Healthy Recipes with Maple Syrup

Have you ever taken the time to enjoy real maple syrup? I do not mean the pancake syrup filled with high fructose corn syrup. I mean actual real maple syrup produced from real maple trees? It is a bit more pricey but well worth the experience because the taste is so different and natural.

Why should you care? Because of December 17, 2016, is National Maple Syrup Day! It is a day for us in North America to enjoy and respect the awesome product known as real maple syrup. It brings thoughts of a forest full of maple trees with buckets and buckets nature’s liquid gold.

Because of this, we have come across an article that has plenty of healthy recipes that involve maple syrup.  Real maple syrup has many health benefits compared to refined sugar products so getting these recipes may just be what the doctor ordered. Let’s get started.

For a great addition to your breakfast, especially for the vegetarians is brownie batter breakfast bake.  How can you go wrong with rolled oats, cocoa powder, maple syrup, and chocolate chips? This looks like a chocolate lover’s delight.

Next on our list is the healthy zucchini muffins. That is correct, zucchinis and real maple syrup. Throw in the whole wheat flour and you have a healthy winner. Okay, how about the rolled oats mixed in and sprinkled on top. Not sure, well we challenge you to check it out.

Okay, for our next culinary delight, let’s pour some maple syrup all over your salad! Sounds like a great idea right? Well, before you walk away on this one, how about if we called it maple balsamic vinaigrette? Now maybe we have your attention. Just the right proportions of olive oil, golden balsamic vinegar, mustard and pure maple syrup and a little bit of black pepper and you have one great salad enhancer!

So what’s for lunch? How about some healthy low carb Mexican chicken wraps? Now before you get all in a tizzy about not liking low carb wrap your mind around this one. The wrap is low carb, but inside is filled with chicken, salsa, real maple syrup and jalapeños. This one is quite tasty and well worth the time to make for lunch or even a light snack.

So we trust you will enjoy National Maple Syrup day on December 17^th as part of your upcoming holiday plans. For more great healthy recipes and health tips visit Nashua Nutrition. Enjoy natures finest!