Handmade bee cards featuring honey jars

Found at sizzix the blog

Found at Wandering Star

SarahLouCards

Ceramic honey pots

Vintage honeycomb honey jar 

Try etsy

Amici Beehive Honey Jar with Dipper - 16oz

Dozenegg Joie Honey Pot and Dipper, Mini

Fancy Flours

Ceramic Honey Pot with Bee Design

Sweet Bee Recipe Card: Honey Cookies

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Gift honey

Decorate your honey jar to make a cute gift.

The jar of honey is wrapped with paper and cloth and wool.

See details at My Scrap Chick

Beeing a bee

“The only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey …

and the only reason for making honey is so that I can eat it.”

Winnie the Pooh in House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne

More Rhymes about bees and honey.

Honey or sugar?

Ok so maybee you think I might bee biased when it comes to deciding whether honey or sugar is the correct choice for your health and your children's health SO I will hit you with the facts:

1. Honey contains vitamins and  minerals: sugar does not. Honey contains calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, folate, choline amongst others.
2. Honey has a lower GI level than sugar making it a healthier choice for your blood sugar levels. But honey varieties differ in their GI level. Yellow box honey is a good option with a GI of 35
3. Sugar, is highly processed, while honey has only one processing step.
4. Honey is sweeter than sugar, due to it's high level of fructose, so you need less honey: about half the amount.

So there is a fact I have left out  - they have similar calories so as far as weight loss  or gain there is no benefit except if you eat less honey as it is sweeter. So don't say I don't tell you the truth!
Also if you are considering giving honey to a child under 1 year of age please read this short article: Infants ate no honey

This is way too much honey, you only need a little unless you are a very active sportsperson.

 

Recipes to make:

Fruity Frozen Yoghurt Pops
Crunchy Munchy Honey Cakes



Food with Honey: Fruity Frozen Yogurt Pops

This is a wonderful "cooking" activity with kids as it creates something delicious and eye appealing, without the dangers often associated with cooking (no hot pans, no hot water, no knives). Don't they look good?

Makes 8 servings

• 1 cup fresh, ripe nectarines, pineapple, or strawberries, chopped
• 1-1/2 cups plain yogurt
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 8 paper cups (3 oz.) and popsicle sticks or plastic spoons

Visit the National Honey Board to find out how easy it is to make these healthy, honey pops.

You might also enjoy making Crunchy Munchy Honey Cakes

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Make Crunchy Munchy Honey Cakes

The Wiggles have a recipe to go with their song Crunchy Munchy Honey Cakes.

We baked some the other day and they disappeared very quickly. You will need the following ingredients: muesli flakes, sugar, self-raising flour, coconut, butter, honey and any kind of milk.
Recipe at Wiggles site.

(Don't forget - no honey for under ones - more on why can be read here.)

"Crunchy munchy, honey cakes,

there great to eat and there fun to make.

In your hand or on a plate,

crunchy, munchy, honey cakes."

 from The Wiggles Yummy Yummy CD song 20
or maybe you have The Wiggles DVD
 

They took some honey

1888

from “The Owl and the Pussy-cat” by Edward Lear

“The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea

In a beautiful pea-green boat.

They took some HONEY and plenty of money

Wrapped up in a five pound note.”