Essential Recipes

More great doTERRA essential oil recipes!

Essential Cleaning

Essential oils are wonderful for making all natural, safe and very effective household cleaning solutions. Here are some ideas:

Emergency Preparedness Essential Oils

These oils are the most important ones to have in your camping gear, emergency/first aid kit and some people store them with disaster relief/emergency preparedness gear. Since we live in a place that can have earthquakes, and camping and hiking can become life threatening very quickly, these five oils are invaluable.

  

1. Lavender- This universal oil is great for almost everything. You can use this on bug bites, bruises, sleep deprivation, allergies, inflammation, sunburns, lice, ringworm, and many more. This oil is my absolute favorite and I use it daily for so many different reasons.
2. Lemon- This oil is known for its cleansing ability. Adding a few drops of this to your water can purify it, although still use another purification process since this won’t get rid of any sediment. It is also great for intestinal parasites you might get, it reduces fever, helps your digestive system and liver work, it is a disinfectant and an antiseptic.
3. Peppermint- This essential oil is great for headaches or any muscle aches or pains, it is also a catalyst when mixed with other oils. Peppermint is anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, can be used for shock, colds, nausea, colic, and heartburn.
4. Helichrysum- This oil is great for bruising, sprains, and swelling. Any injury, that does not have broken skin, can be treated with helichrysum oil. This essential oil can be used to treat shock, heal bruises, help with broken bones, help with allergies, and is beneficial against infections and viruses.
5. Purify- This is a blend of many different essential oils such as lemon, lime, pine, citronella, melaleuca and cilantro. This blend was meant for purification. You can use it to kill airborne bacteria, viruses, mold, or fungus. It works great on neutralizing poison from insect bites, bee or wasp stings, or spider bites. It can treat respiratory conditions, help with skin healing, and repel bugs and mice.

The Power of Diffusing

Many teachers I know diffuse essential oils in their classrooms. Many homes I know do as well, but I think it's even more important in a classroom setting. So many different germs and sicknesses floating around, not to mention odor issues. Popular and affective oils to use are Wild Orange, Lemon, grapefruit and On Guard. These will all purify the air of contaminants and germs, while leaving behind a fresh, clean and uplifting scent. These oils can also be used as a disinfectant spray. On Guard, especially, can be added to water in a spray bottle and sprayed over hard surfaces. Purify is another doTERRA blend that is used to clean the air.

Lavender is also used in diffusers to help calm nerves and promote focus. I use lavender often for this purpose, especially at night when my creatures need to settle down and sleep soundly. Works like a charm.

I also use the blend Breathe or eucalyptus, rosemary and lavender when my littles' have a cold or allergy/sinus issues. Works wonderfully to help clear their nasal passages and chests.

There are LOTS of diffusers out there, here are a couple popular ones:

Lotus Diffuser

Aroma-Ace Diffuser






*Another low-cost option is taping a cotton ball, that has a drop or two of EOs, to a fan. Turn it on and it will diffuse. One thing you do not want to do is use heat when diffusing. It affects the properties of the oils and makes them less affective.

Essential Oil Recipes

dōTERRA EOs are not only medicinal and therapeutic, but you can cook with them...which, I LOVE.

 Here are a few recipes:




~Spinach and Feta Pasta Sauce~

1/4 cup pine nuts
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 cloves crushed garlic
10 ounce package of thawed frozen spinach (or fresh spinach chopped and wilted)
8 ounces of crumbled feta cheese
1/2 bundle chopped scallions
4-6 diced Roma tomatoes
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1 drop oregano
1 drop black pepper
1 drop rosemary

Directions: Brown pine nuts in a hot pan, then add 1-2 TBS EVOO and saute with the crushed garlic. Next, add the spinach and feta cheese. When the cheese is mostly melted add the scallions. Once the cheese is incorporated into the spinach, add in the tomatoes and mushrooms and stir. Take care not to overcook the tender vegetables. Remove from heat and cool slightly before adding the essential oils and herbs. Stir to mix well.

Serve over pasta. Can also be used as a hot or cold dip!

*Tip~
The rosemary essential oil is key in this recipe as it balances out the spinach flavor. Add more or less, to taste.

By: Rachel E Hall, IPC




~Broiled Lemon Asparagus~

1 large bunch asparagus
Unrefined coconut oil
Lemon essential oil

Directions: Wash asparagus and trim ends. Place on a large cookie sheet and sprinkle with sea salt. In a separate container melt 2 TBS coconut oil and add 3-5 drops of lemon oil and stir; then drizzle over the asparagus. Broil on high for 5-7 minutes, watching carefully to ensure they don't burn. Serve immediately.

By: Angela Zavala, IPC




~April's Raw Vegan Veggie Dip~

1 to 5 cloves
16oz package of garbanzo beans, soaked for one day and then rinsed. OR, 15oz can of garbanzo beans rinsed.
Juice from 2 lemons
5 handfuls of spinach
Red and orange bell peppers
1 can of black and a variety mix of green and kalamata olives
2 stems of fresh basil
Small bundle of Italian parsley
2 sprigs of rosemary
4 Roma tomatoes
1 tsp Real salt [Sea Salt]
2 TBS Bragg's Vinegar
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 yellow squash
1 zucchini
1 small egg plant
Handful of almonds or pine nuts
Small red onion

Directions: Pulse everything in a food processor [or blender], then add in:
1 drop oregano
2 drops rosemary
3 drops clary sage
4 drops fennel
7 drops basil

Serve with celery and pita or Terra Chips. Add feta cheese, if desired.

*Tip: The essential oils used in this recipe produce a strong flavor. Start with 1 drop first, and add more until desired flavor is achieved.

By: April Reeder, IPC




~Lavender Pecan Cheesecake~
With Blueberry Lavender Sauce

Crust:
 1 cup crushed pecans
1/2 cup crushed graham crackers
2 TBS sugar
1 TBS butter, melted

Filling Ingredients:
32oz full-fat cream cheese, softened (four 8oz packages)
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 whole eggs
1 cup sour cream
1/2 TBS vanilla extract
3 drops lavender essential oil

Sauce Ingredients:
1 pound blueberries, fresh or frozen
1 cup sugar
1 TBS cornstarch
2 tsps lemon juice
1 drop lavender essential oil
A pinch of salt

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease the sides and bottom of a 9" springform pan.

In a medium bowl, mix pecans, graham crackers, sugar, and butter. Press the mixture evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan and set aside.

In a large bowl, use a hand mixer to beat the cream cheese until it is nice and smooth (no lumps!). Slowly add the sugar as you continue to beat the cream cheese; scrape the sides of the bowl and continue to beat until combined.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating on low just long enough to incorporate. Don't over mix. Add the sour cream, vanilla, and lavender essential oil and mix just until you have a smooth consistency.

Pour filling over prepared crust and stick your pan into your preheated oven. Turn the oven down to 250F and bake for 1 1/2 hours. The center should still wobble a little. Once done baking, turn the oven off and let sit for at least an hour. After about an hour our so, open the oven door and let it sit for a few more hours. Once cooled to room temperature, refrigerate for several hours.

Sauce:
In a small sauce pan, bring blueberries, sugar, and cornstarch to a boil.

Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice, lavender oil and salt.

Allow to cool and refrigerate until ready to top your cheesecake. You will not be disappointed!

By: Shannon Carver, doTERRA Consumer



~doTERRA Living~

Officially Winter in the Arctic

It's officially Winter where I live. Not because of massive amounts of snow or cold, but because today is daylight savings "fall back". That is when it's official. When the sun doesn't rise until 9am and then 10am and then 10:30am and sets at 6pm, and then 5pm and then 4pm....you get the point. Personally, I see it as a time of hibernation and an opportunity to get much needed rest, unless you have a newborn....which I do not:)
 
We are homeschoolers, so I have the luxury of letting my children and myself sleep in past the darkness, not rushing around the house- breakfast, book bags, coats, snow boots, mittens and balaclavas flying while we try and catch the big yellow bus! We don't mind the dark or the cold, most days. But, what I do mind is the sickness that inevitably comes with it. That I could do without.

We have pertussis going around the local schools and even though my creatures are not attending public school, they are still at risk.

There are specific essential oils that are proven to be highly effective at killing bacteria and pathogens, as well as disinfect and purify.

Here are some ideas and applications to help ward off the bugs this season:

* Don't kill off the body's friendly bacteria, which is the first line of defense, with conventional hand sanitizers. They do kill bad bacteria, but also the good ones, as well. By using essential oils your utilizing the body's knowledge of which bacteria to get rid of.

~doTERRA's oil blend OnGuard in distilled water, put into a mini-spritzer bottle is a natural alternative as a hand sanitizer.

~Also, just a drop of OnGuard onto the hands, after they have been washed, is effective. After rubbing into hands, inhaling the oil is beneficial to cleanse the nasal passages and lungs.

~Applying OnGuard to the soles of the feet, on reflex points and breathing it in by diffusing it into the air is also very important in cleansing the air from bacteria and pathogens. Since so many diseases are airborne, inhaling antibacterial oils is essential. OnGuard is proven in lab tests to kill bacteria. Lemon essential oil is also purifying. Either of these oils can clean the air in a room in about 20 minutes. Investing in a quality EOs diffuser is an ideal way to purify the air you and your family breathe.


*If you've already contracted a bad cold with cough, etc., you can try the following regimen to help shorten the illness and keep from sharing it with others:

~Rub OnGuard on the soles of feet every 20 minutes for the first hour, then every half hour for the next hour and every hour and every two hours, etc., throughout the day. Use the Breathe oil blend to help soothe a cough as well as inhaling melaleuca. Other single oil options that help with coughs, congestion, etc. are eucalyptus and rosemary. Diluting these oils with a carrier oil and rubbing on the chest, neck and back, as well as inhaling them, are wonderfully effective. These symptoms will not start to improve until the bacteria are under control, however.

~Blessings