II. CPTG Yogurt

I've been buying plain Greek yogurt and flavoring it myself for a while now, but was only recently given the idea to use essential oils to do so. Today, my kitchen looked a bit like the laboratory of a mad scientist with bottles of essential oils,  food coloring, and other assorted ingredients and half-finished mixtures scattered about. (This was a nap-time activity today, but I will definitely let my two year old help with all the mixing next time. He'll love it!) There were some good, some meh, and some great results, the best of which I'll share below. 

For each flavor I used 1/2 cup of nonfat plain Greek yogurt and just over 1 teaspoon xagave plus the other ingredients listed. I like the Glad snack containers because they're just the right size, though I obviously used a larger bowl for mixing, then transferred the yogurt into them. I also used food coloring so I can keep the flavors straight in my fridge and because my son likes colored food, but labels would work just as well, or you could leave them all white for yogurt lottery fun. ;)

Grapefruit (my new favorite): 3 drops CPTG grapefruit essential oil + 1 drop red food coloring, opt.
Orange: 3 drops CPTG wild orange essential oil + 1 drop red and 2 drops yellow food coloring, opt.
Lemon: 3 drops CPTG lemon essential oil + 1 drop yellow food coloring, opt.
Lime: 3 drops CPTG lime essential oil + 1 drop green food coloring, opt.
Pumpkin Spice: 1 drop CPTG On Guard essential oil blend (no more than 1 drop or the cinnamon is way too powerful) + 1/2 Tablespoon pureed pumpkin (or other winter squash; I use banana squash as it tends to have a smoother texture I prefer) + 1 drop red and yellow food coloring, opt. 

Do be aware that these are all-natural flavors and are a bit different than flavored yogurts typically available for purchase. They tend to be sharper, cleaner, bolder flavors, and the citrus oils have a mild bitter aftertaste since they're derived from the rind of the fruit. I really like these "side effects" of flavoring with essential oils, as well as their therapeutic benefits which include but are not limited to: antidepressant, antioxidant, antiviral, anticancer, immune-stimulating and detoxifying. Enjoy!

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I. For Ease of Use

After my first essential oil purchase, I was very excited to start using them. However, my husband was a little less than thrilled. You see, he spends a lot of time using computers and has developed a very strong preference to have clean hands. Well, dumping essential oils out of bottles and rubbing them all over ailing body parts is usually not conducive to having clean hands, so I had to get creative. =)

I began putting my essential oils in roll-on bottles, and even put smaller roll-on bottles of the oils my husband used most, along with whatever else he needed (On Guard Protecting Throat Drops pictured), in a little tray for his desk at work. He now uses his oils more often and keeps his hands nice and clean. Success!

We love the roll-on bottles so much, that we put all of our oils in them. A happy coincidence followed as I discovered my 2 year old son finds our oils much easier to use and doesn't make nearly as many messes. 

Prologue

Once upon a time there was a girl (me) who discovered she loved essential oils and had lots of great ideas for using them to improve her life. She decided her ideas were good enough, in fact, to be shared. These are her (my) adventures in using essential oils (oiling)...

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