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How to Make Your Own Scented Pine Cone Fire Starters

December 8, 2009 in Aromatherapy, Christmas, Essential Oils, Green, Make My Own, Recipes, Thanksgiving, Using Essential Oils, Young Living Distributor by Evelyn Vincent | 1 comment

These pine cone fire starters look great in a basket near the fireplace and work well to help start a fire. This recipe is for making scented fireplace starters, when burned and while sitting in a basket, will fill the room with a lovely forest fresh scent.

You will need:

Pine cones
Double boiler
Bees Wax or paraffin wax
Essential oils – use 2-4 drops per each pine cone (see good choices below)
Tongs
Waxed paper

Method:

Fill a double boiler half full of water, add your wax and allow it to melt slowly on a medium to low heat.

Add essential oil.

Good essential oil choices are: Christmas Spirit, Evergreen Essence, Spruce, Pine, Balsam Fir (Idaho), or Juniper. Read the rest of this entry »

Evelyn Vincent

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Plain Yogurt with Homemade Cranberry Sauce with Orange Essential Oil

November 28, 2009 in Christmas, Essential Oils, How do I use, Make My Own, Orange Oil, Recipes, Thanksgiving, Therapeutic-grade Essential Oil, Using Essential Oils, Young Living Essential Oils by Evelyn Vincent | No comments

I just wanted to share with you that my homemade Cranberry sauce with Orange essential oil, leftovers from Thanksgiving, is absolutely delicious spooned over a dish of plain yogurt. The only thing that would have made it even more tasty is if I had shaved some dark chocolate on it too, I’m out of dark chocolate, oh well, next time! I’m quite certain the cranberry sauce will taste excellent on vanilla yogurt too.

Usually, I make the Cranberry sauce (super easy recipe to make) with Young Living Tangerine essential oil but this year I used Orange, Lemon essential oil is good too.

Here’s the link to the recipe Homemade Cranberry Sauce with Tangerine Essential Oil

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How to Roast a Turkey for Thanksgiving

November 22, 2009 in Make My Own, Nutrition / Diet, Recipes, Thanksgiving by Evelyn Vincent | No comments

thanksgiving-holiday-people Are you roasting your first turkey for your first Thanksgiving at your house and don’t know how to do it? Here’s an easy recipe from the NY Times that will help you roast a most delicious bird.

You may also like to try my super Easy Cranberry Sauce with Tangerine Essential Oil Recipe, this is so easy to make and is amazingly delicious!

Or, my Wolfberry (Goji Berry) Apple Pie Filling Recipe

See my tips on using essential oils during the holidays.

Roast Turkey Recipe

1 – 12-18lb Turkey, thawed with giblets and neck removed (Note: it can take 2-3 days for a frozen turkey to thaw in the fridge, so plan ahead for this)
3 tbsp sea salt
1.5 tbsp black pepper
1 medium onion, quartered
1 medium apple, halved
8 sprigs fresh thyme
4 tbsp butter, cut into four pieces
2 stalks celery, cut in two or three pieces each
2 cups turkey broth, water or a mixture of half water and half apple juice

[Optional: I like to add some chopped bulb fennel either in the cavity and/or in the stuffing, which I prepare either on the stovetop or in a casserole dish and bake.]

Directions:

1. At least four hours before roasting, rub turkey inside and out with sea salt and pepper; refrigerate. Remove from refrigerator 45 minutes before roasting. Heat oven to 425 degrees.

2. Set turkey in roasting pan fitted with a V-shaped rack. Slip your fingers under skin to loosen it. Rub butter over breasts. Stuff vegetables, apple and thyme into cavity. Tuck wingtips under bird.

3. Pour broth or water into pan, around bird. Put turkey in oven and roast, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 325, baste turkey with pan juices, cover with a foil tent and return to oven. Cook for another 30 minutes. Remove foil, baste again and place foil back on turkey. Cook for 30 more minutes. Remove foil.

4. When turkey has roasted for a total of two hours, insert a meat thermometer straight down into fleshiest part of thigh, where it meets drumstick. Check a second spot, then remove thermometer. (Do not let thermometer touch bone.) Thigh meat should reach no more than 165 degrees. Juices should run clear. (If bird is larger than 14 pounds, keep foil on longer and begin checking meat temperature at two and half hours.) To assure perfectly cooked white and dark meat, you may remove bird when meat thermometer shows thigh temperature at 155, then remove legs and roast them separately for another 15 to 30 minutes, depending on size of bird.

5. When bird has reached desired temperature, remove from oven and let rest for at least 30 minutes, covered in foil and with a damp towel on top of foil, to retain heat and allow juices to return to meat. Remove foil and towel and serve.

Serves 8-12.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Evelyn Vincent

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Put your Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) to work for ‘you’ and your guests over Thanksgiving and the holidays. Using therapeutic-grade essential oils during the holidays can be helpful in so many ways. Here are some practical tips…

For the Host / Hostess: diffuse or apply topically before preparations start – Clarity, Stress Away, or Highest Potential.

Maintain Health, Clarity, and Energy: drink 1-2 oz. NingXia Red with a drop of Ocotea essential oil added for energy and clarity.

Difficult Emotions: diffuse Peace & Calming, Lavender, Forgiveness, Surrender,

Sad Emotions: diffuse or apply topically – Joy, Tranquil RollOn, Harmony, Release, Gathering, Inspiration.

Obsessiveness: diffuse or apply topically – Valor, Humility, Surrender, Acceptance, Live with Passion.

Stress & Anxiety: diffuse or topical – Orange & Lavender (combined), Sandalwood & Orange (combined), Stress Away RollOn.

Depression: diffuse or topical – Joy, Valor, Envision, Highest Potential, Harmony, Sacred Mountain, Lemon, Citrus Fresh.

Combative: diffuse or topical – Peace & Calming, Acceptance, Humility, Surrender, Hope, Harmony.

Cranky Children: topical – rub a couple drops of Gentle Baby in your palms and rub your palms on children’s feet. Rub a drop of Lavender on pillow cases. Or, Tranquil RollOn.

Too Full / Aid Digestion / Bloating: serve peppermint water at the dinner table, one or two drops of YL Peppermint essential oil per pitcher of water.*

Life 5, 1-2 capsules is usually enough for adults to help with crampy, upset stomachs to help restore intestinal health (good bacteria). Taken daily is best as this helps to restore and maintain beneficial gut bacteria.

Di-Gize essential oil blend, 2-3 drops Di-Gize with a little V-6 (carrier oil) rubbed on the tummy or soles of the feet.

Essentialzyme – taken before eating, contains digestive enzymes.

Lemon Water – add a couple of drops of YL Lemon essential oil to a glass of water to sip on during meals.*

Air Freshening: diffuse Thieves, Purification, Christmas Spirit, or Citrus Fresh.

Bathroom Air Freshener: in a 4 oz. spray bottle fill 7/8 of the way full with distilled water, add up to 12 drops of one of these essential oils – Thieves, Purification, Citrus Fresh, or Peppermint.

Leave spray bottle where guests can easily find it, make a little tag that reads, “My Natural Homemade Air Freshener: ask me what I use and how I made this.”

Take a 10 minute walk around the block after eating turkey, this can help boost digestion.

Kitchen Burns & Cuts: be sure to have a bottle of YL Lavender handy in the kitchen for accidents. Please do NOT substitute another brand of Lavender for this purpose as you will not get favorable results.

Kitchen Clean Up: Thieves Household Cleaner use on all kitchen surfaces to clean and disinfect. After I clean up I like to go around the room once and spritz into the air with my spray bottle to eliminate any remaining odors or bacteria that may have escaped during clean up. I let the mist air dry on surfaces. The same essential oils you would use for a bathroom air freshener (above) would be excellent choices for this purpose.

Relaxing Tea after the Rush: treat yourself and your few remaining guests to a cup of tea with Lavender Honey. To Make: add 1 drop of YL Lavender essential oil to a 4 oz. jar of honey, stir well to blend. Brew your favorite relaxing tea as you would normally add a teaspoon of Lavender Honey.

Note on Digestion for Pregnant Women: before your meal eat some fresh-cut pineapple, it contains a natural enzyme called bromelain that supports the digestive process. Pregnant women should not ingest essential oils without a doctor’s consent.

* 98 percent of all essential oils in the world cannot and should not be used in cooking or taken internally, learn more.

Evelyn Vincent

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