Honey Recipes For Breakfast — The Perfect Start To Your Day

It is no secret that honey is a natural, super healthy sweet syrup that makes everything better, especially average-tasting food. People have been consuming honey for ages, using it in baking, cooking, home remedies, and beverages. Honey is also one of the many natural sweeteners you can use instead of sugar. In fact, you can prepare your own honey recipes and add a fun, healthy twist to your everyday meals. 

Drizzle it on your cereals for a lip-smacking honey breakfast or add it to your bowl of fruits. Use honey to make some yummy honey desserts or indulge in some baking with honey — the possibilities are endless and we too have some ideas to share!

Benefits of Having Honey Breakfast

Here are some Honey Benefits why you should incorporate honey into your daily breakfast:

1. Honey is a good antioxidant and when taken in the right proportion and with the correct food items, you can ward off several diseases. This is because it helps mitigate the action of free radicals and keep infections at bay. 
2. Honey is antibacterial and antifungal in nature; acts as antiseptic, and helps prevent inflammation and infections, as a result, it speeds up healing. 
3. Honey recipes are especially helpful during cough and cold. 
4. Honey also helps in aiding digestion issues.

Honey Breakfast Ideas You Will Love

Do not limit your food options when you have honey at home. To drive home the point, here are some fun honey recipes you must try:

1. Honey Butter  

You can make a plethora of honey dishes in less than 10 minutes at home. You can also consider using some honey butter on top of vegetables, potatoes, or bread and prepare a delicious breakfast. It is mostly used with food items like biscuits, cookies, muffins, cornbread, and pancakes, to name a few. Try adding honey in different quantities for different dishes to find out which taste you like the most. You can also consider adding cinnamon or vanilla extract to make the dishes even more flavourful.

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup butter, room temperature 
• ¼ cup honey 

Directions:

• Take some honey in a bowl and mix it with butter. Blend the mixture until it becomes smooth.
• Cover the mixture and store it in the refrigerator.

Nutritional Facts:

Per serving: 185 calories, 0.2g protein, 8.7g carbohydrates, 17.3g fat, 45.8 mg cholesterol, 123 mg sodium

2. Honeyed Carrot Soup  

This is one of the best honey recipes you must try. To make it even tastier, you can add ginger, fruits, and other vegetables as per your preferences. The density of honey will automatically make your soup thicker if you serve them at a normal temperature. Add some drops of honey on top of your soup to give it a classic winter take.

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp butter 
• 2 small leeks, sliced 
• 1 ½ cup carrots, roughly chopped 
• 2 tbsp clear honey 
• Salt and pepper 
• 1 bay leaf 
• 1 pinch dried chilli powder (optional) 
• 8 cups (1.89l) vegetable stock 

Directions:

• First, you need to melt the butter on medium heat. 
• Cook the leeks on the pan for at least 3 minutes so that they start to soften soon. 
• Add honey, carrots, and other vegetables if any and cook the mixture in the saucepan for at least 2-3 minutes.
• Next, after pouring in the stock, simmer it for around 30 minutes. 
• You can now blend your soup in batches. Take another clean pan to season and taste the soup.
• You can add some low-fat yoghurt or cream if you prefer.
• Let it cool down a bit and then serve the soup with garlic bread

Nutritional Facts:

Per serving: 3.84g fat, 101.8 mg cholesterol, 49658.03 mg sodium, 417.6 mg potassium, 242.24g total carbs, 1.78g protein, 0.6 mg iron, 56.3 mg calcium 

3. Honey Slow-Baked Beans  

You can use honey to help baked beans sweeten in less than 5 minutes. Baking with honey is an unusual yet enjoyable way to bake. Bake the beans at a low to medium temperature until they become creamy soft. When they’re well blended, add flavours in a few seconds. You can also use dark honey. Like buckwheat, dark honey also makes great molasses.

Ingredients:

• 2-16 ounce canned baked beans 
• ¾ cup barbecue sauce (honey flavoured) 
• 2 tbsp chopped onion 
• 2 tbsp honey 
• ¾ tsp paprika 
• ¼ tsp dry mustard 

Directions:

• Take all the ingredients and mix them properly.
• Pour the mixture and bake it for 1 hour at 300 degrees.
• Serve it while it is still hot. 

Nutritional Facts:

Per serving: total 1g fat, 540 mg sodium, 32g carbohydrates, 14g sugar, 6g fibre, 6g protein, 60 mg calcium 

4. Honey Granola  

Snacks with honey can be easily prepared at home. You can take some nuts or seeds, some fruits of your choice, and honey granola to make a yummy evening snack. Some chopped almonds, apricots, cranberries, cashews, and raisins can also be added for flavour. You can either go for light, dark, or thick honey as per your choice. When looking for the healthiest honey recipes, you must consider this one.

Ingredients:

• 4 cups (0.95l) rolled oats 
• 1 cup (0.24l) sliced almonds 
• 1 cup (0.24l) raw sunflower seeds 
• ¾ cup canola oil 
• ½ cup honey 
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 
• 1 tbsp ground cinnamon 

Directions:

• First, heat the oven to 150 degrees C. 
• Take some nuts, seeds, and stir oats together in a bowl.
• In another bowl, take some vanilla, cinnamon, and mix some honey and oil with it. 
• Mix all the ingredients well and spread them on a baking sheet.
• Bake the mixture for at least 10 minutes. If it does not turn golden, bake it for another 2-3 minutes.
• Let it cool down. Store it in the refrigerator.

Nutritional Facts:

Per serving: 188 calories, 3.7g protein, 19.9g carbohydrates, 11.1g fat, 1.4 mg sodium

5. Honey Whole-Wheat Bread  

Since honey can retain moisture, it does not let the baked goods get dry or moistureless. If you can keep some honey breakfast loaves in a resealable bag, they will be fresh for more than 3 months. Since honey is a good preservative, the bread pieces stay fresher for a longer period.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups (0.47l) warm water 
• 2 cups (0.47l) whole wheat flour 
• 1 tbsp active dry yeast 
• 1 tsp salt 
• ⅓ cup honey 
• ⅓ cup vegetable oil
• 5 cups (1.18l) all-purpose flour 

Directions:

• Take some yeast and put it in lukewarm water and mix honey with it after a few minutes.
• Mix salt as per your taste, oil, and wheat flour and prepare the dough. Knead the dough for at least 10 minutes.
• Place the dough in a pre-oiled bowl.
• Cover the dough well with a damp cloth. Keep it for at least 45 minutes until it gets doubled in bulk.
• Shape the dough in two big loaves and place them properly on pre-oiled loaf pans.
• Let it rise to at least 1.5 inches above the pan.
• Bake it at 350 degrees for around 25 to 30 minutes. 

Nutritional Facts:

Per serving: 172 calories, 4.3g protein, 31.2g carbohydrates, 98.4 mg sodium 

Conclusion

Apart from being delicious, honey has numerous health benefits. Try this versatile addition to your sweet and savoury foods and give the above-mentioned recipes a try. We will be eager to know if you enjoyed these delicious honey breakfast ideas.