Ningxia Red Smoothie Recipe

Ningxia Red Smoothies Recipe

Ingredients:

2oz Ningxia Red
1 cup homemade yogurt
1 cup fruit-I like peaches and blueberry-the picture above was raspberries and pineapple.
2-4 oz liquid coconut oil
1 avocado
1 banana
2 drops YL lemon essential oil

Directions:

1. Melt coconut oil. I use hot tap water to run over the CO bottle. Pour into the blender. We use the Vitamix and it really pulverize the ingredients to make them more digestible.

2. Put banana and avocado into the blender and mix very well. The coconut oils will mix with the banana and avocado and will not be clumpy when adding cold ingredients.

3. Add yogurt and fruit and blend well.

4. Add the Ningxia red and lemon oil. Blend well.

5. Pour into glass containers. Must be glass as the oils will eat at the plastic.

6. ENJOY a yummy super healthy smoothie.


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Replacing over the counter meds with Young Living Oils

Make the Switch!
Do you wish you had an all-natural home and lifestyle?
Young Living has over 400 all-natural, organic, 100% pure therapeutic grade essential oils, supplements, and personal care products. Once you begin “reforming” your medicine cabinet and switching to all-natural products and essential oils, you’ll wonder why in the world you didn’t make the switch earlier! The essential oils listed in this post only refer to therapeutic grade essential oils. Lower quality oils are often toxic and not suitable for medicinal use, so I only recommend Young Living, a company whose products I trust!

Mom’s Natural First Aid Chart:

BITES / STINGS
We used to use: Benadryl, Antihistamines
Now we use: Purification, Copaiba, or Lavender

BURNS / SUNBURNS
We used to use: Aloe Vera , burn ointment
Now we use: Lavender or Lavaderm Spray

COLD / FLU
We used to use: Nyquil, Vick’s, Robitussin, Tylenol Cold
Now we use: R.C., Raven, Thieves, Peppermint, Eucalyptus, Thieves Lozenges, Inner
Defense (softgels), ImmuPower, Super C (chewable tablets), ImmuPro (chewable tablets), Super
B (supplement), Frankincense

COLD SORE OINTMENT
We used to use: Lysine
Now we use: Melrose, Melissa, or Geranium (And still use Lysine)

CUTS / SCRAPES
We used to use: Antibacterial creams and sprays
Now we use: Lavender or Geranium

ECZEMA / SKIN RASHES
We used to use: Benadryl cream
Now we use: Lavender, Cedarwood, Bergamot, Rose ointment

FEVER REDUCTION
We used to buy: Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen
Now we use: Peppermint (several drops on soles of feet)

HEADACHE / MIGRAINE RELIEF
We used to buy: Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, or Excedrin Migraine
Now we use: Peppermint, M-Grain, Deep Relief, or PanAway

HEART BURN / INDIGESTION
We used to use: Tum’s, Rolaids
Now we use: AlkaLime (powder), Lemon

INSECT REPELLANT
We used to use: Off
Now we use: Palo Santo, Peppermint, Cedarwood, or Purification

MENSTRUAL CRAMPS / PMS
We used to use: Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, Midol
Now we use: Dragon Time (best), Lady Sclereol, Frankincense, Clary Sage

MUSCLE / JOINT PAIN
We used to use: Advil, Icy Hot, Aspercream
Now we use: PanAway, Peppermint, Deep Relief, Ortho Sport Massage Oil, Ortho Ease
Massage Oil, Idaho Balsam Fir, Copaiba, Wintergreen

NATURAL SLEEP AID/STRESS RELIEF
We used to use: Count Sheep
Now we use: RutaVala, SleepEssence (softgel), Dream Catcher, Sandalwood, Spikenard,
Peace & Calming, Valor, or Lavender

NAUSEA / DIARRHEA
We used to use: Pepto-Bismol, Alka-Seltzer, Zantac, Imodium, various other brands
Now we use: Di-Gize, Peppermint, Ginger, Life 5 (probiotic), 5-Day Nutritive Cleanse
(kit), Cleansing Trio (kit)

SINUS / ALLERGY
We used to use: Benadryl, Actifed, Sudafed, Claritin
Now we use: R.C., Raven, Thieves, Peppermint, Frankincense, Harmony and Valor (Used in
combination: Harmony on sternum and valor on bottom of feet), Super C

SORE THROAT
We used to use: Throat sprays and various sugar-coated lozenges
Now we use: Thieves Lozenges, Thieves Mouthwash, Thieves spray, Lemon, Peppermint

The Common Scents Mom created this easy to reference “first aid chart” to help get you started. Sharing here with permission from the author. If you are interested in purchasing these oils or becoming a distributor there is more information on my Becoming a Distributor page.

The information provided here is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to prescribe, diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. It is your responsibility to educate yourself and address any health or medical needs you may have with your physician.

Lemon or Lime Cheesecake

Recipe taken from Breaking the Vicious Cycle by Elaine Gottschall. Photo mine.

Ingredients:
3 eggs-warm to room temp
1/3 c honey
1 c scd yogurt-dripped
2 c dry curd cottage cheese
2 tsp legal vanilla
lemon or lime juice (optional)***

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325*.
2. Bring ingredients up to room temp.
3. In a blender add eggs first for blades to turn freely. Then add the rest of the ingredients.
4. Mix well, stopping to scrap down sides every 15 seconds or so.
5. Grease sides of pan with butter or coconut oil so cheesecake will not stick.
6. Pour mixture in smaller pans, splitting up batter so as to not fill more then half way full. It will rise.
7. Bake for 40 mins or until tops turn a slight brown. Do not open oven during first 30 mins.
8. Take it out of oven and let it cool.
9. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
10. Enjoy.

Notes: When I cooked mine I noticed the center was a little wiggly-that is perfectly fine and actually makes a nice smooth cheesecake in the center but if you overcook it, it becomes dry and crumbly.
After I let it cool, I noticed it was a little watery and just drained it.

***I actually used Young Living Lemon or Lime Essential Oil (only YL-others are not safe to ingest) to flavor it. I used 10 drops and it gave a good flavor-not too strong or weak. But do not eat the whole cheesecake in a few days because lemon is a detoxing oil and you will feel the detox effect if you eat too much of the cheesecake with the oil baked in it. :)

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Personal care recipes using Young Living Essential Oils

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Replacing over the counter first aid products are easy using these recipes.

Make Your Own Sore Throat Spray

1/4 oz. Vodka
1 3/4 oz. Purified Water
10 drops Thieves Essential Oil Blend
5 drops Therapeutic Grade Peppermint or Lemon essential oil
2 drops Stevia

Blend together and store in a 2 oz. dark glass spray bottle. Spray 1-2 squirts on the back of throat for soothing relief.

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Stacy’s Boo Boo Spray

2 oz. Aloe Vera Juice (or purified water)
10 drops therapeutic grade lavender
10 drops therapeutic grade geranium
1 drop therapeutic grade frankincense (optional)

Shake together well and store in a dark glass spray bottle.

To make a Burn Spray, omit the geranium and frankincense, and instead use 20 drops of lavender.

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Mom’s Homemade Toothpaste

3-4 T. vegetable glycerin (food grade) or coconut oil
6T. Baking Soda (aluminum free)
2 tsp. Dr. Bronner’s Baby Mild Liquid Castile Soap (unscented)
4 drops stevia or 1 tsp. xylitol (xylitol is supposed to prevent tooth decay!)
20 drops therapeutic grade peppermint essential oil
1-2 drops therapeutic grade Thieves essential oil blend

If using Xylitol as the sweetener, I mix it with the Castile soap first, so that it has a chance to dissolve. I don’t like my toothpaste to turn out grainy. However, it may be that it would dissolve anyway, I just haven’t taken the chance. Then I mix all the ingredients together with a whisk.

Pour it into a glass jar. Any glass jar will work, even a plain old mason jar; but, a decorative one will make you feel good. :-)

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Homemade All Natural Deodorant

Makes enough for one average-sized deodorant roll-up container.

1 heaping T. beeswax pellets
2 1/2 T. coconut oil
1/8 C. arrowroot powder
1/8 C. baking soda
2 drops castor oil
2 drops vitamin E
24 drops of therapeutic grade essential oil of your choice (recommendations below)

The selections are endless. You could choose just single oils (lavender, lemon, melaleuca, sandalwood, frankincense, cinnamon bark, etc.) or Young Living has a number of blends that are perfect for a good deodorant (Thieves, Purification, Citrus Fresh, Three Wise Men, Joy, Harmony, Christmas Spirit, Sensation etc.).

If you want to get creative, you could try to blend a few complementary oils together yourself. Here are a few examples:

English Garden:

19 drops lavender
4 drops ylang ylang drops
1 geranium

Morning Breeze

15 drops Rosemary
5 drops peppermint
4 drops lavender

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Only use Young Living therapeutic grade essential oils, since lower quality oils may be toxic. Recipes taken from The Common Scents Mom blog with permission.

Peppermint pieces

Healthy peppermint chunks. Recipe modified from Everyday Oils with Kim.

1 cup of coconut oil, softened but not melted
1/4 cup of honey
5-6 drops of Young Living Peppermint essential oil

1. Mix this all together.
2. Poured it onto a waxed paper cookie sheet.
3. Place the tray level into the freezer and wait about 1 hour.
4. Break it up into pieces.
5. Enjoy!

You will need to keep them in the freezer, so they don't melt.


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