Australia's Manuka

28/12/2025

Goats Cheese, fruit and honey 🍐 🍯

Arlo eats this for breakfast 👍 it is delicious anytime of the day and a great for entertaining. We used nectarines and pear but you could use berries or figs as well.

We made it two ways on a sourdough and on gluten free crackers - both are delicious. We love Goats Cheese 🐐 they are another Australian farm to table brand making great whole foods for us all to enjoy! We used our Coastal Heath honey for this recipe, this honey is earthy which balances nicely with the light fruity recipe.

Ingredients:
Goats Cheese
Preferred fruit
Coastal Heath honey
Crackers or Sourdough

Method:
Thinly slice fruit, slice sourdough and lay out or crackers. Spread on goats cheese, layer with fruit and then drizzle honey. Serve straight away if possible.

24/12/2025

We hope you have a wonder and love fill festive season from our family to yours!

21/12/2025

Festive Season Sugar Swap - for Raw honey!

In many recipes you can use honey to replace sugar. When replacing sugar with honey there are a few things to consider. Firstly honey is more moist so you might need to add more dry ingredients and secondly honey is sweeter to taste than sugar so replace it 1 cup of sugar to 2/3 of cup of honey.

There are many benefits to replacing sugar with raw honey. Raw Honey is a nutrient dense whole food, with prebiotics for gut health. Raw honey offers lower GI than processed sugar so you and the kids get a slower release of energy.

19/12/2025

Crash landing and tumbling, thanks Macro Bees

16/12/2025

Christmas Crowd Pleaser - Roast Beetroot and Manuka Honey Hummus!

Made by Arlo & Hope 🧑‍🍳 🍯

This hummus is nutritionally dense healthy whole food and is also delicious. It can be served as a side for main meals and salads, served with crackers or corn chips, on cheese platters and with vegetable sticks. Great spread for sandwiches, wraps and rolls. It keeps well in the fridge and you can make a large batch and freeze for later.

Ingredients:
1 cup of roasted beetroot
1 can of chickpeas strained and washed
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of paprika
½ teaspoon of cumin
2 garlic cloves (we had a massive clove so only used 1)
Splash of apple cider vinegar (Arlo did that 😆)
Lime juice (we had two small but you could use 1 large)
Olive oil
1 tablespoon of Tahini (optional)
1 tablespoon of Manuka Honey

Method:
Dice and roast beetroot, let cool. Wash the chickpeas and add to food processor along with all other ingredients and blend. Add more Olive oil if it is too thick. We like a flavour packed hummus but you could add less garlic and spices if you prefer a milder flavour or more Manuka if you want it sweeter.

14/12/2025

Keep everyone smiling this holidays!

If you are travelling by plane, train or boat we recommend packing our Oral Care. This handy little tube cleanses your mouth and throat much like hand sanitiser clean your hands. This can be useful when you are around lots of people in confined spaces such as planes.

This honey also assists in healing sore throats coughs and colds. It is also a natural prebiotic to support gut health which is a natural immunity boost.

11/12/2025

Chilli & Honey Baked Camembert

This is a simple and delicious recipe to entertain guests or bring to events this festive season. We used our raw Eucalyptus honey to make this recipe.

Ingredients
Camembert cheese
1 large chilli
3 sprigs of Thyme
3 sprigs of Rosemary
Olive oil
2 tablespoons of Honey

Method
Dice chilli into small pieces, set aside. Score Camembert diagonally both ways. Oil your baking dish, add Camembert, press herb sprigs and chilli into the scored Camembert. Add salt, more oil and honey. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 180 degree celsius.

Serve with crusty bread or crackers, best served warm, can be gently reheated.

Did you know Olive Oil and honey are two of the most counterfeited food products. Like honey, best Olive Oil to buy is Australian and our personal favourite is .

11/12/2025

Check your labels and buy 100% Australian Honey!

Australian beekeepers are concerned Australia's current border testing of imported products is not detecting some forms of adulteration.

Chair of the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council, Jon Lockwood, said the industry was on a mission to modernise Australia's testing standards and work with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF).

Australian beekeepers are funding their own investigation into the authenticity of imported honey, with tests showing other products are being added.

09/12/2025

We recently welcomed Siena from .medicinals to come see where the honey she uses in her amazing products comes from. Siena is a Naturopath and makes honey and herb based remedies and balms for sleep, first aid and healing. The Sol Medicinals uses some of our 850+MGO Manuka honey and also some of our Seasonal honey.

07/12/2025

We had the pleasure of welcoming Louis a honey wine Vintner from to our shed recently. He did some honey tasting with our Master Beekeeper and Honey Sommelier Michael. Here is a snippet of the tasting they did.

makes a range of beautiful wines from honey and other botanicals, perfect for the festive season!

05/12/2025

Baby drone bee emerging from the cell. Thanks Macro Bees for this amazing photography