Raw Honey Cashew Treat

It's Saturday afternoon as I write these words, and my fingers are sticking to the keyboard because I just finished eating a deliriously good and healthy snack, what I call...

Chet's Raw Honey Cashew Treat

1 handful of raw cashews
1 jar of raw honey

Open jar of of honey. Take one large raw cashew in hand and dip into honey. Let excess honey drain into jar. Insert honey-dipped nut in mouth and chew slowly and thoroughly.

Whoa, talk about a little taste of heaven right here on earth!

I mean, seriously, I've been traveling in the natural health circus since 1993, and this little concoction ranks right up there with the top five healthy snacks I've stumbled upon or created during all those years.

You can make this snack with cashews and honey you have on hand, but if you want to enjoy it in its delirious glory, I recommend ordering both cashews and honey from Dr. Ben Kim's website.

That's where I ordered mine, and if I continue to gobble cashews dipped in honey the way I've been doing it this past week, I'm going to have to make a new order soon.

Here are links to the cashews and honey my family and I eat...

Dr. Ben Kim's 100% Organic Honey

Dr. Kim's product is the sweetest and richest-tasting honey that's ever been in my 60-year old mouth.

I've been ordering and trying various raw honey brands for over 15 years now.

Sadly, I've been disappointed in almost all instances. In fact, the majority of the honey brands I've tried during that time weren't a whole lot better tasting than what I could buy at local farmer's markets.

With one notable exception -- several two gallon containers of a fabulous creamed raw honey I ordered from a family in Montana just before Y2K.

Well, I have to say that Dr. Kim's 100% organic honey is better tasting and far less expensive than the Y2K stash of raw honey that we'd consumed by 2003.

I also have to say that Dr. Kim's offering for sale the best organic cashews I've ever eaten.

Dr. Ben Kim's Raw Organic Cashews

I ordered four bags of these when I learned that Dr. Kim had added them to his catalog because cashews are my favorite nut.

The first bag of cashews I bought from Dr. Kim's site disappeared -- with the help of my wife -- in three days.

And at the rate I'm going now that I tried dipping these huge, delicious cashews in Dr. Kim's honey, the second bag will be gone in two days.

Anyway, try dipping cashews in honey.

After you've done so, you may well want share your thoughts on the Raw Honey Cashew Treat by using the "Comments" link below.

And share a healthy snack tip, too, if you have one.

Chet "Cashew Nutjob" Day
Editor, The Natural Health Circus
http://chetday.com/blog

Easy Headache Relief

Today I want to share three easy headache relief methods I've learned over the years:

Let's start with this headache relief technique from Leslie N, who writes...

Whenever I get a headache, the first thing I do is wonder if I have been getting enough water. I'm terrible about that, and find if I get a little dehydrated it causes headaches, so my simple natural remedy is to drink water!

[Chet's Note: My experience with this approach is that it takes at least two eight-ounce glasses of water in a row to help a nagging headache.]

The second headache relief remedy comes from RFMom, who tells us...

If I get a headache my husband presses very hard on the acupuncture pressure point in between my thumb and first finger joint.

That point is about an inch back from the V where thumb and first finger join.

This WORKS instantly, like an on/off switch.

For some reason I can't do it for myself, though.

And Tom DeR provides us with his approach for headache relief...

I found Peppermint tea and Rosemary tea are excellent for headaches. You can read more about it in Back to Eden by Jethro Kloss.

Well, instead of three, why not four headache remedies?

Personally, on those occasions when I get a headache from working too long at the computer, I lay down and put on a pair of headphones and listen to my popular Cat's Purr CD with a cold pack on my forehead. Ah, relief!

If you have a favorite home remedy for headaches, I hope you'll take a few minutes and share it with Natural Health Circus blog readers. Just click on the "Comments" link below and start typing.

Chet "Headache Relief" Day
Editor, The Natural Health Circus
http://chetday.com/blog

Healthy Raw Muesli

First, a little history lesson for those of you who've never heard of Muesli, which is pronounced properly as 'mju:zli.

Oh, that was a big help, wasn't it?

Anyway, natural health physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner created Muesli for patients in his Swiss healing clinic around 1900.

A major part of Bircher-Benner's therapy involved the use of a diet featuring plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. His healing diet was inspired by something he'd been served while hiking in the Alps, a food he called a "strange dish.

If you're old enough, you may remember when the cereal giants discovered Muesli in the 1960's and first started advertising their highly processed knock-off versions of the real thing.

Well, serious performers in the natural health circus make their own Muesli, and now I'm going to tell you exactly how to do it...

Healthy Raw Muesli

You're allowed to experiment with different ingredients for variety. Below you'll find a good basic recipe to work with.

1 cup organic rolled oats
1/2 cup organic rolled spelt
1/2 cup organic rolled triticale
1/2 cup organic rolled kamut or barley
1/4 cup chopped organic dates
1/4 cup organic raisins, currants, cherries, goji berries, or cranberries
1 dried organic apricot or pear, chopped (roll in oat flour to prevent stickiness)
1/4 cup raw, whole, organic unblanched almonds
1/4 cup raw organic cashews
8-10 organic raw filberts
4 organic raw pecans

In a blender or spice/nut grinder, grind filberts and pecans into coarse crumbs or powder, depending on preference. Combine all ingredients in an airtight container. For each serving, place a heaping 1/3 cup in a bowl and top with your favorite healthy liquid (nut milk, raw milk, juice, etc.)

You're not going to find a muesli or breakfast cereal at the supermarket that could touch this recipe with a thirty-foot pole, believe me.

In fact, you could sell this stuff at flea markets and probably earn a nice little supplemental income.

And that's all I have to say about that.

Chet "Muesli" Day
Editor, The Natural Health Circus
http://chetday.com/blog