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Honey, Fig, and Brie Phyllo Cups and Helping Honey Bees

Published: Sep 26, 2016 · Modified: Nov 19, 2017 by Kit · This post may contain affiliate links · 12 Comments

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Disclosure: Post sponsored by Crop Science, a division of Bayer, but all opinions are my own.

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Who loves honey? I know I do. It's a natural sweetener, a superfood, and an ingredient in some of my favorite recipes. Last week Bayer's Feed A Bee program gave me the opportunity to learn more about honey and honeybees by taking a field trip out to Cantigny Golf.

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Cantigny Golf is a golf course in Wheaton, Illinois, an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, and a participant in the Bayer Bee Care program. Cantigny Golf helps pollinators, like bees, bats, and butterflies by planting pollinator friendly plants in the areas surrounding the golf greens. As a result, the course has the most stunning grounds I have ever seen.

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Cantigny Golf also keeps several hives of bees. The hives are kept off the beaten path away from the golfers, but we got to pay them a visit. The bees were very docile and we were told that no one at the golf course has ever been stung.

Throughout the day I learned lots of facts about bees. Did you know that they can visit up for 5,000 flowers in one day?! Or that almonds and many nuts are dependent on pollinators since every blossom needs to be pollinated? Even though honeybee numbers are at a twenty year high, they are still facing a food shortage, which is the motivation behind the Bayer Bee Care Feed a Bee program.

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Scott White, Cantigny's Golf Course Superintendent, explained that the costs of planting pollinator friendly plants and beekeeping are offset both by grants and by selling products made from their bees' wax and honey.

In 2015, Bayer launched their Feed a Bee program with the goal of planting 50 million flowers. Now they have helped to plant over 150 million wildflowers to help provide more areas for the bees to forage. Helping the bees thrive is important since about a third of the food eaten by humans is dependent on bees and pollinators.

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Before we left Cantigny Golf, we were given some of their raw honey, which inspired me to make Honey, Fig, and Brie Phyllo Cups. This sweet and savory appetizer is quick and easy to prepare, and it has fall flavors that would make it a fine addition to your Thanksgiving menu.

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This recipe for Honey, Fig, and Brie Phyllo Cups requires just four ingredients, a couple minutes of time to assemble, and another 15 minutes to bake.

Honey, Fig, and Brie Phyllo Cups and Helping Honey Bees

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Ingredients

  • Phyllo Cups find these in the freezer section of your grocery store
  • Fig Jam
  • Brie
  • Honey

Instructions

  • Heat your oven to 350 degrees. Arrange the phyllo cups on a baking sheet.
  • Place about ¼ teaspoon of fig jam in the bottom of each phyllo cup. Dice the brie into small cubes, and place one in each of the phyllo cups. Drizzle honey over the brie.
  • Place in the oven to bake for 15 minutes, or until the cheese has lightly browned.
  • Serve right away.

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Thank you to Bayer's Feed a Bee program and Cantigny Golf for showing me such a wonderful time and for teaching me more about honey bees! You can help pollinators by sending a tweet including #FeedABee along with the bee emoji 🐝 and Bayer will plant wildflowers on your behalf!

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Comments

  1. Blogging For Keeps says

    September 26, 2016 at 2:33 pm

    YUM! These look so good! I've been to Cantigny too, it's beautiful! I didn't know about the bee's though, this is such a great story and mission!
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  2. Maya McDonald says

    September 26, 2016 at 3:13 pm

    I've had these when you made them before and they were SO GOOD! Also, love the little bees! Happy to hear they're doing their part to save them :)
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  3. Shaheen Khan | Lows to Luxe says

    September 26, 2016 at 4:52 pm

    What a cool story and those look delicious!
    Reply
  4. Kelly in the City says

    September 27, 2016 at 4:08 pm

    SUCH a cool story, Kit! These look amazing!! Kelly | Kelly in the City
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  5. Jenn Lake says

    September 27, 2016 at 4:31 pm

    This is truly a fantastic story!!! Also, those look positively delicious!!!
    Reply
  6. Emily says

    September 28, 2016 at 8:47 pm

    Oh my gosh these look unreal! Isn’t That Charming.
    Reply
  7. Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says

    October 02, 2016 at 6:31 pm

    Oh Kit - these look amazing!! I love brie with the sweet element. Thanks for sharing on the What's for Dinner Link up!
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  8. Michelle @ O Blog Off says

    October 02, 2016 at 11:50 pm

    These would not last but a minute here! Wow! I want a plate of these right now! Thanks! Michelle
    Reply
  9. Audrey at Munofore says

    October 05, 2016 at 2:13 am

    I am with everyone else, these wouldn't last long around me. Thanks for sharing with us on Creative K Kids #TastyTuesdays
    Reply
  10. Sandra Garth says

    October 05, 2016 at 7:12 pm

    This is super easy and I know I will eat way too many of them!
    Reply
  11. Maria says

    October 06, 2016 at 5:57 pm

    Love the recipe and its made even better by your interesting story! Thank you so much for sharing this with us on #shinebloghop, Kit! Always lovely to have you join us :)
    Reply
  12. DearCreatives.com says

    October 12, 2016 at 10:12 pm

    Yummy looking appetizers! Thanks for sharing at the #InspirationSpotlight Party Pinned & shared.
    Reply

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