Berringa’s Manuka Honey is so delicious and so easy to fit into your health and wellness regimen. So, if you’ve got your hands on some, how are you using it? Whilst you could get that instant measure of manuka by gulping it straight from a spoon — and who could blame you? — there are many creative ways to use your honey and attain its highly-regarded wellness status. Here’s some inspiration for awesome ways to take your manuka honey:

Take 1-2 teaspoons per day straight out of the jar for a powerful energy hit to keep you going, for general wellbeing and for daily immune support. Manuka honey has many antioxidant, antibacterial, and antimicrobial properties that can help relieve underlying symptoms for colds and coughs. It also helps to soothe a sore or scratchy throat naturally and it can boost the immune system when you are feeling fatigued or under the weather.  To help aid cough, cold & flu symptoms, take 2-3 teaspoons per day out of the jar or add a teaspoonful to a glass of warm water.

You can also try a manuka honey elixir by combining 3 tbsps. of Manuka honey with a squeeze of lemon juice, grate an inch of fresh ginger, add warm water, and let it stand for 20 minutes and then mix well.

For sinuses, dilute 1 teaspoon in a saline solution (distilled water) and rinse out your sinuses using a nasal irrigation device (e.g., Nasaline syringe, etc).

If you suffer from indigestion, bloating or other stomach issues, then manuka honey may be helpful.Peppermint tea can help with indigestion and nausea. Try sweetening a cup of peppermint tea with manuka honey when you have an upset stomach.

Use manuka honey to make a simple salad dressing. Spice up your routine recipe with a fresh twist on nutritional wellness.

Try making this vinaigrette: Mix together 1 tbsp Berringa 220+ MGO Manuka Honey, 1tsp Dijon Mustard, 1/3^rd cup apple cider vinegar or white wine vinegar, 1 cup olive oil, juice of 1 lemon, and salt and pepper. Fresh lemon, lime, orange juice, fresh or dried herbs, thyme, rosemary, basil, and oregano are great options for adding extra flavour to your manuka honey dressing.

Drizzle manuka honey on fruit, pancakes, waffles, oatmeal, bagels, or toast.

Instead of maple syrup or jam, get out your jar of manuka honey when you set the breakfast table. Use manuka honey the same way you would use maple syrup or jam to flavour your favourite breakfast foods. Try incorporating a small amount of manuka honey into cakes, muffins, breads, and cookies for a richer flavour. It is the sweet fix you have been looking for.

For an even more indulgent use of your manuka honey, work it into a chilli jam recipe which can then be smeared, dolloped, and spread over your favourite meats, cheese, fishes, sandwiches, and wraps — or even used for making pizzas.

Manuka honey makes a wonderful coating or glaze for roasted root veggies. Mix your manuka honey with Dijon mustard, orange juice and zest, along with fresh herbs like thyme to roasted carrots and parsnips for a beautiful golden glaze. Et voilà — a healthy, manuka-infused side dish to accompany your favourite winter warmer!

Topical use of Manuka (aka first aid superhero) is a highly regarded treatment for both soothing recent wounds and helping heal scarring of old ones due to its natural healing properties.

Our honey does not possess any nasty chemicals or additives. This makes the powerful ingredient even more amazing for topical skincare. That’s right — wonders of manuka honey don’t have to be consumed. For a moisturising, reinvigorating treatment, apply an even layer of manuka honey directly to your skin, making sure to spread it with your fingertips. Leave it to soak into your pores and work its magic for around half an hour before gently rinsing.

You don’t have to go for pure manuka, of course: feel free to work it into your own DIY face mask. One popular recipe combines a tablespoon of honey with a teaspoon of turmeric (for its antioxidant active ingredient, curcumin) and some yoghurt (to help mix the ingredients).

Remember, the higher the MGO rating of the manuka honey product you purchase, the more wellness you pack in. What is your favourite way of having manuka honey? We hope you enjoy your jar of Berringa manuka!