Diffusing Lots of Lemon Essential Oil

 Lemon is a great scent for Summer!  Love Lemon Essential Oil!  Here are some great diffuser blends using LEMON! 

Clay Diffuser Pendants!

Can't Wait to put these together with some leather and beads.. I love how they turned out!  Kiln Fired Pottery Pendants that I created this fall. 

 I have been wearing one that I added Patchouli to, just love it.  

Super Fast & Easy Salmon Salad~ enhanced with Dill Essential Oil

Salmon Salad

8 ounce package of cream cheese

2 Tablespoons Mayo

Sea salt

pepper

garlic powder

dill weed

a few drops of dill essential oil

1 onion chopped

3 stalks of celery chopped

2 cans of Canned Salmon~ We like the Pink Salmon from Costco~ Drained

Place cream cheese in a glass mixing bowl and warm in the microwave for 30 seconds.  Stir until smooth and add the mayo and the seasonings to taste.  I added 3 to 4 drops of dill essential oil.  I love adding this oil to savory dishes it really gives a great fresh dill taste.    Next, add the rest of the ingredients.  Serve in tortillas or as a Topping over Greens.  Super fast Summer Supper.

Ricotta Pizza Cheese

Making Homemade Pizza is nearly a weekly thing at our house.  It is fast, easy and a great way to use up fresh produce and herbs from the garden.. We returned from vacation and had no cheese, but I did have a container of Ricotta cheese.  Adding the spices and herbs to the Ricotta cheese really made a great topping!  

Ricotta Pizza Cheese: 

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet over medium heat. Combine 8 ounces of whole milk ricotta cheese, 1 tablespoon butter, garlic powder, oregano, salt, and pepper in a microwave-safe bowl. Warm in the microwave for 30 seconds before adding as a topping to the pizza.  Adding a tiny drop of essential oils such as basil, oregano, or rosemary is great too.  

Summer Recipes using Essential Oils.

My Favorite Recipe for Natural Deodorant

 Instructions
1. measure and weigh all ingredients
2. Melt the coconut oil, shea butter, and beeswax on low heat in a crock pot, until everything is melted (the beeswax will be the last thing to melt)
3. Turn off the crock pot and remove the crock.  allow to cool for a few minutes and add the almond oil and the vitamin E oil and the essential oils.  
4. Mix together the  arrowroot, diatomaceous Earth and kaolin clay.
 and add this to the oil mix.  whisk vigorously to fully combine...and then pour into your containers. Let this set up..

I  created batches of Lavender, Patchouli, and Purification blend... It is fun to create a variety of scents.  

I used Young Living Essential Oils 

Great ways to Use Essential Oils~

A Few Favorite Recipes using Essential Oils

Making Natural Deoderant

We have made the switch to a natural deodorant for over a year and have been loving this brand. There are several scents ~ my favorite one is jacked-up jasmine.   I read the ingredients on the back and wondered if I could make my own version.  The ingredients listed on the back of the Jacked -up Jasmine are Shea butter, arrowroot powder, non-aluminum baking soda, coconut oil, sunflower oil, ylang ylang EO, jasmine EO, Gardenia EO, Bergamot EO, and vitamin E.  I did a little research and found quite a few versions of homemade deodorants on several websites that might be a close match. This is very inexpensive to make. Here is a recipe that contains Baking soda~ which can be a bit irritating to the skin. 1/4 c. Baking Soda 1/8 c. Arrowroot powder 1/8 c. Redmond or bentonite clay ~ light color is best  4 Tb. Organic un-refined coconut oil 20 Drops essential oils ~ I love using the Sensation Blend, or Thieves  or Joy with Orange from Young Living Add all ingredients (except essential oil), mix on low heat until melted. Remove from heat and  let cool for about 3-5 mins.  Add essential oil, stir well, then  pour into a shallow container.   I have saved all the glass containers from the primal Pit Paste so I am using these.   Here is a recipe with no baking soda and several healing and soothing oils added to it.  30g Coconut Oil ­ raw, virgin coconut oil ­ 20g Shea Butter ­ raw, unrefined, organic shea butter ­ 20g Beeswax ­ pure, no additives beeswax ­or beeswax pastilles 22.5g Tamanu Oil ­ cold­pressed, unrefined, organic tamanu oil 22.5g Neem Oil ­  3g Almond Oil ­ organic, unrefined almond oil ­ or other liquid carrier oil like these 10­ drops Vitamin E ­ Non­GMO vitamin E (this is my favorite vitamin E & this is another good option) Essential Oils ­ 60 total drops: 30 drops frankincense, 20 drops bergamot, 10 drops patchouli (my favorite essential oils60 total drops) 25g Arrowroot Powder 15g Diatomaceous Earth ­ food­grade, 100% diatomaceous Earth 7.5g Kaolin Clay ­ white clay is another name untreated clay  Instructions 1. measure and weight all ingredients (EXCEPT the 3 powder ingredients, EOs, & vitamin E) into the upper part of your double­boiler. 2. Melt on low heat over bottom part of double­boiler until everything is melted (the beeswax will be the last thing to melt) 3. Turn off heat and allow to cool for a few minutes 4. Add arrowroot, diatomaceous Earth, kaolin clay, Vit E, and EOs; whisk vigorously to fully combine...and then pour into your containers. Let this set up.. 4oz+ jar  Double-boiler (I make my own with a glass bowl over a pot) Kitchen scale 30g Coconut oil  20g Shea butter  10g Carrier Oil ~almond oil 10g Beeswax  15g Arrowroot powder  15g Diatomaceous Earth – Food Grade!  5 drops of Vitamin E  20-25 drops of essential oils Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest Measure oils, shea butter, and beeswax into the upper part of your double-boiler (for me, this is a glass bowl) Melt on low heat over bottom part of double-boiler (for me, a pot with shallow water) until everything is melted (the beeswax will be the last thing to melt…just keep stirring) Turn off heat and allow to cool for a few minutes Add arrowroot, DE, Vit E, and EO; whisk vigorously to fully combine Pour into container and place somewhere safe so it can set up (which actually doesn’t take very long)

My Secret Pumpkin Spice Shake~ Dairy Free and Enhanced with Essential Oils

It's Almost October and once again I am in the mood for everything Pumpkin!

I decided to add a little Pumpkin Spice to my Morning Shake.  This is my morning Shake Recipe- no Dairy and no sugar added.  My Secret Ingredients~   I add Immune Healthy essential oils or in this case a liquid mineral supplement and some Collagen to it!

I have been trying to include Mineral Essence ( a Liquid Mineral Supplement from Young Living) to my diet.  I tried it in water and I did not enjoy the after taste.  It makes me feel great but it was difficult for me to drink it in plain water.   Along with over 60 different minerals,  this supplement has Lemon and Cinnamon Bark essential oils which give it a nice smell.  I thought I would give it a try it in this shake.  Yeah!! It was so much better- the Cinnamon Bark essential oil goes Perfect with the pumpkin!!

If you do not have Mineral Essence a Few Drops of Thieves Essential oil blend is great in this shake.

 Dr Linus Pauling, said "You could trace every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency."

Pumpkin Spice Smoothy ~ enhanced with essential Oils or Mineral Essence

Blend all ingredients in a Blender~ I love using my Vitamix for Smoothies.
 I added the Mineral Essence or Thieves EO by stirring it into my Serving.

1 Cup Coconut Milk

1/4 Cup Pumpkin Puree

2 Frozen Bananas

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

 1 tsp. Pumpkin Pie Spice  or a blend of your favorite fall spices.
I used 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp cloves. 1/4 tsp fresh grated nutmeg

1 Scoop of Collagen Peptides by Vital Proteins

1 cup of ice.

Makes about 3 cups

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Thieves Room Spray

I have been loving the Thieves Essential oil blend from Young Living!!  Had to make a Room Spray with it so I can spritz it all over the house!  Great scent for fall since it has spicy aroma ~ it has Cloves and Cinnamon essential oils in it.  It is also great for your immune and respiratory system!!

Candles make me sick and I can’t stand the fake smell.   I love the smell of essential oils and they are so much better for your health!   Here is a Healthy, Easy, and inexpensive way to scent your home!  

Three simple ingredients – water, alcohol, and essential oils are needed to make your own essential oil room sprays.  

You can spritz it anywhere  – bathroom, kitchen, laundry room, closets, or your car.   You can make the scent as strong or light as you want by altering the amount of essential oil. I used Thieves essential oil blend in mine this morning.  Some of my Favorites essential oils to use are Grapefruit, Peppermint, lavender, lemon, bergamot, cinnamon, and rosemary. Just use any essential oil you combination you like.  It’s fun to come up with your own special blends.  

An even easier way to quickly make a room spray is to add an essential oil blend.  Young Living has some great ones already perfectly blended to create a wonderful aroma with some heath benefit too.  

Thieves Room Spray

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoon Vodka
• 10-12 tablespoons filtered water
• 20 drops of Thieves essential oil blend

Instructions:

Place the Vodka into a small spray bottle. Add the desired drops of essential oils. Shake well and add the water. Shake again and spritz whenever you want to freshen up your home.

(I used a 4 ounce spritzer bottle that I purchased at whole foods) 

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Loving Thieves Oil

So Excited that my Young Living Kit Arrived Today!! Perfect Timing!  School Just Started and Germs are already spreading.  I had not been sick for over 1 year.  (Until this week) I have been Fighting a Cold since Tuesday.  As soon as the mail man dropped off my Young Living Starter kit this morning, I opened it up and cracked open the Bottle of Thieves.

I placed 1 drop of the Thieves Oil in an 8 ounce glass of water with a pinch of salt.  Gargled this until it was gone.

Thieves Smells wonderful!   I can't wait to use this in my new diffuser.  The Blend has Clove, Cinnamon Bark, Rosemary, Lemon, and Eucalyptus Radiata essential oils in it.    It is a Powerful Essential Oil Blend that may help support healthy immune function and contribute to overall wellness when taken as a dietary supplement.

Here is a link to other great ways to use Thieves..
8 Great Ways to Use Thieves Oil

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