Homemade Yogurt With A Touch Of Lime

My husband had oral surgery last week, so we have had to make some alterations to his food. He can eat things like yogurt or gelatin dishes, but I leave the fruit out this time.

Here is the yogurt I made for him for breakfast. It has no fruit in it, but it has a touch of lime.

Yogurt With A Touch Of Lime

1 cup plain yogurt - homemade* or store bought
2 drops lime essential oil (make sure you use one that says it can be consumed)
6 or 7 drops of liquid stevia

Combine all ingredients and put into a serving bowl or dish.

Note: You might like more or less stevia. You can certainly use sugar or Swerve in place of stevia. Use sweetener to taste.

*The yogurt I used is from a Bulgarian yogurt culture. You can get this culture from Cultures For Health at www.culturesforhealth.com

Yogurt With A Touch Of Lime

For those interested in the liquid stevia, here is where I get mine:  
amazon.com (affiliate link).
 I prefer the organic type though. You can get both from amazon.com. You might be able to get these at Whole Foods or a health food store. 

My Thieves-Like Recipe

Here is my recipe of essential oils that I use in the diffuser. It is like Thieves (Thieves is a trade-mark of an essential oil company). This is not a recipe you would use in cooking though (done it by accident! Not good!).

   I put these oils in a diffuser, making sure the water level is at the correct place.

Thieves-Like Essential Oils For The Diffuser

2 drops Clove essential oil
2 drops Wild Orange essential oil
2 drops Lemon essential oil
2 drops Cinnamon essential oil
2 drops Eucalyptus essential oil
2 drops Rosemary essential oil

If you have never heard of the story of how we came up with 'Thieves' oil, the story goes like this;
During a plague, probably in Europe, there were some grave robbers who were digging up the graves of those who died from the plague (maybe others too). They were finally caught and when they were going to be penalized for their crimes, they got off the hook by revealing their trade secret. They covered themselves with a combination of clove, cinnamon, lemon, eucalyptus and rosemary oils. Apparently, there are quite a few versions of this story, and no one really knows if it is true or just legend.



Anyone interested in learning more about essential oils, or for any questions concerning the oils, please send an email to omasworkshop@bellsouth.net

Coconut Iced Green Tea

Here is a good way to make iced-tea that is a little different from the norm. Coconut water contains electrolytes.

Coconut Iced Green Tea

4 green tea bags
1 quart purified water
2 cups coconut water
Stevia or sweetener to taste
3 drops lemon essential oil
3 drops spearmint essential oil

Heat the water until it just starts to boil. Remove from heat and place tea bags in water. Let steep for about 5 minutes. Place drops of essential oils and stevia on bottom of a mason jar or pitcher. Pour tea into a mason jar or pitcher. Add coconut water and place in refrigerator. Serves 6-8.

Coconut Iced Green Tea with Lemon and Spearmint Essential Oils

Recommended Book On Cooking With Essential Oils

Recently, I saw a video teaching us how to use essential oils in our cooking. There was a lot of good information on it and they have a couple of videos available, with some of the recipes they have come up with. You can find information on that at www.eatplant.org

Ever since that video, I have been interested in using essential oils in cooking. I researched it a little more and found a cookbook for using essential oils in cooking. It was originally written in German and some of the essential oils seem to be available in Germany or Europe. For the ones we cannot get here in America, we can just substitute using herbs instead of the essential oils. But, I would love to get a hold of some of those oils. I had no idea so many things could be made into essential oils!

Here is the book I got off amazon.com




It has a lot of recipes that I think I will make over time. There are also recipes for making seasoned salts and oils, which is why I bought the book in the first place.

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Cooking With TLC: Oma's Hot Cocoa

Here is a recipe that is sure to make some happy, especially when it gets cold outside. This recipe comes from a simple hot cocoa recipe with some yummy additions.

Oma's Hot Cocoa


1 cup milk, preferably raw and grass-fed

1 tablespoon cocoa powder

1 tablespoon Stevia or a few drops liquid Stevia

Dash each cinnamon, curry powder*, nutmeg, and pink salt*

1 drop peppermint essential oil (optional)


    Place all ingredients except peppermint oil in pot. Stir really well (you could even blend the ingredients before putting them into a pot). Let the mixture heat up, but do not boil. Place drop of peppermint essential oil on bottom of a glass cup. Pour heated mixture into cup. Stir.

Lately, I have been putting a drop or two of cinnamon bark essential oil on the bottom of my cup. It gives me a really warm feeling inside.


*Suggestions for adding curry powder and pink salt came from my friend, Patte.

A word on essential oils: I used to think that the companies that specialize in essential oils were just making it up when they would say to not use easily accessible essential oils in your food, but now I do understand what they are saying. Some of the essential oils you get at a health food store or online could contain ingredients that are not good to ingest, even if the product says that it is organic. Many of these oils that should be able to be used in food are not recommended for internal use. Be very careful when you use essential oils in your cooking. If you are interested in more of this, or where the safe to ingest oils are obtainable, send me an email at: awestruck@bellsouth.net

Fresca Like Drink Using Essential Oils

I am not going to go into the health benefits of the recipes I post here. I do have other blogs for that. But here is a recipe that really tastes good. As with all of my recipes, if you are interested in ordering any of the oils, please send me an email and I will give you the information on how to order them.




Faux Fresca-Like Soda Drink
3/4 cup grapefruit juice
3/4 cup club soda
crushed ice
Liquid Stevia to taste, or sweetener of your choice
2 drops Zendocrine essential oil blend
4 drops Slim and Sassy essential oil blend
3 drops grapefruit essential oil

Fill a glass halfway with crushed ice (you can omit this part if you like your soda warm!). Place Stevia drops on ice, or whatever sweetener you will be using. Place drops of essential oils on ice. Add grapefruit juice and Club soda. Put a straw in it. Viola. Enjoy. Makes one glass.

I had run out of Zendocrine essential oil blend, so I haven't added it for a long time. Not sure if it really makes any difference in the taste if it is there or not.

One additional thing I have done to make the flavor even better is that I took some limes and sliced them up. I put them in a quart size glass jar and poured club soda over them. Whenever I want to make a glass of this Fresca like drink, I use some of the lime club soda in it. When I am done taking out enough club soda from the jar of limes, I replace the club soda I used with more club soda. I will do this until the limes turn ragged. I also did this with some oranges. I will use both in my drinks until the fruit is no longer any good.

Also, a warning about essential oils: I have used essential oils from lots of different companies and many of them do not recommend using them for internal use, even those which are taken from plants we normally would eat (like ginger and lemon). There could be a lot of reason for this, but one thing is that is could have other oils added that may not be good to ingest. There are different grades of oils and you want to use the best for food grade, which is Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade (CPTG). Most oils you find on the Internet or in health food stores won't have this kind of grade, so please be careful in your choosing of essential oils you will use in cooking or in a recipe that you will be eating.

Again, please email me if you have any questions. awestruck@bellsouth.net

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