Tried-and-True Tips for Cooking with Young Living Essential Oils

As your essential oil collection increases, so does your know-how. You learn which oils are best to use in the morning. You curate a mental list of diffusion blends that change the mood in your home. And you know which essential oils help you find your Zen when added to bathwater. But did you know that many of our oils can be used in the kitchen?

 

We’ve compiled some of our favorite tips for using essential oils in the kitchen. Add these delicious tips to your repertoire!

 

Breakfast

  1. Waffles: Add 1–4 drops of Orange essential oil to wet waffle mix.
  2. Oatmeal: Add 1 drop of Cinnamon Oil and 2 drops of Orange essential oil to a bowl of oatmeal or oat bran, and then sweeten with Blue Agave.
  3. Lemon with Berries: Add Lemon essential oil to berry protein shakes or to plain yogurt and top with berries.

 

Snacks

  1. Cream Cheese Spread: Put cream cheese into a bowl and mix in Lemon essential oil to taste.
  2. Olive Oil: Add various culinary herb essential oils to your olive oil, such as Rosemary. Pour over a plate of balsamic vinegar and use foccacia bread for dipping.

 

Dinner

  1. Tomato Pasta Sauce: Add 2 drops of Basil essential oil and 1 drop each of Rosemary and Thyme essential oil to tomato sauce base.
  2. Potato Salad: Add 1–2 drops of Dill essential oil to potato salad.
  3. Rice Pilaf: Add 4 drops of Lemon essential oil to water before adding rice.
  4. Salad and Fruit Rinse: Use 3 drops of Lemon essential oil in a bowl of water when rinsing lettuce, grapes, berries, and greens.
  5. Tuna Salad Sandwiches: Add 2 drops of Lemon essential oil per can of tuna and mix with mayonnaise and freshly ground pepper. Spoon onto bread and serve topped with alfalfa sprouts.

 

Beverages

  1. Hot Lemon Tea: In 1 cup of hot water, mix in 3 drops of Lemon essential oil and Blue Agave to taste.
  2. Horchata with a Twist: Add 1 drop of Cinnamon Bark essential oil to a tall glass filled with ice and vanilla rice milk.
  3. Vanilla Protein Shake: Add 2 drops of Lemon or Peppermint essential oil to any vanilla protein shake.
  4. Flavored Water: Add 1 drop of Peppermint essential oil to your gym water bottle.

 

What other  secrets do you have for using essential oils in the kitchen? Share your ideas in the comments!

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  • I add two drops of Peppermint essential oil along with a spoonful of hot chocolate mix to my morning coffee. Just like drinking a Girl Scout Thin Mint cookie. Yummy!

    • I added lemon oil to the mayo for my first time making and serving to mother in law lobster rolls. She said the taste was refreshing and one of the best she ever had.

  • I substitute nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger for the actual spices in my pumpkin pie. Everyone said it was the best pumpkin pie they have ever tasted :)

    • Dawn, how many drops of each do you use for your pumpkin pie. I want to try, but concerned about putting in too much. Thanks

      • With Thanksgiving coming up, I'd like to know how many drops of each of these you added. I may have to try it.

        • Dawn, I too am looking to replace actual spices with essential oils in my fall baking. Any help with the amounts you used in your pumpkin pie would be very much appreciated!
          Thank you!

          • I use 2 drops of Cinnamon Bark Vitality, 1 drop Clove Vitality, 1 drop Nutmeg vitality, 1 drop Ginger vitality. Tastes awesome! I do the same for my molasses cookies, minus the Nutmeg vitalaity, and I up the Ginger vitality to 2 drops for my ginger cookies.

  • I add 1 drop Oregano oil , Rosemary and or Basil to the water before cooking my spaghetti pasta. I experimented putting the oils directly into the sauce and it was overpowering. Putting it in the water is Perfection

  • I add a drop of lime to a bowl of guacamole. I also diffuse purification to get rid of the odor after hard-boiling eggs. That's sort of "cooking with" essential oils :)

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