Pure essential oils have a wide range of therapeutic uses and benefits. With a little practice you’ll be able to incorporate essential oils into every aspect of your everyday healthy lifestyle.
Including, all of your cooking and backing needs. By doing so, you’ll not only benefit from the healing properties of the oils to support your health and well-being, but also enjoy the flavorful difference cooking with essential oils can impart to all of your cuisine.
Recipes for Culinary Wellness Oils & Blends
Use these culinary wellness oils and blends for ALL of your cooking and baking needs.
Essential Oils with GRAS Status for Your Culinary Cabinet
All of these essential oils have GRAS status. That means they have been approved by the FDA to use as food flavoring agents.
Click on each essential oil to find out more about its benefits and uses.
Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum ‘linalool')
Lemon (Citrus limonum)
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum)
Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata)
Coriander (Coriandrum sativum)
Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus)
Black pepper (Piper nigrum)
Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum ‘linalool')
Sweet marjoram (Origanum majorana)
Rosemary verbenon (Rosmarinus officinalis)
Oregano (Origanum vulgare)
Peppermint (Mentha x piperita)
Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
As essential oils are very concentrated it’s very useful to make particular blends to import the flavor you want for a dish, rather than selecting and dispensing from individual single oils.
In this series of blogs I’ll be sharing with you a few culinary wellness blends to get you started, along with delicious and delectable recipes for you to try.
You’ll discover nutritious and easy to make new recipes using essential oils for all your needs, from breakfast, lunch and dinner to appetizers, salad dressings, drinks and beverages and desserts.
Let’s get started with this Thai Pepper Lemongrass Blend.
Thai Pepper Lemongrass Blend
To a 5ml (100 drops) colored glass euro-dropper bottle add:
Sweet Basil - 15 drops
Lemongrass - 15 drops
Lemon - 15 drops
Ginger - 15 drops
Peppermint - 15 drops
Black pepper - 15+ drops (more makes hotter, spicier)
Coriander - 5 drops
Close cap tightly and shake bottle vigorously to thoroughly blend essential oils. Allow your blend to synergize for eight hours or longer before using. Add 1-3 drops to taste at the end of the cooking process (if possible). May replace all or a portion of the herbs and spices you usually use in your dish.
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READ my next article in this series, Aromatherapy Foods: What’s for Lunch? Tai Pepper Soup Recipe.
READ my first article in this series, Aromatherapy Foods: Lemon Bar Recipe.
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