Wonder How to Use Essential Oils in Cooking?

You may have already experimented with different essential oils. For example, you may have added lavender essential oils to your bath to relax after a long day or diffused some essential oils in your home to change the overall atmosphere.  Did you know that you could also use essential oils while cooking and preparing everything from sauces and salad dressings to desserts and beverages?

Where to Start:

The easiest place to start with essential oils in cooking is with breakfast, where it’s relatively easy to experiment with essential oils to get a sense of how they can really add some flavor to your meals. For example, you could add 1-2 drops of orange essential oil to your pancakes to give a special citrus taste to the waffles.  You could just as easily add 1-2 drops of cinnamon oil to your oatmeal or some lemon essential oil to your grass-fed yogurt.  Adding a drop of Peppermint Oil to your Keto Coffee is therapeutic.

From there, you could easily expand your use of essential oils to salad dressings and sauces (Paleo BBQ Sauce with a Kick). A popular way to use essential oils, for example, is to add an herb essential oil (such as oregano, rosemary oil or thyme) to olive oil. Or you could add bergamot essential oil to sauces and jams. You could even use essential oils to prepare guacamole, by adding coriander or lime essential oils to the avocado.

 

In the cases above, the primary benefits are taste and flavor. However, essential oils have been known for centuries to have special restorative powers, especially when it comes to everyday ailments such as headaches and digestive problems. They also impact mood and well-being. That’s why essential oils are often included in spa and beauty products.

On the go:

If you already drink tea during the day, it’s relatively easy to turn black organic tea into a very cozy homemade chai. Just add 1-2 drops of cardamom, cinnamon, clove or black pepper and combine with full-fat coconut milk or almond milk. That could be a good way to relax after a long day.

And if you carry around bottled water with you, such as to the gym, it’s easy to add peppermint oil to the water to help your body recover after an intense workout.  Make sure to use a stainless steel or glass bottle so that the toxins from the plastic or Styrofoam don’t leach out!  Some fitness experts also note that you can add essential oils to protein shakes as a way to promote overall wellness. The same way you might add fruits to your protein smoothie, you just need to add an essential oil or two to get the same effect!

While it’s easy to use the essential oils while preparing foods, you also have to keep a few things in mind. First of all, all ingredients need to be clean, organic and non-toxic to support the body so that they can function as designed. Most culinary chefs recommend looking for essential oils that have are Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade (CPTG) to ensure that the ingredients are safe to be ingested. You should also see if there is a “Supplemental Facts” area on the bottle to see if there are any warnings. The combination of all these factors means that the oils are “culinary grade” and safe to use.  I use Young Living Essential Oils (Click Here) because they have a Seed to Seal Promise and a Vitality Line that is dedicated to Culinary and Internal use.  (Spanish- Click Here)

Here are a few easy and clean recipes that can be enhanced with CPTG Essential Oils:

• Honey & Rosemary Salmon
• Marintaed Artichoke Hearts
• Blackberry Chia Jam
• Coffee & Beverages

Remember!

The other thing you need to keep in mind is that essential oils are extremely potent – just 1-2 drops are more effective than you might think. As a rule of thumb, only use 1-2 drops at a time when preparing meals or beverages.

Once you’ve experimented a bit with beverages, sauces and dressings, it’s time to move on to more complex recipes. For example, some pastry chefs enjoy changing out vanilla in baking recipes to give a lemon or citrus taste to their pastries.

Which Oils to Start Cooking with?

• Orange
• Lime
• Cinnamon
• Lemon
• Oregano
• Rosemary
• Thyme
• Bergamot
• Coriander
• Clove
• Cardamom
• Black Pepper
• Peppermint

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Thus, using essential oils in cooking have two major benefits – they enhance the flavor and they promote all-over well-being. And there’s one more benefit – there’s no expiration and no waste when you use these essential oils. Instead of buying an entire lemon and throwing much of it away, there’s no lemon rind or other part of the lemon as waste.

Moreover, you don’t have to worry about ingredients losing flavor and freshness – once you’ve purchased a bottle of CPTG essential oil for cooking, you’ll be surprised at how long it lasts, even if you’re using it on a regular basis!

Enjoy!