Fall Party Snack Ideas

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Roeshel

A recent fall make & take essential oils class prompted a little creativity with essential oil infused recipes.

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Pumpkin Spice Muffins – I love the ease of making Weight Watchers muffins (and the consistency of the batter).

Ingredients:

15 oz. can of pumpkin
cake mix (spice, carrot or vanilla)
clove essential oil, nutmeg essential oil, ginger essential oil
(or Thieves essential oil)

Directions: Simply add a 15 oz. can of pumpkin to a cake mix (I chose French vanilla this time) and mix. Adding water is optional. I did add about 3/4 c. Mix in 2-4 drops of essential oils. Spoon into muffin cups and bake 20-25 minutes. I topped mine with cream cheese frosting and dust with powdered cinnamon or embellish with edible acorn (Hershey’s Kiss, Nutter Butter mini for top and chocolate chip…but obviously no longer low cal with toppers). Makes 24 muffins!

Cinnamon & Brown Sugar Party Mix

Ingredients:

2 cups of each Chex cereal: wheat, cinnamon, honey nut
crushed white chocolate covered pretzels (I used 2 small snack sized bags)
bag of pecans
1/2 cup brown sugar
4 drops of cinnamon bark essential oil
2 packages of mini waffle bowls (24)

Directions: Add everything to a large bowl (with lid) or bag. Shake. Serve in mini-waffle cone bowls.

Apple Cider Punch (adapted from BHG)

Ingredients:

1/2 gal. apple cider
2 cups orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 750 ml bottle of sparkling grape juice
serve over ice with a drop of cinnamon bark or lemon essential oil

Add everything to punch bowl or beverage decanter and stir.

Cheese & Cracker Tray – add your choice of essential oils to create a cream cheese spread, a delicious dip or a drop or two to hummus. Add some fresh organic fruit and nuts, etc.

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See more autumn related ideas at Fall make & take Part 1 (invitation and DIY fall room spray make & take recipe).

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DIY Essential Oil Infused Fall Room Spray

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Roeshel

Last week I hosted a fun fall celebration for family and friends in my home and wanted to share a few ideas and recipes (great ideas for a fall essential oils 101 Make & take class). I used one of my own fall decor images to create an invitation for make up a Facebook invitation/event.

Make & Take: a Make & Take is a term used for hosting an essential oils class where guests have the opportunity to make up an essential oil infused gift to take home with them, to sample the benefits of essential oils. My guests made up a fall room spray.

Essential Oil Infused Room Spray

You’ll need:

2 oz. spray bottles (I love THESE (affiliate link) – glass, fine mist and a lock, great price too)
Essential Oils (choose oils like Light the Fire essential oil or mix and match essential oils like cinnamon, clove, ginger, nutmeg)
epsom salt (helps keep the blend of oil and water mixed)
distilled water
labels/stickers/ribbon

Directions:

Fill spray bottle with distilled water (fill to about 1/2 to 1 inch below the top). Add 5-7 drops of essential oil and a pinch of epsom salt. Embellish spray bottle with a label, fall sticker and ribbon, if desired. Easy!

Light the Fire essential oil

As an extra little something/thank you gift/party favor…we made up these cute easy DIY monogrammed mini pumpkins.

I created a ‘pumpkin patch’ for guests to pick a pumpkin to monogram with metallic stickers.

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Get some delicious ideas for easy refreshments here: essential oil infused recipes perfect for celebrating fall! Part 2:

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DIY Sleepy Time Cream Recipe

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Roeshel

Sometimes there’s nothing better than a good night’s sleep. It sets the stage for a great start to an amazing day! I recently made up some DIY recipes using essential oils for gifts and this is one of my favorites. Toss in a small pillow and journal to create a sweet gift set. EVERYONE needs a good night’s rest so it’s a one size fits all kind of gift.

DIY Sweet Dreams Cream Recipe

ingredients:

4-6 drops of essential oil per
3 tablespoons of coconut oil
small jar with lid (I got mine in the wedding favor aisle at Michaels)
essential oil suggestions: Lavender, Cedarwood, RutaVaLa, Tranquil, Peace & Calming, Valerian, SleepyIze. (Best scents are lavender and Peace & Calming.)

directions:

Mix and add to jar. For larger quantities use an electric mixer with a whisk attachment.

printable recipe:

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Berry Grapefruit Yogurt Smoothie Popsicle Recipe

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Roeshel

Summer time is the best time of the year for cold refreshing treats, isn’t it? And this girl lives 1/2 mi. from Dairy Queen. But I really should be looking for something a little on the healthier side so the other day I turned my kitchen counters into a test kitchen and whipped up this delicious berry-grapefruit-yogurt smoothie and popsicles. SO GOOD!

Ingredients:

1 cup of vanilla almond milk
1 cup of organic greek yogurt
10-15 drops of grapefruit Vitality essential oil (Grapefruit Vitality essential oil includes the naturally occurring constituent limonene and is a great way to enhance the flavor of water and recipes).
2 oz. of Ningxia Red (Enjoy NingXia Red daily to energize, fortify, and revitalize the body and support overall health and wellness, from head to toe.)
1 cup of organic red raspberries (frozen)
8 ice cubes

Smoothie recipe: Add ingredients to blender and blend until smooth.

Same recipe is just as yummy frozen!

Same ingredients for popsicles: Add vanilla almond milk, greek yogurt, grapefruit Vitality essential oil and 4 ice cubes to the blender and blend until smooth. Set half aside. pour mixture into popsicle molds and freeze for about 30 minutes (I placed mine at an angle in the freezer). Add Ningxia Red, red raspberries and remaining ice cubes to first mixture and blend until smooth. After 30 minutes, stir mixture. Remove popsicles from freezer, insert popsicle sticks into the white mixture. Pour red berry mixture to fill. Freeze until solid.

More smoothie recipes:

mocha mint smoothie

summer berry smoothie

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Essential Oil Gift Basket Ideas Blog Hop

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Roeshel

Gift giving can be a challenge sometimes, right? I love coming up with creative ways to give gifts. So I’ve gathered a few of my essential oil loving blog friends to create and share essential oil gift basket ideas. Follow the blog hop below for lots of essential oil gift ideas!

I recently created and donated two gift baskets for a local humane society fundraiser. Both work for many different occasions: “cheer up”, “feel better”, “thinking of you”, “Happy Birthday”, “Happy Mother’s Day”, etc. {some affiliate links below}

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