New Hampshire’s Maple Syrup
Sweet and delicious, maple syrup isn’t just for breakfast anymore. Although it’s still a calorie-packed sweetener, it’s one that’s loaded with dozens of antioxidants. Just make sure it’s pure maple syrup and not an imitation made of processed sugars or diluted with high fructose corn syrup. Pure maple syrup may cost more, but that’s because it takes 40 gallons of maple tree sap to produce 1 gallon of syrup. Pure maple syrup – like the 90,000 gallons annually produced in New Hampshire – gives you a boost of calcium, potassium, iron and zinc, along with 165% of your daily manganese. Pour it into coffee as a white sugar substitute, swirled into your oatmeal or as a whole-wheat toast topping.
To use maple syrup at dinnertime, make this savory meat glaze :
2 tbsp pure maple syrup
1 cup chicken stock
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp Dijon mustard
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp rosemary
Bring chicken stock to a boil over medium heat. Add olive oil, rosemary and mustard. Reduce liquid over low heat. Add pure maple syrup, salt and pepper. Drizzle over cooked meat.
Sources:
http://authoritynutrition.com/maple-syrup/
http://www.nhmapleproducers.com/how-to-make-maple-syrup/
http://www.nhmapleproducers.com/how-to-make-maple-syrup/history-of-maple-sugaring/
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