kosher salt, and fresh parsley (for garnish).
This easy to make dessert calls for day-old egg bread, honey, milk, vanilla, eggs, evaporated milk, grated orange peel, raisins (if desired), and cinnamon. A soul-warming dish will make you feel right at home.
Where to Find Local Honey
Robbins Honey Farm (12 mins)
7910 148th St SW, Lakewood, WA 98439
“Best priced local raw honey in town!!!” — G Harvey, Google review
Proctor Farmers Market (23 mins)
North 27th & Proctor St., Tacoma, WA 98417
“The best farmer's market in town! Good variety, plenty of veggies, pleasant neighborhood, and very bikeable.” — Bryan Russo, Google review
Make this month as sweet as honey by substituting fresh, local honey in place of sugar. Also, don’t forget to try out the honey-featured recipes above. Thanks for reading!