favorite honey recipes?

[umami_mommy]

esp. interested in savory ones... but will look at anything!

seasonal cooking is my special interest, BTW.

[hildare]

i just made an eggplant dip that used a bit of honey. eggplants are coming in around here..

roasted a pound and a half of eggplant (small ones or one biggish)
sautee an onion and a lot (if you're me) of garlic
add this to the food processor or mix
1/4 c. of yougurt
2 tbsp of tahini
couple of tablespoons of honey
cayenne- 1/4 tsp is a small taste, but i added lots because the sweet/spicy of this dip is really good to me.

blend till it's how you like it. taste occasionally if you're messing with the cayenne. you don't want it TOO hot...

i didn't skin the eggplants, either, nor seed them, because i am very very lazy. it was ok, you can just see them. if you want a pretty and smooth dip, you might want to.

good on toasted pita or other yummy bread (that you make yourself.. with honey?)

[Llyra]

Honey baked lentils. Which I learned from a mama on MDC, like a zillion years ago. My kids are hopelessly devoted to this recipe. I have changed it a bit-- added more fat, and some veggies.

I put:
one cup of lentils
two cups of cold water
two tablespoons of honey (you can use WAY more and get something sweeter)
two tablespoons of soy sauce
three tablespoons of olive oil (or sesame oil is nice, too)
a half-teaspoon of ginger
a couple cut-up carrots
a handful of greens (kale is especially good in this)
a cut-up stalk of celery

in a baking dish. I season with some salt and pepper. Then I cook it covered at 350 degrees for 90 minutes, or until the water is all gone but the lentils aren't dried out. We serve it over brown rice.

You can do it with lots of different veggies, of course. Sometimes in the spring we have it with chard and spinach, without the carrots and celery. We also do it in the fall or winter with diced turnips. It doesn't do well with the summer veg, I think-- zucchini didn't work well, nor did sweet peppers. In my opinion, of course-- you may like it that way.

[umami_mommy]

what kind of lentils do you use? my DH will pretty much only eat the red ones.

[cristeen]

Absolute fave is ice cream.

For savory though, honey glazed roast duck is beautiful.

[lil_earthmomma]

Honey glazed salmon is awesome!!! I've done a chili honey glaze, and also a citrus honey glaze. Both turned out AWESOME!!!

Back in the day when I could eat bread, I loved to bake rosemary herb rolls and then mix up some honey butter and slather it on them while they were warm. Mmmmmmmmmmmm... Any leftover honey butter would get tossed onto root veggies and roasted with fresh herbs the next day.

[umami_mommy]

yummm... that reminds me i used to do a honey-garlic-lime salmon. i forgot that.

[Llyra]

Originally Posted by umami_mommy

what kind of lentils do you use? my DH will pretty much only eat the red ones.

I don't think it matters. I have used the red ones before-- the texture comes out differently, depending on what kind you use, but they'll all work.