Beyond Tea: 10 Honey Recipes We Love

Photography By Teresa Blackburn | Last Updated July 08, 2017

It's honey harvesting time in middle Tennessee. That means lots of locally bottled honey for us. Find it at your local farmers market. Here are five brilliant ways to use it beyond tea.

Honey Blueberry Popsicles

We love this 4-ingredient recipe during the summer months. You can use any kind of berries--blackberries, raspberries, strawberries or blueberries. Use local berries from The Wild Berry Farm and local...

Honey Basil Vinaigrette

With all the produce at the farmers markets and in our CSA's we needed a hard working dressing to drizzle on grilled cabbage, kale salad, pasta salad and Caprese salad. This is it. Use local honey...

Chef Kirstie Bidwell's Bruleed Goat Cheese with Bacon Jam

Chef Kirstie Bidwell of Old School Farm to Table Restaurant in Bell's Bend made this fabulous party appetizer at the April 1 Edible Kitchen.

Sesame Noodles

You can easily add chicken, beef or pork to this vegetarian dish from Laura Lea Balanced.

Sweet Potato Butter

Hot Honey Chicken with Lime

Honey Crunch Granola

A deluxe granola with lots of fun ingredients in it.

Teriyaki Salmon Bowl

A quick and easy meal, perfect for a healthy lunch.

Grits with Roasted Pork and Grapes in Honey Balsamic

A package of uncured bacon strips or "Cottage Pork" from Tennessee Grass Fed Farm and some less than fresh grapes prompted this dish on a cold day in February. Stone Ground grits from BeaverCreek...