Honey Can Cook

Welcome to the Orange Bee!

Hi. I’m Linda and I’m the boss of this blog. Let me state the obvious, I love food. I love to look at food, read about food, look at photos of food, prepare food, cook food and of course, eat food. I also have a mad passion for honeybees. I blame my enthusiasm for bees on my understanding of the important role they play in so much of the food I love.

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  • Implementing A Pre-Spring Detox

    Implementing A Pre-Spring Detox

    Oil & Honey Edition ~ I am starting a pre-spring detox. My plan is not a crazy starve myself detox but one where ingesting good, clean food, drinking lots of water and including essential oils is the idea.  With spring comes growth, baby birds, tender green leaves shoot out of trees, brilliantly colored bulbs burst forth from the […]

  • The Only Brownie Recipe You’ll Ever Need ~ One Bowl Brownies

    The Only Brownie Recipe You’ll Ever Need ~ One Bowl Brownies

    This my friends is the one and only brownie recipe you’ll ever need!  I promise – rich, decadent, dark chocolate mixed with dark and bittersweet chips, chopped walnuts, as well as a dash of espresso powder and the best part?  It all comes together in ONE bowl!  That is the second reason why this is […]

  • Quick and Easy Spiced Banana Muffins

    Quick and Easy Spiced Banana Muffins

    I made Spiced Banana Muffins after my man Dan made this comment. With a hopeful look on his face he said, “I left those bananas on the counter hoping you’d make something with them.”  I’d call that straightforward and unsparing in getting his point across.  It played right into his hands as I’ve been spending […]

  • The Importance of Honey ~ Fight Seasonal Allergies

    The Importance of Honey ~ Fight Seasonal Allergies

    Oil & Honey Edition ~ What is the importance of honey you may ask?  Anti-bacterial and anti-fungal, honey is the only food that never spoils!  Pretty cool huh?  Honey can help us both externally and internally.  You know honey has been around for centuries.  A natural healer and sweetener.  I like to use it for […]

  • 11 Ways To Use Delicious Honey

    11 Ways To Use Delicious Honey

    You can thank honey bees and their delicious honey for this post.  I am about to share some simple and easy ways that you can incorporate honey into your daily life.  One of the ways I like it best is to lick it right off of a spoon.  Sweet and savory recipes using honey are numerous […]

  • Strawberry Galette ~ For Your Valentine

    Strawberry Galette ~ For Your Valentine

    Strawberry Galette is the perfect treat for your Valentine.  Gift it to your bestie, your mom, or your sweetheart but make this for Valentine’s Day!  Super simple, sweet enough and full of almond and berry flavors.  It’s luscious with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, a dollop of creme fraiche or a spoonful of fresh whipped cream!  These juicy, […]

  • Black-Eyed Pea Polenta Bowl

    Black-Eyed Pea Polenta Bowl

    It’s time I came clean – I have an addiction…to polenta.  In particular to what I call a “Polenta Bowl”!  I am laughing as I write this.  Do you have a food addiction?  What’s your addiction?  To food specifically – I mean, this is a food blog!  I have a terrible sweet tooth too, but lately, […]

  • Make Headaches Vanish With No OTC’s

    Make Headaches Vanish With No OTC’s

    Oil & Honey Edition Looking to get rid of a headache?  The power of essential oils to take the place of over the counter drugs never ceases to amaze me.  Now modern medicine has it’s place for certain in my life and yours too I imagine.  There are times however when I’d rather not take a […]

  • Rubbermaid® BRILLIANCE™ My New Fav Storage Containers

    Rubbermaid® BRILLIANCE™ My New Fav Storage Containers

    This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and Rubbermaid® BRILLIANCE™. All opinions are mine alone. #OrganizeWithBrilliance #CollectiveBias. These new Rubbermaid® BRILLIANCE™ food storage containers are my new favorite.  I especially like using them for my husband’s lunches!  This is the reason why ~ Rubbermaid® BRILLIANCE™ containers are guaranteed 100% leak proof and they’re stain and […]

  • Lemon Bliss Cake – A Little Sunshine On A Gray Day

    Lemon Bliss Cake – A Little Sunshine On A Gray Day

    Old man winter showed up this weekend in the form of 10″ of snow accompanied by intensely cold temps.  Gray skies plus snow make for a bleak weekend. I made it all better by baking a Lemon Bliss Cake , bringing some sunshine to an otherwise sunless couple of days.  Lemon anything is my favorite. It ranks higher […]