From farm to table. 

With it being the end of strawberry season, I had to get out and get some fresh strawberries right from the field. Last night my boyfriend and I headed over to the local strawberry patch and after about an hour we had three heaping baskets of strawberries.

Now I had to figure out what to cook with the strawberries. I love cooking with essential oils, but when cooking with fruit I love combining it with citrus essential oils.

Today I made two different recipes.

Strawberry Freezer Jam

Ingredients 

• 4 cups of mashed strawberries
• 4 drops of dōTERRA lemon oil
• 1 ¾ cups of sugar
• 1 package of Bernardin Freezer Jam Pectin

Instructions

1. Mix together sugar and pectin in a bowl. Stir until well mixed.
2. Add 4 cups of mashed strawberries and 4 drops of dōTERRA lemon oil. Stir for 3 minutes.
3. Ladle into clean sterilized jars leaving ½ inch headspace. Apply lids. Let stand until thickened (30 minutes)
4. Serve right away, refrigerate for up to 4 weeks or freeze for longer storage.

Makes 5 250ml sized jars.

Strawberry Lemon Banana Bread

Ingredients 

• ½ cup of margarine; softened
• 1 cup of granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 3 ripe bananas; mashed
• 2 cups of flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 5 drops of dōTERRA lemon oil (add to taste)
• 2 cups of mashed strawberries

Instructions 

1. Preheat oven to 375F degrees.
2. Grease two 9×5 loaf pans with non-stick spray. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, cream together margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Mix in eggs and mashed bananas.
5. In separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda and salt. Slowly add to banana mixture until combined. Do not over mix.
6. Beat in dōTERRA lemon oil and mashed strawberries.
7. Pour into prepared loaf pans.
8. Bake at 375F for 15 minutes. Drop temperature to 350F and finish baking for 40 minutes or until edges are slightly brown or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
9. Let cool completely before taking out of load pans.
10. Enjoy!

These recipes were delicious and the lemon oil added a really nice flavour to them!

Hope you enjoy!

-Kelsea