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Blend of the Day.

Good morning! I’m pretty new to diffusing tea tree oil but I really like this blend and find it uplifting. I especially love diffusing this in the morning while I get ready for the day. 

Let me know how you like diffusing tea tree oil! 

Kelsea

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No more itching, no more scratching! 

Is it just me, or have the mosquitoes been really bad this year?! If you are anything like me the bug just love you, which means when you come in from outside you are covered head to toe in bites.

Now I also have the added factor that my big bites swell like a balloon! So not only am I itchy as all get out I’m also red, blotchy and swollen. It’s just awful.

Last night I literally couldn’t sleep because I couldn’t stop scratching at all the mosquitoe bites. So I turned to my Essential Life book and found a winning solution!

I took lavender and rubbed it on the bites and it worked great and I was able to sleep!

Today I found an even better remedy thanks to some ladies on my team. I wanted to share it here because I can’t believe how well it works and you all need to try it!

Goodbye Bug Bites Roller Stick

What you need:

  • 1 roller bottle
  • Coconut oil
  • 5 drops dōTERRA lavender
  • 5 drops dōTERRA lemon
  • 5 drops dōTERRA Peppermint

Instructions:

  1. Make sure the roller bottle is clean! Give it a wash if needed.
  2. Fill roller bottle ¾ of the way with coconut oil.
  3. Add 5 drops of each dōTERRA lavender, lemon, and peppermint oil.
  4. Put the ball and lid on tight and give a good shake.
  5. Roll on big bites as needed!
  6. Enjoy the relief from scratching!!!!

Hope this helps you as much as it helped me! Enjoy!

-Kelsea

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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