You guessed it! This week the blends of the week are featuring lemon. Be sure to give these a try this week to provide your home with a nice uplifting, clean, and fresh smelling aroma. 
Enjoy!
See you tomorrow for Thirsty Thursday!
Kelsea
Tasty Tuesday
Lemon oil, like I had mentioned yesterday, is such a great oil because of how diverse it is! One of my all-time favourite ways to use lemon oil is in baking. Lemon tends to really bring out the flavours and is used in such a variety of recipes. First and foremost today we will start out with a fruit and veggie spray to help you prep your food for cooking and then we will have a really great recipe for dinner and dessert.
Fruit and Veggie Wash
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup water
- 5 drops lemon essential oil
- 5 drops On Guard essential oil
- Glass spray bottle
Instructions:
- Mix all ingredients together into spray bottle
- Spray onto fruit and veggies before consumption, and rinse off.
Brown Sugar Salmon
Ingredients:
- 1 full salmon filet
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 4 drops lemon oil
Instructions:
- Mix brown sugar, butter, lemon juice, and lemon oil together in sauce pan.
- Warm over medium heat until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved.
- Put salmon filet into large freezer bag with the marinade sauce.
- Close bag tightly and let sit for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat broiler.
- Cover broiler pan with foil and place fish on it with the flesh side up.
- Broil the fish until flaky.
- Drizzle some of the marinade over the fish well boiling if you desire.
- Cook fish until it is a light pink throughout.
- Place on serving plate and pour remaining marinade over it as desired.
- Enjoy!
Lemon Bars
Ingredients:
CRUST:
- 1 cup softened butter (NOT melted)
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- Pinch of salt
FILLING:
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups of sugar
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 6 drops lemon oil
TOPPING:
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 drop lemon oil
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix butter, flour, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and salt together.
- Press into the bottom of a 9×13″ pan lined with parchment paper.
- Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
- Mix eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Add lemon juice, lemon oil, water, and cornstarch. Mix well.
- Pour mixture over semi cooked crust.
- Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.
- Mix powdered sugar, and lemon oil in a ziplock bag and shake it up.
- When lemon bars are done and cooled, sprinkle with lemon infused powdered sugar on top.
- Enjoy!
Hope you enjoy these recipes. As you may remember there are some other great recipes I posted a few weeks ago for lemon oil, so try those ones out too if you haven’t yet.
Do you have any ways that you like to use lemon oil in cooking or baking? Be sure to share them here!
See you tomorrow,
Kelsea
Oil of the Week: Lemon
Welcome to your introduction about lemon oil; by far one of the most diverse and versatile oils and also doTERRA’s best selling oil. There is going to be so many fun recipes to try this week involving lemon, so I hope you are ready for them!
First and foremost lets introduce you to this amazing oil. Check out this short video from doTERRA that outlines some of the many ways you can use lemon oil.
Where does doTERRA lemon oil come from?
doTERRA lemon oil comes from Italy. Lemon oil and bergamont are both harvested from similar areas of Italy. This is part of their co-sourcing impact. Check out this video below about where the lemon is sourced from.
What are the uses for lemon?
Lemon is such a great oil because it can be used SO MANY ways! Lemon is a natural antiseptic, diuretic, antioxidant, antibacterial, disinfectant, and degreaser. So what are some of the best uses for lemon, here are some great ones to get you started and then we will go over some great recipes this week.
- Mix a drop into your water for a nice refreshing taste and to help cleanse the liver and kidneys*
- Diffuse to create an uplifting atmosphere.
- Mix with water to create a powerful cleaning agent.
- Mix with olive oil and water to shine and protect wood.
- Use to help clean tarnished silver and brass metals.
- Take internally to help with seasonal respiratory discomfort. *
- Use in cooking and baking to help enhance the flavour.
- Rub one drop in your hand to degrease and sanitize.
Can’t wait to share with you some of my favourite uses and recipes for lemon this week.
Stay tuned,
Kelsea
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Freshen Up Friday
Never heard of “freshen up Friday”? Yah, well its a new thing. This week, you guessed it, will be featuring the oil of the week; lavender. So what is this about? I am going to be giving you a cleaning product recipe featuring the essential oil of the week! I have three recipes for you this week, so lets get to it.
This week we are going to make an all purpose cleaning spray. This spray will be great for cleaning off counter tops and surfaces. The lavender will give it a relaxing floral scent and lemon is a natural degreaser. So get ready to have a clean and fresh smelling home!
All Purpose Cleaning Spray
Ingredients:
- 16 oz glass spray bottle
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 1 1/3 cup distilled water
- 15 drops doTERRA lemon oil
- 15 drops doTERRA lavender oil
Instructions:
- Add ingredients together into spray bottle.
- Mix well.
- Spray onto surfaces and wipe clean.
Next we have a great laminate floor cleaner that will be sure to leave your floors smelling great and looking clean!
Laminate Floor Cleaner
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup vinegar
- 1/2 cup distilled water
- 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol
- 5 drops doTERRA lavender oil
- large glass spray bottle
Instructions:
- Combine all ingredients in a glass spray bottle.
- Shake well.
- Lightly spray floors with mixture and mop well.
Finally, one of my personal favourite “freshen up” recipes. You are going to absolutely love this one!
Lavender Dish Soap
Ingredients:
- 1 cup liquid Castile soap
- 1/4 cup distilled water
- 2 teaspoons vegetable glycerin
- 10 drops drops doTERRA lavender oil
- old dish soap bottle
Instructions:
- Combine all ingredients in the dish soap bottle and shake gently.
- Use as normal for washing dishes by hand.
Enjoy these, and be sure to let me know how you liked them.
Xo
Kelsea
Essential Living 