Bread and Crackers

A great match for honey, dipping bread into warmed honey is a simple pleasure. Some local sourdough bread with honey is a great choice.

Chocolate

A great way to balance the sweetness of certain honeys is with a dark (70% or more) chocolate bar.

Charcuterie

Smoked, Salted or Cured meats are a perfect choice when pairing honey because of their opposite flavors and each one balances each other out.

Desserts

Sweet items should be prepared beforehand and served accordingly. Highlighting the honey flavor and texture is a great idea. Some sweet treats to try: Baklava, Honey Caramels or Fritters in Honey Syrup.

Liquid Pairings

Not only can you pair honey with solid foods, you can also pair honeys with beverages. Use it as a natural substitute for simple syrup in drinks. Not only will you use much less, but your flavors will be heightened by the natural syrup. Showcase drinks with seasonal fruits and herbs, like mojitos and sweeten them with honey. Your guests will be surprised and you’ll even be improving their health. Here are some drinks to serve: Mojitos, Mint Juleps, and Sangria.

Remember the party is about discovering your favorite honeys, pairings and learning about varietal honey as a new staple in your kitchen!

The Honey Boutique Ships Honey Nationwide

Wanna get a head start? Check out The Honey Boutique.  The Honey Boutique is a startup that only sends the best honey with exotic flavorings such as range Blossom, Sumac, Tupelo, Star Thistle, Blueberry, Gallberry, Sourwood, Cabbage Palm, Clover, Wildflower and many more.

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1. Helps Promote Fertility
Peanuts contain a good amount of folate. Repeated studies have shown that women who had a daily intake of 400 micrograms of folic acid before and during early pregnancy reduced their risk of having a baby born with a serious neural tube defect by up to 70%.
2. Aids in Blood Sugar Regulation
One fourth cup of peanuts can supply the body with 35% of the DV of manganese, a mineral which plays a role in fat and carbohydrate metabolism, calcium absorption, and blood sugar regulation.
3. Helps Fight Depression
Peanuts are good sources of tryptophan, an essential amino acid which is important for the production of serotonin, one of the key brain chemicals involved in mood regulation. When depression occurs, a decreased amount of serotonin may be released from the nerve cells in the brain. Tryptophan may raise serotonin’s antidepressant effects when there is an increased amount of serotonin in the blood.
4. Boosts Memory Power
Do you know what can be found in peanuts that gave them the “brain food” tag? This is due to their vitamin B3 or niacin content whose many health benefits include normal brain functioning and boosting memory power.
5. Lowers Risk of Weight Gain
Surprise! Eating nuts regularly is associated with a lowered risk of weight gain. Research has shown that people who eat nuts at least twice weekly are much less likely to gain weight than those who almost never eat them.

So, there you go! Peanuts rule…start by supporting a local Virginia company and order the best from Bakers Southern Tradition Peanuts where it’s a family tradition to use only the best Virginia peanuts. All peanut gifts are shipped nationwide.

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For Lynn Steinberg, food is the center of her family celebrations. As a wife, mother, daughter, sister, half-sister, grand-daughter, cousin, sister-in-law, daughter-in law, aunt, friend and co-worker, Lynn is a lot of things to a lot of people. And, after living in six cities since college, she has sent gifts to all of the people in her life, all spread throughout the country, at some point each year. [Listen More Here...]

Giving food as shower favors has been a notable trend for years, but today there are so manyi nnovative and delicious new treats readily available online that make the old tradition seem new with all the modern twists. With boutique delicacies on the web, you now have convenient access to new foods for favors, to serve at the shower or for gifts. And you can buy them with the click of a mouse – no additional errands needed. [Read More Here...]

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What do you get the person who has everything? Easy…food! If you are looking for some amazing edible gifts then you have to check out Goodies For Gifts. Created by food entrepreneur, Lynn Steinberg, Goodies For Gifts is a unique food gifting website that helps consumers find, buy, and ship  amazing food gifts from around the country. [Read More Here...]

We hope you had a great Mother’s Day and were able to RELAX.

It’s time to get to know one of the Goodies For Gifts Foodtrepreneurs/Mothers a little bit better. Sheila Mains is the Founder of Sheila G. Brands, LLC, the brainchild behind the The Original Brownie Brittle. I call her brownie brittle the “potato chip of goodies” because you cannot eat just one, or two, or three! This stuff is great and so is Sheila.

Sheila Mains, CEO of Sheila G's Brownie Brittle

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“No more are we going to have to deal with those little cupcakes. Cakes are gonna return to their beautiful, full, rightful size!”

When Matt Lauer asked if this meant the economy was going to recover since full-size cakes are so decadent, Oseland replied:

“I don’t care if the economy recovers, I just want to put my face in these cakes.”

Too funny!!!!  We don’t discriminate on the size of our cakes around here, but it is nice to know that if we are caught head first in a giant layer cake, we can say we are on trend.

Check out the unbelievable layer cakes from the Original Smith Island Cake Company and start sending these cakes everywhere. I will take a red velvet please!

Original Smith Island Red Velvet Cake

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Not tons of booze, not even an entire bottle of wine. All I want is a delicious Bloody Mary (or two) prepared at home (by my husband) with some fresh scrambled eggs, bacon, and a bagel.  Today while I was tweeting away, I came across this recipe for The Ultimate Fully-Loaded Bloody Mary that was posted by one of our clients, Certified Steak and Seafood via the Serious Eats website.  How good does this look????

Mother’s Day is the day that we thank our moms for all of their love and hard work during the year. Anyone who is out of ideas for that ideal gift, here are some from North Carolina that your mother might really enjoy. News 14 Carolina’s Marti Skold talks to Lynn Steinberg, the creator of Goodies For Gifts. [Watch More Here...]