TIP OF THE DAY: Organic Honey From Whole Foods Markets
September is National Honey Month, a good reason to focus on our favorite ways to use honey.
Even if you’re not Jewish, you can start this week with a Rosh Hashanah tradition: Celebrate the Jewish New Year with a traditional snack of apples and honey. The custom ushers in a sweet new year. We never thought to dip apples and honey until we were invited to our neighbors’ home one Rosh Hashanah 10 years ago. It’s become a favorite treat. TIP: Instead of placing the honey into a small dish for dipping, as in the photo, think of hollowing out a large apple and placing it, filled with honey, in the center of a plate of apple slices. We recently discovered that there’s a special prayer to recite before the honey and apples are consumed. THE NIBBLE doesn’t publish religious content, but we were so charmed by the thought of a prayer of thanks for honey and apples that we couldn’t resist: |
Honey and apples are a Rosh Hashanah tradition. Photo courtesy Voices-Magazine.Blogspot.com. |
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The new 365 Organic Mountain Forest Honey line. Photo courtesy Whole Foods Market. |
CERTIFIED ORGANIC HONEY FROM WHOLE FOODS
Just in time for fall apple-dipping, Whole Foods Market has introduced 365 Everyday Value Mountain Forest Honey, U.S. Grade A in four varieties: |
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In addition to organic certification, the honeys are also Whole Trade, a certification similar to Fair Trade. It ensures that the products were produced in a way that ensures fair prices to producers, safe and healthy working conditions for farm workers and environmentally-friendly production. (More about Fair Trade and similar certifying organizations). RECIPES WITH HONEY Try honey in these delicious recipes from Whole Foods: Here’s everything you need to know about honey: types, storing and using, pairing, trivia, history, and more recipes. Have a sweet September.
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