Going the extra steps with Essential Oils

Let's face it, essential oil parties are a whole bunch of fun!
Take them to another level by preparing foods for your guests infused with flavorful essential oils.
Chocolate Truffles
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Shopping List
  • Organic Sugar
  • Organic Cocoa Powder (NOW)
  • ​ Organic Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (12 oz. of Sunspire)
  • Organic Bittersweet Chocolate Chips (Sunspire)
  • Heavy Whipping Cream (Organic Valley)
  • Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter (Organic Valley)
  • Young Living Essential Oils (5-15 drops). Your choice of Lavender, Orange, or Peppermint (adjust the amount of essential oil to your taste preferences). * Peppermint is very strong… consider starting with just one drop of peppermint oil and adjust accordingly.

Prep Time - about 1 hour, plus the time needed to "cool" the truffles.
Young Living Essential Oil Food Recipes
 
NOTE:  You can NOT cook with any essential oil!  Most essential oils are not therapeutic grade, thus are not for internal use.  They are cosmetic/fragrant oils.  Please do not cook with your essential oil unless it is Young Living or food grade safe! 
 
**We do not advocate the use of any other brand of essential oils in food preparation as they are generally aromatherapy grade and are typically labeled with precautions against using them in any other fashion.
Lavender Blueberry Banana Bread   (LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: moderate)
INGREDIENTS
  • 1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature (Dairy Free use Earth Balance buttery spread)
  •  2/3 cup Sucanat (sugar- preferably organic, raw sugar not white)
  •  2 large eggs
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted (preferably organic, unbleached) … I grind my wheat so I use 1 cup Organic Soft White Wheat and grind it into Flour
  • 1 (or 2) drop YL Lavender EO
  •  1 teaspoon baking soda
  •  1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  •  1 cup whole wheat flour, unbleached ( or 1 cup organic hard white wheat and grind)
  •  3 large ripe bananas, mashed
  •  1 1/4 cups organic blueberries
  •  1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped (optional)
  •  1 teaspoon vanilla extract (Madagascar Vanilla Extract is the best)

 
STEPS
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan, or coat with non-stick spray.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the butter and sugar. Beat with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift the all-purpose flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl.
  3. Stir in the whole wheat flour and beat into the butter mixture.
  4. Fold in the bananas, blueberries, walnuts, lavender, and vanilla.
  5. Pour into the prepared pan.
  6. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
  7. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
  8. Remove from the pan and cool on a wire rack.
Pumpkin Soup  (LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: moderate)
INGREDIENTS
  • 2 TBS. butter
  • 1 onion, chopped into tiny pieces, yielding about 1/2 cup
  • 3 cups organic vegetable broth
  • 1 can (15 oz.) organic pumpkin 
  • 1 TBS. all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups RAW milk (dairy free: almond milk) or 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 TBS honey (local is always best) or organic brown sugar
  • 1 drop Young Living Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil
  • 1 drop Young Living Nutmeg Essential Oil
  • salt and pepper  if desired – pinch of each

 STEPS
  1. Cook chopped onions until soft and tender. Melt butter in a skillet or saucepan. Stir in onions, then gradually stir in flour until smooth.Gradually stir in broth, pumpkin,honey (or brown sugar),salt and pepper, bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Add milk/cream; cook for 2 minutes or until heated through. Drop in the Young Living cinnamon bark essential oil and nutmeg essential oil( see below). Stir, let it simmer for one minute, remove from heat and serve warm. Yield: 6 servings.
  2. If you have never cooked with essential oils, you might want to start with less. Instead of an entire drop, which might be too strong for your taste, you can start with just dipping a toothpick in your oil and stir in your food.
  3. Do you cook with YL essential oils? What is your favorite recipe? Do you make pumpkin soup? How do you make it? Which ingredients do you use that i didn’t mention? Share with us in the comments below.
​Fresh Mango Salsa
  • 2 Mangos
  • 2 Avocados
  • 1 small White Onion
  • 4 Green Onions (if desired)
  • 2 jalapeños (if desired)
  • 1 tsp. garlic
  • Handful of fresh Cilantro (about ½ cup)
  • 4 Roma tomatoes (diced)
  • Juice from 1 lemon or lime (squeezed)
  • Salt and pepper (to flavor) 
  • 2 drops of YL Lime (or Lemon) Essential Oil. 
*Mix all ingredients in a salad bowl & serve.

Chocolate treats

Peppermint Chocolates 
​(LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: very simple)
  • 1/4 cup of Coconut Oil
  • A bag of Chocolate Chips
  • 2 drops of YL Peppermint EO
*Melt chocolate on low heat, add coconut oil, add Peppermint EO & mix. Pour 1 Tbsp into a candy mold tray and place in fried or freezer. Serve & enjoy!
Peppermint Patties 
​(LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: simple)
  • 1 cup Coconut oil (melted)
  • ½ cup Cocoa
  • ¼ cup Honey or liquid sweetener of choice
  • 5-6 drops YL Peppermint EO
*Pour into mini-muffin pan or candy mold (ice trays work well too), about 1 Tbsp each, and place in fridge or freezer until hardened. Serve & enjoy!
Fudgy “Thin” Mint Brownies
(LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: simple)
Simply add 8-10 drops of YL Peppermint Essential Oil to your favorite brownie recipe or box mix!

These are sooo delicious!
Peppermint Truffle 
(LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: Get a little dirty to be delicious!)
INGREDIENTS
  • 1 pack (12 oz.) Organic Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (Sunspire)
  • 1/2 cup Organic Bittersweet Chocolate Chips (Sunspire)
  • 1 cup Organic Valley brand Heavy Whipping Cream
  • 5 TBSP Organic Valley brand Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter softened
  • 5-15 drops of your choice of Young Living Essential Oil – choose Lavender, Orange, or Peppermint (the amount of essential oil adjusted to your taste preferences)
  • *** Peppermint is very strong… consider using a drop of peppermint oil and adjust accordingly.
  • 1/4 cup Organic Sugar
  • 1/4 cup Organic Cocoa Powder (NOW)
STEPS
  1. Combine both bags of chocolate chips in a medium sized mixing bowl and set aside.
  2. Heat the whipping cream to a strong simmer.  Pour over the chocolate chips. Let stand for a few minutes so chips will soften and melt.  Stir until smooth.
  3. In a small bowl, whip butter, sugar, and your desired choice of Young Living Essential Oil. *Start by using 5 drops of essential oil.  You can always add more if you want a stronger flavor. *the oil you choose will determine the amount of drops needed.
  4. Now pour your small bowl of butter, sugar and essential oil into the chocolate chip mixture. Use either an electric hand mixer or whisk manually, until smooth and creamy. Taste to see if you want to add more essential oil.
  5. Put bowl in fridge for at least an hour. Remove once its firm.
  6. Once firm, scoop out the chocolate by using a melon ball scooper. Roll into 1 inch balls using your hands. Place chocolate balls on a wax paper lined cookie sheet.
  7. Roll each chocolate ball into cocoa powder or simply shake it on with a sifter.
  8. Can also drizzle with more melted chocolate and coat with toasted coconut, finely ground nuts, orange zest, etc.
   Enjoy your YUMMY Chocolate “infused with essential oil goodness” truffles!

Desserts

(LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: moderate to simple)
Lemon Cream Cheese Cookies
INGREDIENTS
  • 2 ozs cream cheese
  • 6 Tablespoons of unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/4 Cup plus 1 Tablespoon Powdered Sugar
  • 3/4 Cup White Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1/2 Teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 3/4 Cup Flour
  • 15 drops of YL Lemon Essential Oil, to taste 
STEPS
  1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. 
  2. Cream the butter, cream cheese and sugars together until smooth. Add the essential oil drops, vanilla and eggs and mix again. 
  3. In a separate bowl mix together all of the dry ingredients so they can become well incorporated into the dough. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well. 
  4. Scoop cookies onto a baking sheet and bake for 9-10 minutes, remove from the oven and dust with powdered sugar.
  5. The amount of oil that you use will determine how lemony the cookies are, but remember that the dough will be stronger than the baked cookies.
Apple Cinnamon Crisp Deliciousness
INGREDIENTS
  • Apples – 4 red gala or orchard,  and 4 granny smith green apples
  • ½ Cup Butter
  • 1/2 cup Brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup organic white sugar
  • 3 Tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 drop Ginger
  • 1 drop Cardamon
  • 3 drops Cinnamon Bark
  • 1 drops Black Pepper
  • 2 drops Nutmeg
STEPS
  1. Peal & cut apples, place in mixing bowl.
  2. Butter the pie dish; then soften/melt 1/2 stick of butter in a little bowl.
  3. Add EO's to melted butter & pour over the top of sliced apples. (Or use melted coconut oil to make this recipe dairy free.)
  4. Add 3 Tbsp ground cinnamon, 1/4 cup organic white sugar, 1/2 cup Brown sugar.
  5. Mix all ingredients together in a mixing bowl. Then pour all contents into your glass baking dish.
  6. Cover with foil, bake at 425 for 45-50 min. Remove foil for last 15 minutes.
  7. Let cool, and serve with Vanilla ice cream.
Chocolate EO Fondue Goodies
1 bag of your favorite chocolate chips
Various things to dip:
Strawberries, bananas, pretzel sticks.
Heat chocolate on low heat, stirring frequently, for about 1-2 min until melted.
Careful not to overcook.
6-8 drops of Peppermint or Orange EO.
Mix thoroughly.
Dip fruits or pretzels and place onto cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil or wax paper.
Let dry & cool in the fridge for 1 hour.
For best texture, remove from fridge 30 min prior to serving.
Lemon Cream Crisps
1 bag Marshmallows
3 tablespoons of salted butter
6 cups organic rice cereal
8-10 drops Lemon EO
Place marshmallows & butter in a large bowl, heat on low heat until melted, stirring frequently. Careful not to overcook.
Spray waxpaper lined cookie sheet with coconut oil. Spray hands with coconut oil, and roll your mixture into 1 inch balls.  Place balls onto waxpaper & let cool.
Enjoy!

Drinks

(LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: very simple to simple)
Lemon Tea (hot or cold) – boil water, add tea bags (for 1 Gallon: 4-5 tea bags of lemon tea, green tea, or your favorite tea), steep for 10 minutes, then remove tea bags. For 1 Gallon: add 3-4 drops Lemon essential oil.  
Peppermint Water 
1 Gallon of Purified drinking water.
Add 1-2 drops of peppermint.
​Refrigerate & serve cold. ​​
Metabolic Stimulating Water 
(aka the Weight Loss Trio)
1 Gallon of Purified drinking water.
Add essential oils - Lemon, Grapefruit, & Lime. (Only 8-12 drops total of EO’s for 1 Gallon of water). 
Red Wine Sangria
INGREDIENTS
  • 1 bottle (24 ounces) dry, full-bodied red wine 
  • 2 TBSP orange juice
  • 2 TBSP orange liqueur (ie: Grand Marnier)
  • ½ cup sugar to taste
  • Orange and Lemon slices, apple and/or peach wedges
  • 1 cup club soda
  • A few drops of your YL essential oils, to taste, such as lemon, lime, orange, or tangerine!
STEPS
  1. Make a simple syrup using a scant amount of boiling water to dissolve the sugar.
  2. Allow syrup to cool.
  3. Mix together in a large pitcher all ingredients including cooled simple syrup…except the club soda.
  4. Cover and refrigerate several hours or overnight.
  5. Add chilled club soda before serving.
NingXia Red – pour into mini cups or shot glasses & serve as a treat to your guests & teach the benefits of drinking NingXia Red:
  1. Fantastic taste with no "junk-juice" (e.g., apple, white grape, pear, etc.) or added sugar.
  2. Contains a great whole food source of protein, fiber, minerals and vitamins.
  3. Contains therapeutic grade essential oils of yuzu, lemon, tangerine and orange.
  4. Contains natural antioxidants which protect the body against free radicals. It is free radicals that create cell oxidation; therefore Ningxia Red may help prevent against oxidative stress.
  5. Highest levels of naturally occurring, age defying S-ORAC activity. Studies have shown that S-ORAC supports cardiovascular health, supports healthy immune function and supports healthy eye function.
  6. May support natural detoxing process on a daily basis.
  7. Natural form of energy without sugar, caffeine or other artificial stimulants.
  8. Can be used to support animal wellness. Assists cats metabolize essential oils more efficiently.
Frozen Horchata Smoothie
1 cup rice milk
1 drop Cinnamon Bark EO
1 frozen banana or ice
Add ingredients to blender, & blend until smooth.
Enjoy!
​​Strawberry Lemonade
2 cups Strawberries
4 cups purified water
1 lemon (juiced)
5 drops of Lemon EO
Honey to taste (optional)
Puree strawberries in a blender or food processor.
Pour into glass pitcher, and then add water, lemon juice, Lemon essential oil. Taste, and add honey to flavor. (serves 4)
Liquid Wellness Smoothies - Liquid nutrition, packed with a super blend of nutrients from nature, our powerful drink products give your guests a shot of wellness for your party. 
  • Power Meal Smoothies  - A delicious, satisfying, rice-based meal replacement, Power Meal is rich in calcium, antioxidants and amino acids, and delivers an impressive 20 grams of protein per serving plus a complete vitamin, mineral and enzyme profile.
  • Balance Complete Smoothies - Balance Complete™ is a super-food-based meal replacement that is both a powerful nutritive energizer and a cleanser. Offering the benefits of Ningxia wolfberry powder, brown rice bran, barley grass, extra virgin coconut oil, aloe vera, cinnamon powder, and our premium whey protein blend, Balance Complete is high in fiber, high in protein, and contains the good fats, enzymes, vitamins, and minerals needed for a nutritionally dynamic meal. Balance Complete also features Young Living's proprietary V-Fiber™ blend, which supplies an amazing 11 grams of fiber per serving, absorbs toxins, and satisfies the appetite while balancing the body's essential requirements.*
  • Pure Protein Complete Smoothies - Pure Protein Complete is a comprehensive protein supplement that combines a proprietary 5-Protein Blend, amino acids, and ancient peat and apple extract to deliver 25 grams of protein per serving in two delicious flavors, Vanilla Spice and Chocolate Deluxe.
Thieves Cough Drops with Honey and Lemon EO
INGREDIENTS
  • 8 oz Honey 
  • 1-2 Tbs Apple Cider Vinegar 
  • 15-20  drops YL Lemon Essential Oil
  • 15-20 drops YL Thieves Essential Oil Blend
STEPS
  1. Pour honey and apple cider vinegar into a sauce pan.
  2. Bring to boil and allow it to reach 300 degrees.
  3. Stir the whole time so it doesn't stick!!!
  4. Once it reaches 300 degrees, remove it from the heat.
  5. After about a minute, add Lemon Oil and stir well.
  6. Have a greased cookie sheet and/or candy molds ready. Allow the honey mixture to cool just a bit until the honey is a little less runny.
  7. Using a big spoon, drop small amounts onto the cookie sheet to cover the tops of the sucker sticks and/or into the candy molds.
  8. Allow them to cool at room temperature until they harden.

Thanksgiving Dinner

 
Most of us associate the Thanksgiving holiday with happy Pilgrims and Indians sitting down to a big feast.  And that did happen - once. Today we enjoy the biggest meal of the year with family, friends, and football. This year, add essential oils to lift the spirits and deepen the flavor.
 
From anti-microbial to immune boosting, essential oils offer great support for overall health, and when used with cooking add the richest flavors to meals and dishes. Cooking with essential oils is easy, fun, and not to mention delicious!
 
 
Turkey Flavor Infused Sauce (12- 14 lbs. Turkey)
Ingredients
4 Tbs butter
1 cup chicken broth
2 tsp garlic powder
2 drops Oregano EO
2 drops Thyme EO
4 drops Lemon EO
2 drops Black Pepper EO
½ to 1 tsp Himalayan sea salt
 
Directions
  1. Melt butter in a small saucepan.
  2. Add remaining ingredients, except the salt. Mix well.
  3. Add salt to flavor.
  4. Remove mixture from heat and allow to cool enough to load into baster injector (cool for about 3-5 minutes).
  5. With the baster, inject the broth into the turkey, focusing on the breast.
  6. Let marinate for a minimum of 2-3 hours, or overnight.
 
 
Delicious Gravy (12-16 servings)
Ingredients
½ cup butter
½ cup organic flour
4 cups chicken stock
½ tsp. garlic powder
3/2 tsp. Himalayan sea salt
2 drops Sage EO
1 drop Thyme EO
1 drop Rosemary EO
1 drop Black Pepper
 
Directions
  1. Melt butter.
  2. Whisk in flour, and cook while whisking for 3-4 minutes, or until slightly brown & smooth.
  3. Slowly whisk I n4 cups stock. Increase heat to high. Bring to a boil, keep whisking.
  4. Stir in salt and garlic powder, keep whisking.
  5. Simmer, stirring occasionally for 10-15 minutes, until desired thickness.
  6. Stir in essential oils. Serve warm.
 
 
Homemade Cranberry Sauce (4-5 servings)
Ingredients
1 12 oz bag of cranberries
1 cup orange juice
1 Tbs pure maple syrup
2 drops Orange EO
2 drops Lime EO
1 drops Lemon EO
 
Directions
  1. Wash the cranberries in a strainer under cool water, and then dump into a medium sauce pan.
  2. Pour in 1 cup orange juice.
  3. Pour in 1 Tbs maple syrup.
  4. Stir together and heat on high to boil.
  5. Once at a rolling boil, turn down the heat to medium low and continue cooking over lower heat for about 10 minutes, or until thick.
  6. Turn off the heat and stir in the essential oils.
  7. Chill for several hours, and serve chilled.
 
 
Rosemary Garlic Mashed Potatoes (12 servings)
Ingredients
5 lbs Yukon Gold Potatoes, peeled & diced
1 ½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. garlic powder (or 2 -3 cloves fresh minced garlic)
¾ cups heavy cream
6 Tbs butter
5 drops Rosemary EO
2 drops Basil EO
2 drops Black Pepper EO
 
Directions
  1. Peal, dice and boil potatoes for 20-25 minutes, until soft.
  2. Drain Potatoes and place in a bowl with butter.
  3. Allow butter to melt, then add cream.
  4. Mash potatoes thoroughly or whip with a whipper.
  5. Stir in essential oils, garlic and salt during whipping until desired consistency.
  6. Place in serving bowl and serve warm/hot.

 
Sweet Potato Casserole (12 servings)
Ingredients
3 cooked sweet potatoes
2 eggs (beaten)
¼ cup milk
1/3 cup maple sugar
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup butter
3 drops Lemon EO
2 drops Cinnamon EO
 
Topping Ingredients
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup organic flour (spelt or buckwheat)
1 cup chopped pecans
1/3 cup melted butter
3 drops Cinnamon EO
2 drops Cardamom EO
 
Directions
  1. Cook, peel, and mash sweet potatoes.
  2. Mix first 6 ingredients, and stir in Lemon & Cinnamon EO’s.
  3. Place filling in 9 x 13” baking dish (glass or ceramic).
  4. Spread topping over sweet potato mixture.
  5. Drizzle melted butter over the top.
  6. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until brown and bubbling.
 
 
 
Lemon Butter Green Beans (4 Servings)
Ingredients
1 pint green beans with stems cut
1 Tbs Himalayan sea salt
2 Tbs butter
3 drops Lemon EO
1 drop Black Pepper EO
 
Directions
  1. Steam green beans for 5-8 minutes, until soft and tender.
  2. Strain and put the beans in a serving.
  3. Add butter while still super hot.
  4. Mix in essential oils, salt and pepper.
  5. Serve warm.
 
 
Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients
1 prepared piecrust
1 cup organic sugar
¼ tsp. salt
1 ½ cups canned organic pumpkin
2 drops Cinnamon EO
1 drop Cardamom
1 drop Nutmeg EO
1 drop Clove EO
1 drop Ginger EO
3 eggs (separated)
1 cup sour cream
 
Directions
  1. Combine sugar, salt, pumpkin and essential oils in a mixing bowl.
  2. Separate eggs, reserving whites, beat egg yolks well.
  3. Stir egg yolks into pumpkin mixture.
  4. Add sour cream and mix.
  5. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form and fold into pumpkin mixture.
  6. Pour into unbaked pie crust in a pie dish.
  7. Bake 10 minutes at 450 degrees, then lower oven to 350 degrees. Bake 1 ½ hour at 350 degrees.
  8. Cool before serving.
  9. Serve with whipped cream, as desired.