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Cooking with superior essential oils that are food grade is an easy and terrific way to add flavor and nutrition to your recipes. This particular recipe uses the EndoFlex essential oil blend. While you’re adding great flavor to your food you’re also bringing into the dish an essential oil, EndoFlex, with is 100% pure and organic, to help support the endocrine system.

EndoFlex is a therapeutic-grade essential blend of: Spearmint (Mentha spicata), Sage (Salvia officinalis), Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens), Myrtle (Myrtus communis), Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans), and German Chamomile (Matriciaria recutita). in a base of sesame seed oil.

This is a nice change from a typical potato salad recipe, the delicious flavors make this an excellent sidedish with any summertime meal.

EndoFlex Essential Oil Potato Salad Recipe

  • 2 Hard boiled eggs sliced
  • 4 lbs. New Potatoes (cooked in skins)
  • 1/4 cup Corn
  • 1/4 cup Peas
  • 1/4 cup Sweet Onion (chopped)
  • 1/8 cup fresh Peppermint or Spearmint (chopped fine)
  • 3-4 Clves of Garlic (pressed)

Dressing:

  • 1/2 cup Natural Plain Yoghurt
  • 3 TBSP Tartare Sauce
  • 3 drops Endoflex essential oil blend
  • 1 TBSP Wholegrain mustard

Mix dressing ingredients together and fold through other ingredients. Serve with wedges of avocado and salad.

About Cooking with Essential Oils

Cooking with essential oils does require knowing the basics as essential oils are extremely potent in flavor. Young Living has the best essential oils for cooking (food grade) – it is very IMPORTANT to note that you CANNOT use other brands of essential oils in cooking or internally – ONLY USE SUPERIOR QUALITY!

Learn more about how to cook with essential oils.

More of My Favorite Recipes

Lemon (essential oil) Herb Vinaigrette for Great Tasting Salads
Evelyn’s Black Bean Veggie Burger Recipe ( a REAL veggie burger!)
Peppermint Flavored Ice Cubes for Holiday Parties and Cooling Summertime Drinks
Wolfberry (Goji Berry) Apple Pie Filling Recipe
Homemade Cranberry Sauce with Tangerine Essential Oil for Winter Holidays

Young Living has two cookbooks with delicious recipes to help you create natural and healthy dishes using essential oils, see the cookbooks here (type cookbook into the search field). And see some of my favorite essential oil cooking recipes here. Enjoy!

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"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go." ~ Dr. Seuss

Grief and sorrow come to all of us at sometime in our lives.  They are not times we care to experience or to wish upon others, but it is inevitable that we will experience awful times of sorrow and grief. To be able to get through these powerful feelings and emotions can be very difficult and even more difficult for others.

5 Ways to deal with grief or sorrow:

  1. Talk to family or friends. Reach out to them, by calling them. It can be difficult to pick up the phone, but it is important for you to be able to have someone to talk to.  If you don’t have someone, call a church or a hospital to find out about support groups.  Yes, it is easier to be alone, and that is OK, but not all of the time.  We do need someone to talk with, or to listen to.
  2. Read self help books or inspirational books that relate to what you are going through. Or listen to them on tape, if you are having a hard time focusing. Listening to the words can be a great help too.  Sometimes this can be a much easier way to take in the helpful words.  We may be able to comprehend better than when we read, because when we are in a deep place of grief it can be difficult to focus on words.
  3. Getting out in nature, going for walks, or even for drives to pretty places, can help us to reflect on the beauty around us and remind us of other blessings in our lives. Remember if you are able to go for walks to breath in the fresh air.  Fresh air is invigorating, intoxicating and down right good for our body and well being.
  4. Aromatherapy is natural way of achieving optimal emotional and physical health. The fragrance of an essential oil can directly affect everything from your emotional state to your lifespan. Thus, a therapeutic essential oil can affect our feelings and thoughts because smell is our most emotional sense. Scent stimulates nerves to fire in the emotional center of the brain, but it also stimulates the master gland to release hormones. Hormones affect the fight/flight response, as well as digestion and heart rate. In this way, essential oils can affect us in many ways all at once, just through their fragrance.  Aromatherapy is a very positive way that may help to heal from emotional pain.*
  5. Raindrop Technique utilizing emotional essential oil blends of therapeutic-grade essential oils, could also be an excellent way to move to healing from grief and sorrow.  Raindrop Technique is a simple practice that can be learned and may be very beneficial for emotional healing and physical healing. (Read my article on Raindrop Technique for Mind, Body and Soul)*

Young Living therapeutic-grade essential oils for Grief and Sorrow:

Single Oils: Bergamot, Roman Chamomile, Clary Sage, Eucalyptus globulus, Juniper, Lavender.

Blends: Joy, Awaken, Valor, Release, Trauma Life, Gathering, Harmony, Present Time, Magnify Your Purpose.

Any of these essential oils can be:

To achieve optimal emotional well being does not come without work. It takes dedication, will, and belief that it is attainable.  I would feel great pleasure if I were able to help you to begin your journey of healing.  Please feel free to contact me, with questions or just to have someone to talk to. (Contact me)

* This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Each mask listed below is designed for a specific skin type. Find the one that works best with your skin type and do a little pampering! A good mask usually isn’t needed more than once a week, but you can utilize certain formulations more as needed.

Although clay masks are thought to be drying, they contain great benefits for the skin and can be used very successfully in your beauty regimen.

Green clay has become the talk of the beauty world. The absorbent properties of green clay work in beauty treatments by drawing out impurities and toxins from the skin, toning and firming while stimulating circulation. Estheticians use it to tighten pores, exfoliate dead skin, and reveal a smoother, fresher complexion. Green clay is readily available online and at natural beauty retailers. It makes an ideal base for any of the masks below.

Green Clay Mask Base

Create your mask base by mixing green clay together with a little corn flour and a quarter teaspoon of powdered raw oats.

Tip: when mixing the ‘wet’ ingredients into the clay mixture you may want to add a couple drops of water or neroli or V-6 if the mixture needs more moisture to form a nice paste.

Note: The ‘corn flour” mentioned in this recipe can be made by putting a little cornmeal in an electric coffee grinder to make it into a fine powder. I have a Krups coffee grinder that its sole purpose is for making a powder out of dried herbs, nuts, oats, and other grains – you do not want to use the same grinder that you use for your coffee beans as the coffee flavor will get into your other ground foods.

Mask for Normal Skin with Geranium Essential Oil

For a normal skin, mix the clay, corn flour, and oats together with one beaten egg white. Add one drop geranium oil. Mix well to form a paste and apply.

Mask for Dry Skin with Chamomile Essential Oil

For a dry skin, mix the clay, corn flour, and oats together with one beaten egg white. Add one teaspoon wheat germ oil or evening primrose oil, plus one drop chamomile (Roman or German) oil and two drops carrot seed oil. Mix well to form a paste and apply.

Mask for Oily Skin with Lavender and Frankincense Essential Oils

For an oily skin, mix the clay, corn flour, and oats together with one beaten egg white. Add one drop lavender oil and one drop frankincense oil or juniper berry oil. Mix well to form a paste and apply.

Mask for Problem Skin with Lavender and Tea Tree Essential Oils

For a problem skin, mix the clay, corn flour, and oats together with one beaten egg white. Add one drop lavender oil, one drop tea tree oil. Mix well to form a paste and apply.

Rejuvenating Skin Mask with Frankincense and Myrrh Essential Oils

For a general skin boost, mix the clay, corn flour, and oats together with one beaten egg white. Add one teaspoon jojoba oil, one drop chamomile oil, one drop frankincense oil, and one drop myrrh oil. Mix well to form a paste and apply.

Before Application

Before applying the mask, make sure that the skin is cleansed properly and dried by patting it with a towel. A light exfoliating cleanser such as Young Living’s Satin Facial Scrub Mint will work well in prepping the skin for the best mask application.

After applying any of the masks, leave on for at least fifteen minutes and wash off with lukewarm water and pat the skin dry. Apply moisturizer. ART® Day or Night Activator is a good recommendation for effective and refining moisture with the benefits of frankincense.

Note: If you have never used essential oils or green clay and are prone to allergies, do a patch test on a small area to gage sensitivity before applying any of these masks.

Related skin care articles:

Dry Cracked Skin Testimonials Using Young Living Products

Using Essential Oils for Corns, Sore Feet and Athlete’s Foot

Aromatherapy Foot Bath Recipe

Essential Oils and Skin Care

Essential Oils Can Help with Acne

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"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go." ~ Dr. Seuss

Using Young Living Essential Oils for issues concerning the feet is a terrific option for many reasons. Young Living’s high quality oils are extremely effective, easy to use cost efficient, and do not contain any chemicals, nor are they adulterated – quality oils you can feel good about.

The essential oil blend recipes below are known for helping with various foot concerns. Follow the recipes and see how luxurious treatments for these problems can make you feel wonderful.  foot-massage

Blend for Corns

• 2 drops Myrrh
• 2 drops Cypress
• 7 drops Oregano
• 4 drops Basil

Application Method

Topical: Neat, 1 drop directly on the corn 2-3 times daily

Sore Feet Blend

• 5 drops Wintergreen
• 3 drops Peppermint
• 1 drop Sandalwood
• 2 drops Chamomile
• 2 drops Orange

Single Oils:
Peppermint, white fir, lavender, patchouli, myrrh, frankincense, sandalwood, vetiver

Other Blends:
Melrose, PanAway, Relieve It

Application Methods

Topical: Dilute 50:50 (one part essential oil to one part carrier oil, V-6), massage 6-9 drops onto each foot at night.

Compress: warm, for added effect and penetration.

Bath Salts: mix 10 drops essential oils (above), in 1 Tbsp. Epsom salts and add to hot water in a basin large enough for foot bath.

Topical Treatment:
OrthoEase Massage Oil

Athlete’s Foot Blend

• 8 drops Tea Tree (Melaleuca)
• 4 drops Peppermint
• 2 drops Mountain Savory

Other Single Oils:
Tea tree, Melaleuca ericifolia, cypress, lemongrass (always dilute with carrier oil, V-6), lavender, thyme, mountain savory, melissa

Young Living Blends: Melrose, Thieves, Purification, ClaraDerm

Application Methods

Topical: Neat or Dilute 50:50 with Young Living V-6 as needed. Apply 5-7 drops to affected areas between toes and around toenails

Bath Salts: daily, mix 10 drops essential oils (above), in 1 Tbsp. Epsom salts and add to hot water in a basin large enough for foot bath

Other Topical Treatments

Thieves Antiseptic Spray, Ortho Ease Massage Oil, Fresh Essence Plus Mouthwash (used on the feet).

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"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go." ~ Dr. Seuss

Essential oils are potent. If you use just the bottle to drip them out you can only get 1 drop, but when it comes to cooking oftentimes you will find that 1 drop is too much. But how do you get less than one?

There are no kitchen tools that will accurately measure 1/4, 1/2, 2/3, etc of a drop so it really will come down to an art.

One of the ways to get less than a drop is to use a toothpick. However this will be very inaccurate because it will depend on how porous the toothpick is and how long you leave it in the recipe you are making. It can also be wasteful as the toothpick will retain some of the oil when you throw it away. Well, you can always pick your teeth with it.

A more accurate way to get closer to an exact amount is to tip the bottle slowly until the drop begins to form. When the drop is about the size you need or want, take a clean spoon and touch it to the “partial” drop. The spoon will then have what you need and you can stir it into your recipe.

Happy cooking and Bon Apetit!

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The kitchen and bathroom are often a source of odors and bacteria. Use the following mixtures to freshen, deodorize, and disinfect the air, work areas, cupboards, bathroom fixtures, sinks, tiles, woodwork, carpets, door knobs, phones, keyboards, on toilets and around the base of smelly toilets, etc.

These blends are safe for the family and the environment, and smell oh so good!

The Young Living essential oils in these spray mixtures will also help eliminate germs and bacteria. Don’t expect to get these kinds of results with novelty aromatherapy oils found in health food stores.

Twenty years ago I became interested in essential oils because I was fed-up with spending a fortune on so-called natural household cleaners. I was determined to find nice smelling solutions that I could make myself for all of my household cleaning and as an air freshener. Young Living wasn’t in business twenty years ago so I had to buy my essential oils from another company, which were the best I could find at the time – they were not therapeutic-grade like Young Living’s so I could not use them topically or internally – still, I thought they were better than the ineffective natural cleaning products I was using.

I discovered Young Living oils in 1998 and as soon as my order arrived I compared my Young Living oils to the other brand I had been using – YUCK! I could not believe how disgusting the other brand of oils smelled. I threw out about $600 worth of essential oils that day, I just could not bring myself to use the inferior brand, not when I had the real deal in my hands… finally!

To this day I have not found any brand of essential oil that is more pure than my Young Living oils. I can use the Young Living oils in ways I had only dreamed – topically, internally, in cooking, as well as what got me into essential oils in the first place, for household cleaning and sanitizing.

I used Young Living oils for around 6 years before I decided to become a distributor four years ago. I just love these oils and the quality cannot be beat, their effectiveness is amazing.

The first recipe below is one of my all time favorites, I still use it even after all these years. I have found it to be superb at destroying odors and killing germs.

Tip: Since essential oils separate easily from water, always shake well and shake every so often as you use these mixtures. They will deodorize and clean the air, instead of covering or masking the odors.

Refreshing and Bacteria Killing Blend

32 oz. spray bottle
8 drops Spearmint
8 drops Orange or Lemon or Tangerine
6 drops Lavender
6 drops Thyme
6 drops Rosemary CT cineol 

4 drops Eucalyptus globulus
water

Fill spray bottle 7/8 of the way with water, add your Young Living essential oils. Shake the mixture well and periodically during use.

I Love To Clean Blend

32 oz. spray bottle
10 drops Lavender
10 drops Purification Blend
water

Fill spray bottle 7/8 of the way with water, add your Young Living essential oils. Shake the mixture well and periodically during use.

Refresh and Purify

6 drops Pine
6 drops Chamomile
4 drops Melaleuca alternifolia
4 drops Lemongrass, or Clove

Fill a 32 oz. spray bottle 7/8 of the way with water, add your Young Living essential oils. Shake the mixture well and periodically during use.

Springtime Fresh Blend

32 oz. spray bottle
12 drops Orange
10 drops Tangerine
10 drops Spearmint
Water

Fill a 32 oz. spray bottle 7/8 of the way with water, add your Young Living essential oils. Shake the mixture well and periodically during use.

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Natural and pure, therapeutic-grade essential oils can play a very significant role in our lives. The difference between high quality oils, and novelty aromatherapy oils, is enormous. This is why you have probably already heard about Young Living Essential Oils – they are the best. In my 20 years of working with essential oils, I can honestly say – to this day I have not found any that are better.

Sore Feet Essential Oil Foot Bath

• 5 drops Wintergreen
• 3 drops Peppermint
• 1 drop Sandalwood
• 2 drops Chamomille
• 2 drops Orange

Application Methods

Foot Massage: Dilute 50:50 (one part essential oil to one part carrier oil, such as Young Living’s V-6), massage 6-9 drops onto each foot at night.

Compress: warm, for added effect and penetration.

Bath Salts: mix 10 drops essential oils (above), in 1/4 cup Epsom Salts and add to hot water in a basin large enough for footbath.

Young Living Blends: these blends are also excellent choices: Melrose, PanAway, and Relieve It

Related skin care articles:

Dry Cracked Skin Testimonials Using Young Living Products

Using Essential Oils for Corns, Sore Feet and Athlete’s Foot

Aromatherapy Foot Bath Recipe

Essential Oils and Skin Care

Athlete’s Foot Fungus and Essential Oils

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"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go." ~ Dr. Seuss

Where our pets walk or “sniff”, can be a big cause of why they are always scratching.  They are constantly walking on, lying on, or smelling the chemicals that are in cleaning products that are used on the floors and carpets and chemical fertilizers on the ground outside.  The chemicals in the shampoos and the chemicals used in flea and tick products are another bad culprit. All of these chemicals come out mostly through their skin which leads to health problems and the itching and scratching. The best thing we can do for our pets is to replace all the chemical induced products from their lives as much as possible.

Being a Young Living Distributor I am aware of all of the chemical & toxic products that can be replaced in our homes with natural cleaning products, which intern protects us and our pets from harm.  Thieves Household Cleaner* may replace all of your cleaning agents in your home. From cleaning your windows, counters, sinks, bathrooms, using for laundry, washing dishes & in your dishwasher. For our pets, we can use Thieves Household Cleaner to mop the floors and even when shampooing the carpets.  The scent is wonderful and you don’t have to wear gloves or run from the room when using it.

When giving your dog a bath, use Animal Scents™ Shampoo*.  It cleans, protects, and conditions your pet’s coat without the harmful ingredients often found in pet care products. This all-natural shampoo contains five powerful essential oils, which are blended to gently cleanse, increase luster, and enhance grooming. which is enhanced with essential oils of; citronella, lemon, spikenard, lavandin and geranium.

My son’s dog, Raleigh, loves to go swimming, but he used to be scared of getting a bath.  I suggested to my son to some of the blend of Peace & Calming on his hands and just give Raleigh some “loving” before his bath time.  By doing this it made a tremendous difference in bath time.  He is much calmer and is actually relaxed while getting his bath.

If your dog has an itching problem, apply a drop of Lavender on the effected area. One to two drops is sufficient for small dogs.  If they have any sore spots, use 1-2 drops of Lavender,  or Purification and put a coating of Animal Scents Ointment over the sore to seal the oil in and to protect the skin from the elements.  Should their skin be sensitive, another oil that could be to used would be Roman Chamomile.*

LavaDerm Spray is another great way to get a larger area that is irritating to them. It combines lavender and Aloe, both soothing and healing.  It may bring relief to stressed skin with a blend of gentle skin-soothing ingredients including lavender essential oil aloe vera. Spray directly onto the affected area and repeat every 10-15 minutes until desired relief is achieved*

All of these therapies and changing your household products to natural Thieves Household Cleaner may be one of the best things you can do for your pet!!  Why wait? Order these healthy therapeutic products for your loving pets today!!

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