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Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil is the highest quality coconut oil available and is used in recipes that need a high quality Virgin Coconut Oil. A list of recipes can be found at the Free Coconut Recipes website. There is also a short video you can watch to see how this oil was discovered and how it is made.
Sweet Pea (and carrots?) handmade hot process soap. Beautiful and delightfully fragranced with sweet pea fragrance oil.
I use my soap as shampoo bars as well. It's a fun way to get clean from head to toe in one fell swoop ~ schwooosh! I then use a (very light) jojoba oil, shea butter and avocado butter mixture about every three days. I have very long, curly, unmanageable, frizzy, gnarly hair... and it actually pleases me. Not to mention no chemicals left to leech their way into my scalp!
My method: Lather up a wash cloth really REALLY good and squeeze it out onto your hair. This is easier then trying to lather your hands and then transfer. Scrub it up and use the remainder for your body. Close your eyes for the hair part though - or ouch! Then rinse and you are all done. You've saved water, time and smell great too. Ah…
*I only use my 'plain' soap bars for shampoo bars. I don't use any soaps that have clay, or oatmeal, coffee, poppy seeds, flowers, herbs… etc. You get the picture right? I don't want anything leftover hanging around making me look silly. I can do that by myself.
You will receive 1 bar approximately 5+ ounces. Some bars weigh more and these bars will go first. I am a terrible cutter, but I try...
It's good to let your soap air out between uses for a longer lasting bar. Store your handmade soaps in a cool dry place letting them breathe. I cut mine in quarters to make them last longer :-) and this way I can use a different soap everyday - yay me!
Hand crafted soaps are so good for your skin. No added chemicals and all the natural glycerin is retained. I'll never go back to buying store bought chemical laden soaps.
::ingredients::
Coconut Olive Palm Oils
Castor Jojoba Avocado Sweet Almond Hazelnut Walnut Rice Grapeseed Sunflower Safflower
Shea Avocado Almond Butters
Nag Champa Fragrance Oil
Oxides
Lye
H2O
Considering it's the Festive Season, I thought I'd add some extra fruit and nuts into the apple crisp. I'm into experimenting with my food, so this was right up my alley. I can tell you the house smells so good right now, can't wait to try this, it's something new for me.
Cinnamon Sugar Cocoa Butter Handmade Natural Soap
This soap is made with cinnamon sugar fragrance oil. It smells just like cinnamon and sugar, but not too sweet. Too sweet = bad news in my aromaland. I've added tons and tons and tons of cocoa butter to the base of this bar. To top it off, I've enriched with shea butter, sweet almond oil and vegetable glycerin for more moisturizing goodness. It's a very rich bar of soap and will leave you feeling silky smooth.
This would definitely be a bar of soap that I'd wash my hair with too. I use almost all of my plain (meaning no added herbs and stuff) as shampoo bars. My method: Lather up a wash cloth really REALLY good and squeeze it out onto your hair. This is easier then trying to lather your hands and then transfer. Scrub it up and use the remainder for your body. Close your eyes for the hair part though - or ouch! Then rinse and you are all done. You've saved water, time and smell great too. Ah…
Virgin coconut oil is supposed to be good for you. There are many benefits of coconut oil. Watch this video on the benefits of coconut oil.
Enter to win a free 32 ounce bottle of Tropical Tradition's Virgin Gold Label Coconut oil.
This is a picture of gluten free dark chocolate brownies that I made with the coconut oil and it turned out delicious! I'll be posting the recipe for it in a few days.
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When you’re permanently dyeing your hair, it can sometimes bring a lot of damage to it. Ammonia is used to open the hair fiber so that dye can nestle in. It is also known to smell terribly and can irritate the delicate skin on scalp.
Brands producing long lasting hair colors have long...
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Apple, plum, and oatmeal with trail mix pie.
The experimental crust of this pie is made with coconut oil in place of butter, shortening, or lard. I do believe the experiment is successful. It results in a slightly crunchy crust, at least mine did. I like it.
This started out as an ordinary apple pie but then I decided to include plums. Then instead of using corn starch or flour to thicken, I chose my prepared oatmeal mixture which includes trail mix. I augmented with more dried fruit, raisins, cherries, cranberries, and pecans. I added a cup. Decided that wasn't enough so added another cup. I included coconut oil in place of butter in the filling. This made more filling than the pie could contain so I ate it apart from the pie. It was a little bit like the most amazing granola in the history of ever.
Pie crust
* 1 + 1/2 cup sifted flour (cold)
* 3 rounded tablespoons coconut oil (cold)
* 1/8 teaspoon salt
* 1 Tablespoon palm sugar, organic sugar, whatever
* 1/4 cup (cold) water
Rub the chilled coconut oil into the flour in the usual way to pea-sized flour-coated nodules. Add just enough water to bring the mixture together. This needn't be sweetened. It can be seasoned however the impulse strikes.
Pie filling
* 5 or 6 apples, depending on size
* 3 plums
* 1 + 1/2 cup to 2 cups oatmeal combined with trail mix
* extra dry fruit as desired
* 1 rounded tablespoon coconut oil
I used organic palm sugar because I had it on hand but it's not necessary. Any sugar will work, including brown sugar or honey, or none at all if you prefer to keep it to the natural sugar in the fruit. I added very little, just a tablespoon.
My prepared oatmeal mixture contains a load of cinnamon, various nuts and dried fruit, so I didn't add any more spices. If I didn't use the oatmeal, then I'd have added spices, namely, cinnamon, allspice, clove or possibly ginger. I have a tendency to overdo things.
Pre-bake pie crust for 12 minutes at 400℉. Heat the pie filling on stove top to cause apples to shrink and fruit to release liquid which is soaked up by oatmeal. Bake for 25 minutes at 400℉.
Photo #1 of 5 Apple and fruit pie with trail mix with coconut oil crust
Photos for post to Blogger blogspot Things wot I Made Then Ate
This recipe is available at the Free Coconut Recipes website. Uses Virgin Coconut Oil and coconut flour. Photo submitted by Melissa, Sacramento, CA
Patchouli w Jasmine and Dragons Blood Polka Dots Handmade Soap
This yummy smelling bar is smells so good and has dragon's blood and jasmine polka dots throughout. It's main smell is patchouli with a sweet undertow of jasmine and dragons blood.
You will receive one bar of appoximately 4+ ounces.
I use my soap as shampoo bars as well. It's a fun way to get clean from head to toe in one fell swoop ~ schwooosh! I then use a (very light) jojoba oil, shea butter and avocado butter mixture about every three days. I have very long, curly, unmanageable, frizzy, gnarly hair... and it actually pleases me. Not to mention no chemicals left to leech their way into my scalp! See how I smile in my pic? All because of natural remedies :-)
My method: Lather up a wash cloth really REALLY good and squeeze it out onto your hair. This is easier then trying to lather your hands and then transfer. Scrub it up and use the remainder for your body. Close your eyes for the hair part though - or ouch! Then rinse and you are all done. You've saved water, time and smell great too. Ah…
*I only use my 'plain' soap bars for shampoo bars. I don't use any soaps that have clay, or oatmeal, coffee, poppy seeds, flowers, herbs… etc. You get the picture right? I don't want anything leftover hanging around making me look silly. I can do that on my own.
It's good to let your soap air out between uses for a longer lasting bar. Store your handmade soaps in a cool dry place letting them breathe. I cut mine in quarters to make them last longer :-) and this way I can use a different soap everyday - yay me!
Hand crafted soaps are so good for your skin. No added chemicals and all the natural glycerin is retained. I'll never go back to buying store bought chemically infiltrated soaps.
Allergies? Please read the listed ingredients. Thank you.
::ingredients::
Coconut Olive Soy Palm
Shea Butter Jojoba Oil Sweet Almond Oil Avocado Oil
Ground Organic Oatmeal
Honey
Lye H2O
Oxides
Fragrance Oil
Essential Oil
Neroli Oatmeal Black and White Hybrid Handmade Soap
I'm calling these soaps my 'hybrid' soap because I've used a great glycerin base and added my own hot process touches to them as well! The best of both worlds!
This soap is made with an oatmeal glycerin base and I've added Hawiian Black Lava Salt with activated charcoal to the bottom. Then added a second layer filled with hot process soap (though you can't see it, it's in there) made with Australian Black Clay and the same oatmeal base. Then the top layer is back to white and more bigger chunks of black clay hot process soap. All these layers are generously scented with neroli fragrance oil, which has a touch of essential in it. A very, wonderful unisex scent. I've added a great balance of both soaps so you'll get all the benefit of a true handmade soap with the beauty of a melt and pour.
Very good for your skin and wonderful to look at too. Bars weigh approximately 4 ounces.
Please keep your soaps in a well draining soap dish and allow them to dry out between uses. Otherwise they will drink up all the water and turn into a bloated mushy mess.
::Oatmeal Glycerin Base Contains::
Coconut Palm Castor Sunflower Oil
Oatmeal
Glycerin (kosher, of vegetable origin)
Purified Water
Sodium Hydroxide
Sorbital
Sorbitan Oleate
Soybean Protein
Titanium Dioxide
Mica
::Hot Process Australian Black Clay Contains::
Coconut Palm Olive Soybean Oil
Black Midnight Australian Clay
Anise Extract (just a touch - you can just barely smell it)
Ground Star Anise
Sodium Hydroxide
H2O
Superfat Blend of:
Cocoa Shea Avocado Almond Mango Butters
Olive Hazelnut Walnut Sweet-Almond Sunflower Safflower Avocado Rice-Bran Castor Grapeseed Oils
Just having some fun trying my hand at liquid soap making. Started yesterday and finished it up today. Scented with tangerine essential oil, which also gives it that nice amber hue.
Finished soap in jars ready to be sequestered. It will be ready in about two weeks. The soap should become clearer and thicker as it cools and sits. I am loving the color and the tangerine scent!
Q. How long after I've discovered a new baking apparatus until I attempt to make a brownie in it?
A. Not very.
p.s. The more I look at this photo the more it reminds me of one of those very deep & luxurious leather couches..? The kind your legs stick to in the summertime. You know.
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The Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis linneo) plant is indigenous to the Peruvian Amazon Forest, and produces small nuts that are extremely rich in high quality, nutritious vegetable oil.
Sacha Inchi oil was awarded the gold medal for excellent organoleptic qualities at the World Edible Oils competition in Paris, in 2004.
Sacha Inchi oil is valued as a nutritional supplement because it contains a high concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acids, making it an excellent source for Omega 3 (alpha linolenic acid) and Omega 6 (linoleic acid). It contains no cholesterol.
This oil is the perfect supplement for people that do not eat fish or enough Omega-rich vegetables. It contains antioxidants vitamin A and vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol). It is high in protein, and rich in essential and non-essential amino acids that are important for good health.
Sacha Inchi oil is highly digestible (96%), and does not cause gas or irritation, like some other oils. It contains no additives, or preservatives. Sacha Inchi has a distinctive, delicious flavor, and aroma. It is also an excellent dressing on salads and for homemade beauty treatments.
Together leftover coffee grounds, coconut oil, and 2 other ingredients (that everyone has in their kitchen) make a aromatic body scrub.
curiouscountrycook.blogspot.com/2012/09/diy-coffee-sugar-...
Modified from a Dorie Greenspan recipe, this dessert is nothing more than wafer-thin slices of Asian pears layered with coconut oil and a spiced sugar mixture, lightly pressed and slowly baked to meltingly tender perfection. A chilled square of this alongside caramel or vanilla ice cream is the perfect, frugal-fancy end to any day of the week!
www.yummysmells.ca/2015/04/low-n-slow-baked-asian-pears.html
Aggressively healthy. From 101 Cookbooks. The recipe called for a "scant" half-teaspoon of salt, and I may have over-scanted. It was improved by a sea-salt flake (or two) on top of each cookie before baking. (Which addition may seem somewhat unusual, but see also Smitten Kitchen.)
Also ran out of maple-syrup mid-recipe, and had to use some brown rice syrup instead.
Will be re-trying with more ginger, dried apricots, coconut flakes, and the full quantity of maple syrup. And perhaps also shaping it into granola-bar-like rectangles.
The experimental crust of this pie is made with coconut oil in place of butter, shortening, or lard. I do believe the experiment is successful. It results in a slightly crunchy crust, at least mine did. I like it.
This started out as an ordinary apple pie but then I decided to include plums. Then instead of using corn starch or flour to thicken, I chose my prepared oatmeal mixture which includes trail mix. I augmented with more dried fruit, raisins, cherries, cranberries, and pecans. I added a cup. Decided that wasn't enough so added another cup. I included coconut oil in place of butter in the filling. This made more filling than the pie could contain so I ate it apart from the pie. It was a little bit like the most amazing granola in the history of ever.
Pie crust
* 1 + 1/2 cup sifted flour (cold)
* 3 rounded tablespoons coconut oil (cold)
* 1/8 teaspoon salt
* 1 Tablespoon palm sugar, organic sugar, whatever
* 1/4 cup (cold) water
Rub the chilled coconut oil into the flour in the usual way to pea-sized flour-coated nodules. Add just enough water to bring the mixture together. This needn't be sweetened. It can be seasoned however the impulse strikes.
Pie filling
* 5 or 6 apples, depending on size
* 3 plums
* 1 + 1/2 cup to 2 cups oatmeal combined with trail mix
* extra dry fruit as desired
* 1 rounded tablespoon coconut oil
I used organic palm sugar because I had it on hand but it's not necessary. Any sugar will work, including brown sugar or honey, or none at all if you prefer to keep it to the natural sugar in the fruit. I added very little, just a tablespoon.
My prepared oatmeal mixture contains a load of cinnamon, various nuts and dried fruit, so I didn't add any more spices. If I didn't use the oatmeal, then I'd have added spices, namely, cinnamon, allspice, clove or possibly ginger. I have a tendency to overdo things.
Pre-bake pie crust for 12 minutes at 400℉. Heat the pie filling on stove top to cause apples to shrink and fruit to release liquid which is soaked up by oatmeal. Bake for 25 minutes at 400℉.
Photo series #2 through 5 Apple and fruit pie with trail mix with coconut oil crust
Photos for post to Blogger blogspot Things wot I Made Then Ate
Ohhhh....the lightness and softness of this orange heaven! Its scented in a very subtle way with some Orange and Lemon Essential Oils so you can enjoy the moisturizing qualities without killing people around you with the aroma.
The Rose Floral Water is so gentle and it makes the skin sing from happiness! It nourishes and quenches the thirst, while taking care of the little imperfections.
The butters and oils are just as if they came down from Heaven! They are nourishing and moisturizing the skin for hours! Say NO MORE to re-applying every half an hour lotions, creams and moisturizers that they sell at the stores!
This is what your skin has been looking for! And its well deserved!
2 oz
Lemon oil is a good remedy for the increasing the luster of dull skin. It is astringent and detoxifying in nature, and rejuvenates dull skin. Its antiseptic properties help in treating pimples and various skin disorders. Lemon is also recommended for oily skin.
Orange oil helps with the collagen formation of the skin.
Shea butter has been used to help heal burns, sores, scars, dermatitis, psoriasis, dandruff, and stretch marks. It may also help diminish wrinkles by moisturizing the skin, promoting cell renewal. Shea butter is a particularly effective moisturizer because contains so many fatty acids, which are needed to retain skin moisture and elasticity.
Mango Butter helps with the elasticity of the skin thus preventing wrinkles and stretch marks; it helps with psoriasis, dermatitis and eczema; its extremely moisturizing; rejuvenates skin; helps with blemishes and rashes, wounds, cracks from dryness, scar reduction.
Coconut oil's ability to nourish and heal the skin has been known in the tropics for hundreds of years. It has been used for centuries in Polynesia and by our ancestors to retain soft and wrinkle free skin.
Rose Floral Water maintains the pH balance, stimulates regeneration processes, has a calming effect in acne and sunburns. As a result the skin texture becomes even and elastic.
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