Did You Know Honey

Always choose raw honey to reap a wealth of benefits!  Honey is an absolutely amazing food product made by bees that we humans will never be able to replicate.  Did you know honey never goes bad?  Did you know infants shouldn't eat honey?  Did you know....  Well, read all about it in my "Did you Know Honey" YouTube video.

Watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JBTypMTDd8

Besides making our delicious honey, bees could never be replaced as pollinators for so many other of our foods.  We literally would die without them.  So, be informed of the dangers that our bee population faces.  Help protect our little friends: say NO! to pesticides and herbicides.  Grow a bee-friendly flower garden and be sure to include healthy raw honey in your diet.

Vanilla Fruit Salad

Don't "UNhealthify" glorious fruit with sugar or heavy cream-based toppings.  Try this Healthie version instead.  I think you'll like it: all fresh fruits with a simple honey and vanilla sauce... we'll also sneak in a little bit of Spinach for added health benefits.

Watch the YouTube video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHZmO2S8zc8&t=10s

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Hickory Chickens (Morel Mushrooms) Sautéed with Fresh Asparagus

Yum!  One of nature's healthiest, mOsT DeLiCiOus gifts!  Our locally foraged "Hickory Chickens" are otherwise known as the gourmet delicacy, morel mushrooms.  

Hickory Chickens are a foraged mushroom that Mother Nature knows how to cultivate to perfection.  However, we haven't quite figured out all of her secrets on this one and haven't been successful in commercial cultivation as yet.  If you find these in the grocery store you will pay a pretty penny for them.  However, if you live in an area that Mother Nature decided to bless with these jewels, you can get them FREE!  There is a narrow window of opportunity to find them each year, for just about a week or two in early Spring.  Here in Southeastern Kentucky, now is the time! (The first week or two of April).  Bonus: When foraging from nature (or growing your own food at home), you can be certain that you are getting organic, chemical-free, non-gmo, safe, and healthy food!

CAUTION!:  Mushroom foraging can be dangerous if you don't know what you're looking for!  There are poisonous false morels that grow in these areas, often even right among the true morels.   I have come upon these myself while hunting mushrooms.  Before you go hunting for Hickory Chickens, you must be 110% certain that you can tell the difference.  NEVER eat mushrooms that you aren't certain of.  

If you do go Hickory Chicken hunting, please help Mother Nature to ensure future crops by cutting (not pulling) your mushrooms at the ground and gather them in a MESH bag.  The mesh will allow the spores to fall to the ground as you go through the woods and distribute them for possible future growth of more mushrooms.  Also, when you get them home, give them a first soak in plain cold water.  NO SALT until the second soak.  Dash the water from your first clean soak back out into the areas that they were found.  If there are any viable spores in there, this will give them an opportunity to grow as well.  These are very important guidelines to follow.  We don't want to tromp in and destroy nature's eXtReMeLy delicate system for growing these.  Respect her garden!  

Most recipes you find for Hickory Chickens will be breaded and deep fried.  But in today's video, I'm gonna show you a healthier way to prepare them.  And in my opinion, this way is not only healthier, but way more delicious.  Hickory Chickens have such an amazing flavor!  I only have an opportunity to experience that flavor once a year and I don't want to cover it up with greasy breading.  

Watch my video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqYlKKexSE8

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