Mix together honey and orange juice. Divide fruit pieces into 4 popsicle molds and top off with the orange juice and honey mixture. Freeze overnight. Great for serving the kids on those hot summer days!
Originally published as guest post on Vintage Indie. Check that out here.
Do you sometimes wish you had other flavors to put on your pancakes besides maple? Do you try to eat healthy but find the maple syrup prices CRAZY? Or (like me) did your kids scarf down your maple syrup and you are left with dry pancakes getting cold on your plate? Well, worry no more, here is a simple easy pancake syrup recipe to solve your problems 😉
Vanilla-Cinnamon Pancake Syrup
1 c honey (I use raw, unfiltered)
1/4 sugar (I used organic evaporated cane juice on this but whatever sugar you have will work)
1/2 – 1 t vanilla extract (to your liking)
1/4 – 1/2 t cinnamon (to your liking)
Combine all ingredients and heat on low heat until all ingredients are well combined and mixture is thoroughly heated. Serve on your pancakes, waffles or sausage. Store in fridge for 2 weeks. Reheat to serve again.
Okay, so this started out as an apple and cinnamon water, but as I was putting it together I just started throwing other things in….. sooooo anyway, here is what we got:
Vanilla Blueberry Apple Cinnamon Water
2 Apples, diced
1 c Blueberries
2 Cinnamon Sticks
1 T Cinnamon Powder
3 T Honey
2 t Vanilla Extract
2 Gallons Water
Put all ingredients together and refrigerate overnight. Drink off water for the next two days, you can add water, vanilla and honey to the mixture if you run out, but pitch after two days.
This was a delicious addition to our breakfast. I hadn’t planned on adding it to the blog, but it was too tasty not to share.
Fried Apples w/ Cinnamon
8-10 c Apples, sliced and peeled
1/2 c Butter (I used organic from grass-fed)
1 c Sucanat (Evaporated Cane Juice, you can use sugar or brown sugar if don’t have this)
2 T honey (omit if you use the brown sugar)
1 T Cinnamon
Melt butter on low in a large skillet. Add the rest of the ingredients, mix well, cover and cook on low until desired tenderness. I cooked mine on super low for about an hour, stirring occasionally.
1 bag of Chocolate Chips (I usually use enjoy life)
Stir together flour, oats, salt and baking soda. Add butter, milk, honey, eggs and vanilla. Fold in chocolate chips. Spoon batter into 12 buttered muffin tins. Bake at 350 in the oven for 20-25 min.
Okay, I’ll admit it, I am a bbq junky! I love bbq anything! I have recently taken to making up my own bbq sauces when I’m cooking because we don’t care for the store bought organic varieties much. Hope you enjoy this one, I know I did.
Beef BBQ
2 lbs stewing beef (I use grass fed pastured beef)
3-4 c chicken broth (I use organic free-range)
seasonings for cooking beef: garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, cumin, turmeric, dry mustard, chili powder
seasonings for bbq sauce: garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, turmeric, chili powder
ketchup
honey
liquid smoke
Slow cook beef in chicken broth and seasonings for cooking beef on low for 4-6 hours or until fully cooked but tender and juicy. Drain meat and pull apart into shreds. For the sauce, I mixed ketchup honey and seasonings for bbq sauce with a few drops of liquid smoke, I am sorry I don’t have more accurate measurements, I have a bad habit of dash it, mix it, taste kind of cooking.
Homemaker Gone Natural 