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Relaxing Healing Bath Salts

On October 31, 2009   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Relaxing Healing Bath Salts

This is helpful for stress, sleep problems and skin irritation. To your basic bath salt recipe add- 25gm chamomile flowers – dried 25gm lavender flowers – dried 10 drops sandalwood essential oil Add essential oils as before – then combine drieds wither mixed through or layered into jar.

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Avocado Sugar Scrub

On October 31, 2009   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Avocado Sugar Scrub

1 cup raw sugar 1 tablespoon avocado butter 2 tablespoon avocado oil 8-10 drops essential oil of choice Rub avocado butter into raw sugar (or melt butter and avocado oil in a double boiler) allow to cool slightly and pour raw sugar into melted, cooled butter. Stir well. At this stage if mixture is too wet add more raw sugar. This resultant mix should be a firm but not too oily consistency. Finally, add essential oil and place in pots.

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Mango Scrub

On October 31, 2009   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Mango Scrub

58gms mango butter 25mls coconut oil (liquid) 2 tsp walnut shell powder or jojoba beads or pumice powder 8 drops may chang essential oil Melt mango butter and coconut oil together gently in double boiler until combined and melted. Remove from heat and allow to cool until just starting to thicken. Add walnut shell powder and mix until thickened to desired texture. Add may chang essential oil and place in containers. NOTE: the texture of this scrub may be altered by adding more of the walnut shell powder, or less – depending on how much exfoliation is required. May chang […]

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Coconut Lip Balm

On October 31, 2009   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Coconut Lip Balm

1 part aloe vera butter 1 part beeswax 1 part coconut oil (liquid) 10 drops coconut natural flavour Powdered stevia (to taste) In the top of a double boiler, gently heat aloe vera butter, beeswax and coconut oil until melted and well combined. Remove from heat, allow to cool, but not thicken – stir in enough stevia powder to taste (remember stevia is 300 times sweeter than sugar – 1 pinch= 1 tsp of sugar). Then add your coconut flavour and pour into pots or lip balm tubes. These make great gifts. You could make them in chocolate, strawberry, butterscotch, […]

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Recipes For Incorporating Vegetable Butters

On October 31, 2009   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Recipes For Incorporating Vegetable Butters

LAVENDER BASIC BODY BUTTER ½ part beeswax 1 part shea butter ½ part cocoa butter 1 part sweet almond oil Essential oil of lavender Very gently melt beeswax, shea and cocoa butters together in top of a double boiler. Add sweet almond oil and heat all ingredients gently until well combined. Turn off heat and remove top boiler from water. Allow to cool slightly and pour into prepared pots. Add essential oil of lavender and stir until well combined. (do not cover pots until body butter is set.) BELLY BUTTER Good for stretch marks, pregnancy – to help prevent stretch […]

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Cost Saving Healthy Recipes

On October 31, 2009   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Cost Saving Healthy Recipes

COUGH MIXTURE: 1 large tsp of organic linseed 30gm liquorice root – dried 115gm organic raisins Up to 115gm honey or brown sugar 1 tablespoon organic apple cider vinegar or lemon juice Put the linseed, liquorice and raisins into 9 litres of water and simmer until liquid is reduced by ½. Keep the lid on the pot and simmer gently. Then add, (after straining), although this is not necessary, the honey or brown sugar and the vinegar or lemon juice. Simmer just until well combined. Bottle and keep refrigerated. Drink when going to bed or whenever coughing starts. MACARONI PIE: […]

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A few useful recipes

On October 14, 2008   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on A few useful recipes

  Lemon Verbena Liquer 1/2 cup tightly packed lemon verbena leaves 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind 2 cups sugar 4 cups vodka or brandy Place lemon rind and lemon verbena in a large jar with vodka or brandy and steep for 2 days, then add sugar and steep 3 more weeks, shaking daily. Then strain and filter and transfer to bottles. Age an additional 3 weeks. A Lovely Christmas gift! Sinusitis Tea 1 part Echinacea 1 part Lime/Linden 1 part Marshmallow 1 part Golden Rod Take 2 teaspoons to 1 cup water and simmer gently for 10-15 minutes keeping the […]

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Vegan Lip Balm

On October 14, 2008   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Vegan Lip Balm

5-6gm Macadamia Wax 20gm Cocoa Butter 10ml Jojoba Oil 25ml Castor Oil (not supermarket type, only cosmetic grade) 120ml Calendula Oil Flavour of choice or essential oil. Gently heat all ingredients, except flavour or essential oil in a double boiler until melted and well combined. Pour into hot, clean jug, then into tubes or pots then add flavour or essential oil.

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Herbal Cheese

On May 7, 2008   /   Recipes   /   Leave a comment

1 cup ricotta cheese 2 tblsp parmesan cheese 1 tblsp white wine 1 tsp tamari or increase white wine by same 1 tblsp chopped chives 1 tsp minced savoury (fresh or dried) 2 tsps minced herbs of choice (Basil, Thyme, Sage, Coriander) or a combination of. Mix ingredients together until well blended scrape into serving bowl – cover and chill at least one hour. Garnish with fresh herbs or chopped chives. This is a great spread for crackers or small sandwiches. For a dip, add extra wine.

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Natural Hair Colouring – For Fair Hair

On May 5, 2008   /   Recipes   /   Leave a comment

2tblsp Chamomile flowers Juice of 1 lemon 800 ml boiling water Pour boiling water over chamomile and allow to steep. Strain and add lemon juice. Cool. Shampoo hair as normal and towel dry. Pour liquid through hair, holding head over bowl to collect – pouring through hair several times. Dry hair. Colour change is gradual, so this treatment needs regular applications.

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Thyme Recipes

On April 8, 2008   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Thyme Recipes

Thyme Cheese Beat 1/2 tsp of Himalayan salt into 4 cups of plain acidophilus yoghurt. When creamy, pour into butter muslin over a strainer. Gather the ends of cloth – tie together and hang in a cool place for 48 hours. Unwrap the curds and roll into small rounds, then roll in fresh thyme leaves. Place the rolled cheeses in small jars and cover with cold pressed olive oil. You may add chillies, dried peppers, dried tomatoes or garlic to the oil. Leave the cheese in the oil for at least three weeks, though it will keep for months. Thyme […]

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Simple Base Cream

On February 24, 2008   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Simple Base Cream

Ingredients *16gm Vegetable based emulsifying wax 36 ml cold pressed apricot oil (or your choice of oil) 148 ml herbal water extract 4 drops rosemary oleoresin (an antioxidant and preservative) Equipment 1 candy thermometer for checking the temperature 1 stick blender 1 double boiler 1 saucepan pots for containing cream Instructions To make the herbal water Herbal water is made as a herbal tea infusion or decoction (simmered gently in water) using dried and preferable whole herbs- not tea bags. Some choices may be- Chamomile- soothing, gentle and anti-inflammatory Plantain- for problem skin Gotu Kola- regenerating Neem- eczema and psoriasis […]

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