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Lesley Waters Sweetens Up 11th Annual National Honey Week
The Honey Association has announced that it will celebrate National Honey Week this year with the help of celebrity chef Lesley Waters, who will be encouraging families to get together and have fun cooking with honey over the May bank holiday.
Now entering its eleventh year, National Honey Week is one of the UK’s sweetest celebrations, and will run from 4 to 10 May 2009. Lesley Waters, loved for her infectious enthusiasm and down-to-earth cooking style, will support and launch Little Honey Chefs, a free family cookery guide packed full of delicious honey-based recipes, basic cooking tips and fun activities. Little Honey Chefs aims to inspire adults and children to spend time cooking together this spring.
Naturally sweet and endlessly versatile, honey is a fantastic cooking ingredient and a great way of getting kids buzzing in the kitchen. Lesley, who is a huge fan of using honey as an ingredient in her own cooking, will highlight how easy it is for children to learn important basic cooking skills that will set them on the path to becoming budding little honey chefs.
Little Honey Chefs will be available during National Honey Week (4 May – 10 May 2009) from the Honey Association. Consumers can download a copy for free by clicking on button below.
Check out the Honey Association’s top tips when cooking with honey:
- Remember honey is much sweeter than table sugar! Substitute 100g of sugar for about 90ml honey. You should also subtract about 50ml of liquid from a recipe for every 125ml honey used.
- Take a tip from grandma and run a spoon under a hot tap for stress-free honey drizzling.
- Don’t be afraid to experiment with set honey. Thick honey is delicious combined with cinnamon and poured over natural yoghurt and fresh fruit. Set honey can be softened simply by standing it in warm water for an hour or so.
- Honey is a fantastic base ingredient for marinades, sauces and glazes, giving a naturally sweet edge to hundreds of sweet and savoury dishes.
- Try mixing honey and mustard together and brushing over chicken. Grill until golden brown and enjoy Simple and delicious.
- Remember, slightly reduce the temperature of your oven when cooking with honey, it crisps and browns much faster than sugar.
For more information about National Honey Week please contact Danielle Bainbridge or Katie Gosden:
Ph: 020 7255 1100
E: danielle.bainbridge@uk.grayling.com or katie.gosden@uk.grayling.com
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