When and where can you replace sugar with honey: a note for housewives

26.10.2024 06:20

Most of us know that sugar is quite harmful, but still we cannot imagine some foods and drinks without it.

Sweet lovers can't even think about not eating cakes or any other sweets.

Indeed, sugar is a fairly common household product. However, in most cases, honey can replace sugar as a sweetener.

Keep in mind that with high heat treatment it loses its beneficial properties, but the taste of the dish is enriched and different.

Of course, it's best to eliminate sugar from your diet completely, but if you're not ready to cut out sugar completely, even a small reduction will improve your overall health.

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Honey in drinks

The first and most easily applicable place to replace sugar with honey is tea. By adding honey to tea instead of sugar, we make it not only healthier, but also more pleasant to taste!

Especially if the tea is made from berries or exotic fruits, honey will highlight its aroma.

As with tea, honey is ideal for homemade juices, lemonades, and smoothies. Since honey has a different, more natural taste, it is always combined with homemade natural drinks.

If you only drink store-bought juices, try replacing them with natural drinks. There are thousands of unique recipes on the Internet that require virtually no effort or time.

Honey in desserts

For example, some cakes and pies require sugar to keep their shape. However, in many sweets, sugar can be replaced with honey, even in less capricious cakes.

One of the most successful desserts with honey instead of sugar, besides the beloved gingerbread, is yogurt with strawberries.

By adding honey to strawberry yogurt, you not only give it just the right amount of sweetness, but you also enhance the strawberry flavor.

The same goes for yogurt with bananas, caramelized fruits, and fruit salad. Some types of cake cream can also be replaced with honey, especially if they do not require whipping.

However, since most cakes that are baked are quite individual, you will need to check individually to see if you can substitute honey for sugar in their recipe.

Honey in main dishes

Most main courses are salty, but sometimes sugar is added. These include teriyaki chicken, sweet and sour chicken with pineapple, caramelized carrots, drumsticks in soy sauce, and other dishes of this type.

If you have been cooking them with sugar until now, it is time to replace it with honey. This will significantly improve the taste of the dishes, making them more rich and refined.

With this small change, you can get high-quality cooking without any extra effort.

Sergey Tumanov Author: Sergey Tumanov Internet resource editor


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  1. Honey in drinks
  2. Honey in desserts
  3. Honey in main dishes