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18 Ways Honey Makes Every Recipe Better

Avatar photoTamar Genger MA, RD • Aug 31, 2015 (Updated: Aug 30, 2022)
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Tuna Tartar with Honey Sesame Wonton Crisps

TUNA TARTARE WITH WONTON CRISPS

For the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah means sweet new beginnings with lots of honey. On this happy holiday, we celebrate the year to come with friends and family, enjoy apples dipped in honey to symbolize a sweet new year, and even eat honey-sweetened foods.  We all know honey makes things sweeter and that’s why it is one of the symbols of the Rosh Hashanah holiday. 

Honey is a natural sweetener that adds depth and richness to any dish. It can also be used as an ingredient in baking, cooking, and cocktails. The possibilities are endless! 

In addition to being one of the oldest known sweeteners, honey also has some remarkable properties that make it stand out from other natural sugars. It’s high in antioxidants, which can help neutralize free radicals in our bodies and prevent cell damage. It’s also an excellent source of vitamins, minerals, and enzymes that support our immune system and keep us healthy when we are sick. 

This post will teach you 18 ways honey makes every recipe better; from breakfast to dessert and everything in between!

This year, use honey to your advantage and start incorporating it into all your favorite Rosh Hashanah recipes!

Sunflower Honey Cake 

This honey cake is also fantastic when drizzled with our Raspberry Rose honey. Don’t miss out on the silan caramelized sunflower seeds. 

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Honey Tuna Tartare with Honey Sesame Chips

Honey is used in this recipe to flavor the tuna and the chips. Thin and crisp the chips are a wonderful snack with or without the tuna. 

Tupelo Honey Lime Vinaigrette

Sweet and tart, this dressing has a double dose of sweetness from both honey and limes. This vinaigrette is excellent on almost any salad but especially one with sweet lettuces like romaine. The best part about this vinaigrette? It’s not just for greens! Try drizzling it over sliced cucumbers or tomatoes for a sweet-and-tart treat you can enjoy anytime.. 

Carrot Apple Slaw with Acacia Honey and Orange Juice

Acacia honey offers a clean, light vanilla taste and is made from the delicate blossoms of the Acacia tree.  The flavor complements the carrots and apple in this slaw, but the dressing can be used on any salad as well. 

Corn and Honey Blinis with Kosher Caviar

Mini corn cakes kissed with honey offer the perfect base for a fancy first course serving of caviar.  

Honey Caramelized Salmon

Try this salmon as an entree or make them bite size pieces and serve as a first course. The honey works beautifully to flavor and caramelize the salmon. 

Asian Vegetables with Quinoa

Honey is a common ingredient in Asian stir fry providing a sweet taste and sticky texture. 

Roasted Carrots and Parsnips

Add a little sweetnesses and glaze to your roasted veggies. 

Honey Pumpkin Side 

Roasted pumpkin screams for a little honey drizzle. 

Kishke Stuffed Chicken

Stuffed and breaded and drizzled with honey, the chicken cutlets can be made ahead and even freeze well. 

Grill Honey and Porter Glazed Chicken Kebabs

Grill it and put it on a stick, it is automatically a winner.  The Grill honey is specially suited to withstand high temperatures. 

Roast Turkey Half Breast with Pineapple Sambal Glaze

Honey and Spice Glazed Turkey

Sweet and spice is always a great pairing and the honey locks in those spicy flavors.

Garlic Honey Brisket

Honey coats the brisket and keeps it moist.

Herbed Meatloaf with Honey Glaze

Glaze it!

Orange Blossom Honey Cake

Orange blossom honey explodes with bold sweetness and a subtle citrus flavor, it makes the best Rosh Hashanah Honey Cake!!  Use it in your favorite recipe or try this one made with rye flour for extra complexity. 

Honey Roasted Sweet Potato Stuffed Apples

These can be a side dish or a sweet and savory dessert.  Love the way these roasted apples look on a plate. 

Mini Ginger Pear Cakes with Honey Brandied Figs

Soak those figs in brandy for amazing flavor and try it with a pear cake. 

Savannah Honey and Apple Rosettes

Apple and honey rosette

These are so gorgeous, but actually easy to make!! Give them a try. 

Buckwheat Honey Cake

Get your hands on some buckwheat honey for something rich and delicious and super healthy for a darker flavored honey cake. 

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About Tamar Genger MA, RD

Tamar is the Executive Editor of JamieGeller.com.  She is the mother of three amazing children, a registered dietitian, nutrition educator, and major foodie!!  Always on the search for the best of everything and often found in the kitchen cooking up new healthy foods, Tamar loves to travel with her family and visits kosher restaurants wherever she goes. Although she loves the sights, she spends more time talking about the restaurants and food she ate! As a mom and a nutritionist, Tamar tries to balance her passion for healthy cooking with her insatiable desire for chocolate!Tamar is the mastermind behind Fresh Families, Jamie Geller’s healthy, family-friendly meal plan. 

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  1. Eugenie

    Sep 4, 2015 at 12:24 pm

    I love honey in salad dressings/

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  2. Reena G

    Sep 4, 2015 at 12:19 pm

    I love anything with honey, often make honey soy roasted chicken which we all love!

    Reply
  3. asiverson

    Sep 4, 2015 at 12:15 am

    Now that I am drooling….! Yummy and thank you for the opportunity!

    Reply
  4. Elena

    Sep 3, 2015 at 7:10 pm

    I like my grandma’s honey cake recipe

    Reply
  5. Wendy Kalman

    Sep 3, 2015 at 1:14 pm

    Honey Cookies from my 23 year old edition of Spirit and Spice. Come out like honey flavored Nilla Wafers…

    Reply
  6. Holly Shively

    Sep 3, 2015 at 3:12 am

    Honey cake or Honey roasted chicken

    Reply
  7. tramp1

    Sep 3, 2015 at 2:20 am

    Honey sesame chicken

    Reply
  8. latanya t

    Sep 3, 2015 at 12:17 am

    honey cake

    Reply
  9. Melissa

    Sep 2, 2015 at 11:03 pm

    i love honey pancakes

    Reply
  10. Todd Volante

    Sep 2, 2015 at 10:57 pm

    Honey mead!

    Reply
  11. Jeffrey Lammers

    Sep 2, 2015 at 9:28 pm

    I like using honey when I make muffins but use it most often in my morning oatmeal.

    Reply
  12. Marnie Schwartz

    Sep 2, 2015 at 8:48 pm

    Mini Ginger Pear
    Cakes with Honey Brandied Figs looks really yummy. Figs are the best!

    Reply
  13. Susan Climan

    Sep 2, 2015 at 7:51 pm

    Honey cake for the high holidays!

    Reply
  14. MP

    Sep 2, 2015 at 7:43 pm

    Honey Tuna Tartare with Honey Sesame Chips

    Reply
  15. Marcia

    Sep 2, 2015 at 7:39 pm

    Poached peaches in wine and honey

    Reply
  16. JoAn

    Sep 2, 2015 at 7:07 pm

    honey, lemon, and warm water in the a.m.

    Reply
  17. adina

    Sep 2, 2015 at 7:01 pm

    honey cookies!

    Reply
  18. Tiffany C

    Sep 2, 2015 at 5:43 pm

    omg must-try the honey mustard grilled chicken, I think I can eat this everyday! http://savannahbee.com/blog/honey-mustard-grilled-chicken/

    Reply
  19. Bonnie Owen Day

    Sep 2, 2015 at 3:26 pm

    I use honey in my honey oat bread

    Reply
  20. Helene Sicherman

    Sep 2, 2015 at 3:24 pm

    Favorite honey recipe? Honey glazed salmon with ginger and garlic. Yum!

    Reply
  21. Kim Henrichs

    Sep 2, 2015 at 2:51 pm

    My favorite recipe with honey is a ginger chicken that has a good amount of honey!

    Reply
  22. Wendy

    Sep 2, 2015 at 2:17 pm

    Honey chicken

    Reply
  23. msrodeobrat

    Sep 2, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    I make a honey garlic sauce that is excellent over chicken wings and salmon!
    addictedtorodeo at gmail dot com
    Ashley C

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  24. Tamar Genger MA, RD

    Sep 2, 2015 at 8:52 am

    Would love to see that recipe – can you post it here?

    Reply
  25. Tamar Genger MA, RD

    Sep 2, 2015 at 8:52 am

    I know, can’t wait to make them, even just the blinis alone look great.

    Reply
  26. cynthiagray

    Sep 2, 2015 at 1:30 am

    I loved the honey soy ribs…great.

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  27. chavie

    Sep 1, 2015 at 10:30 pm

    honey mustard salmon with panko crumbs

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  28. ELIZABETH C.

    Sep 1, 2015 at 9:43 pm

    I make honey and soy ribs. Yum…. Delicious!

    Reply
  29. Jennifer R

    Sep 1, 2015 at 8:21 pm

    I like a honey flan recipe that I make. It always goes over well.

    Reply
  30. richard skuse

    Sep 1, 2015 at 7:24 pm

    Blinis with Kosher Caviar

    Reply
  31. Heather Brown

    Sep 1, 2015 at 6:46 pm

    Wow you just opened my eyes up to so many more recipes with honey!! I can’t wait to try them!

    Reply
  32. Robert Kuperberg

    Sep 1, 2015 at 6:03 pm

    The Corn and Honey Blinis with Kosher Caviar looks amazing

    Reply
  33. dglitter

    Sep 1, 2015 at 5:27 pm

    I like a good honey barbecue sauce.

    Reply
  34. Lisa

    Sep 1, 2015 at 5:05 pm

    I love homemade granola drizzled with honey.

    Reply
  35. Marty C.

    Sep 1, 2015 at 5:04 pm

    Honey mustard chicken. Everyone likes it, even the picky eaters.

    Reply
  36. Samantha

    Sep 1, 2015 at 4:37 pm

    honey mustard salmon

    Reply
  37. Joann Adams

    Sep 1, 2015 at 3:03 pm

    I love honey on toast. Not a cooker but I love everything I’ve read from others.

    Reply
  38. MK

    Sep 1, 2015 at 2:59 pm

    honey cake

    Reply
  39. Derrick Johnson

    Sep 1, 2015 at 2:58 pm

    Honey glazed Baby Back Ribs

    Reply
  40. Amanda

    Sep 1, 2015 at 1:36 pm

    Baklavah

    Reply
  41. Darlene Comeaux

    Sep 1, 2015 at 11:35 am

    Honey mixed with Heinz 57 for a wonderful glaze on grilled pork ribs. YUMMY!

    Reply
  42. cynthiac

    Sep 1, 2015 at 11:09 am

    I make a delicious pannetone bread that is sweetened with honey.

    Reply
  43. Tamar Genger MA, RD

    Sep 1, 2015 at 11:04 am

    Do you know how to make it?

    Reply
    • hawkshoe

      Oct 4, 2015 at 9:13 pm

      Unfortunately I don’t. I get it at Oyster Bay restaurant in Cape May, NJ. I have searched the web and their recipes aren’t the same.

      Reply
  44. hawkshoe

    Sep 1, 2015 at 10:32 am

    My favorite honey recipe is the Bees Knees (a drink I tried for the first time this summer).

    Reply
  45. GrannyG

    Sep 1, 2015 at 4:26 am

    My Mom used to make the best Nut Bread and the filling was walnuts and honey. Wish she were here to make another loaf.

    Reply
  46. Steph

    Sep 1, 2015 at 12:35 am

    My fav honey recipe is a pistachio and lemon salad from new Israeli food by Jana gur that has a honey salad dressing

    Reply
  47. paigechandler

    Aug 31, 2015 at 8:13 pm

    I love honey mustard salad dressing

    Reply
  48. Avitehl Friedberg

    Aug 31, 2015 at 8:06 pm

    I love honey/soy combo!

    Reply
  49. dianebaum

    Aug 31, 2015 at 6:25 pm

    Not sure of what question, I am suppose to answer, but i look forward to trying some of the recipes

    Reply
  50. margaretsmith

    Aug 31, 2015 at 5:45 pm

    My family loves when I make honey mustard sauce to go with chicken.

    Reply
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