GLI:N Dinner Tip: White bean mash with fresh parsley and lemon oil (doTERRA)

Hello Glinies, 

As you know, not long ago, I discovered the doTERRA oils and even the wonderful world of cooking with essential oils. From that on, I am experimenting with our dinner dishes. I must say with success. My boys love these dishes even without knowing that I am flavouring them with essential oils. The good thing that I love about cooking with them, that they are so pure, you get just the amazing extra fine flavour and it doesn`t taste oily or so. Of course you only need a drop or two, thanks for the pureness of these products.

Here is my last creation.

White bean mash with fresh parsley and lemon oil

Ingredients:

200gram of white beans ( or any other that you like)
1 avocado
1 tiny chunk of garlic ( you can use more for a stronger taste of course)
1 handful of fresh parsley
1 handful of fresh basil
3-4 leaves of citrone mellise 
1 teaspoon of apple cider
 a pinch of sea salt
1-2 drops of doTERRA lemon oil
100ml of olive oil

Process:

1. Soak the beans in water for the night 
2. Cook the beans till soft and let them cool
3. Add the other ingredients
4. Blend them together. ( Based on your taste you can add more oil.)

Enjoy

My son ate as a side dish with grilled fish , I love it as a dipper with a bit of more oil with.

This is my version. Do you want to try it?  
I would love to hear your experience or other recipes with essential oils?

Have a GLI:N Week
Rita

GLI:N Midweek Tips: Beginners guide to green your dish washing detergent

Ok, now that you are hooked with home made, vegan , biological cosmetic products like soap, body butter, lip balm and sunscreen, now it is time to green our household step by step. 
 

As a mother, or the manager of a family logistical center, where do you spend most of your time?


Yes, in the K I T C H E N.

So after cooking , hopefully with lots of fresh, veggies and fruits the most hated part of the housework comes: washing the dishes.
In the old days , our mothers used soap and hot water. Of course, evolution did not stop, so one day, the dishwasher was invented. Great, you as a busy mother you can quickly put all the dirty dishes in it, add a tablet, push the bottom , close the door and ready. Everything is on order and after a few hours the dishes are clean too. Win-win.

Let me stop for a second. Do we really need a machine? Is it environmental friendly? Is it good for our health? 
 

There are certain answers that we can give. But it feels already overwhelming to go entirely green at home. 


So let me give you advice little by little, a piece of alteration at a time. 


Start with your kitchen. 

You do not need to throw away your dishwasher even. 
Just be conscious about what you put in, how and when.

Here are a few tips that you can easily adapt in your daily routine.

LETS CHANGE THE WASHING DETERGENT IN YOUR DISHWASHER AND FINE TUNE YOUR METHOD OF USING THE MACHINE.

First of all, I would like to warn you, it is a TRIAL AND ERROR PROCESS.

Your green washing success depends on a lot of different things at the same time. 
I encourage you to take this adventure and do not quit after the first or second bad result.

It will be fine, you just need to learn your machine and your ingredients.

Your success depends on :
-the size of your dishwasher
-how many dishes you put in
-how dirty they are
-on which temperature you are washing
-how your machine allocates the water
-on which pressure it gives the water
-the proportion of the washing detergent ingredients
-the strength of the vinegar that you use
-how much powder you use


What are the natural ingredients that you can use to wash your dishes in your dishwasher?
-salt
-citric acid
-borax (optional)
-baking soda
-vinegar

P.S.: Do not forget to check out the upcoming GLI:N Workshops here
 

Happy GLI:N Week

Rita

GLI:N Homemade Recipes: Suntan Cream & Skin Scrub

Do you know what the benefit of sunbathing is?

Because it has a lot of good impact on you and your body. 

You will get a good mood from the sunshine, keeps away depression. 

Your body could produce more vitamin D, that has an important role of the bone health and acts as a pre-hormone for your hypophysis .

But ultraviolet rays in the sunlight can damage the cells in your body.

You should do everything you can do to avoid sunburn.

This is because over time small amounts of sunburn damage can build up, which may lead to the development of skin cancer or melanom. While a tan is your body's way of protecting itself against UV rays, if the damaged skin cells can't repair themselves, they can become cancerous. You should be particularly careful in spring when your skin is pale.

A tan doesn't guarantee that you will avoid skin cancer later on in life.

How could you protect yourself against the "aging" effect of the sun?

-Dermatologist advice.

You can protect yourself in two ways: inner and outer  protection in order to keep your body young.

How could you prepare your body inside for sunbathing?

• Eat more fruits and vegetables that are rich in carotene.
• Try to eat more fresh red, purple, orange and yellow fruits and vegetables. The beta carotene is in all green vegetables. The best sources of carotene are the following: rhubarb, spinach, cabbage, lettuce, carrot, sweet potato, orange, mandarin,papaya,mango, pumpkin, tomato, peach, melon.
• Spinach and the peel of the zucchini are rich in beta carotene, which helps prevent the cell damage.
• According to the WHO advice, we should eat approximately 40-50 grams of this kind of food per day. Studies suggest that high doses of beta carotene may make people with a particular condition less sensitive to the sun.

Sunbathing advice

• Between 11.00-15.00 stay out of the sun. You will get nice brown color also in the shade, just slower but without the painful sunburn effect. But you will reduce the chance to get more wrinkles faster and pigment changes.
• Do not wear make up while sunbathing. 
• Do not use perfume, deodorant. They can cause skin irritation and problems.
• Protect your eyes with sunglasses and your head with a cap.
• If you take medicine, ask for medical advice. There are medicines that can cause skin allergies with the combination of the sun.
• Your skin has to get used to the sun step by step. 15 minutes sunbathing is better than 1.5 hour on end per week. 
• Do a head to toe skin scrubbing first. You can avoid getting tiger or leopard prints due to dead skin cells on your body.
• Sun extremely dries the skin. So if you have a dry skin , please pay attention and moisture your skin after sunbathing with aloe water and karite butter. You can add 2-3 drops of good quality of Lavender Essential Oil for a better result.
• The sun dehydrates the body. Make sure you drink enough water. 
• After sunbathing, always take a shower and apply your favorite natural body butter.

Here is an easy to make Skin Scrub.

You find all the ingredients in your kitchen. 

Almond oil is perfect base for your scrub, but a good quality olive oil will serve your goals. 

Take about a 1/3 cup of sea salt or sugar/brown sugar or coffee grind and add the chosen oil. 

You would like to reach a "wet sand" consistence for your scrub.

Eventually you can add 2-3 drops of Essential Oil. It is ready for using on your body. 

If you have a sensitive skin, I would not advise to use on your face. Once you applied this mixture to your skin gently you can massage it and rinse it off with a shower. In order to finish , apply coconut or karite butter on your skin for a perfect, soft skin.

• If you happen to stay longer in the sun and you get sunburn, you can apply karite butter with Lavender Essential Oil after a short shower onto your wet skin. The karite butter has anti oxidant effect and the Lavender Oil will help reduce your skin irritation.

Now your body is ready for the sun.

Let`s see how you could  make your own Suntan Cream at home.

You will need karite butter, coconut butter, cacao butter and zink-oxide.

This suntan cream gives physical protection against the ultraviolet rays. 

Karite butter, sweet almond oil, jojoba oil, coconut oil, cacao butter have naturally SPF 6. 

With additional Zink-Oxide you can reach SPF20+.

So when you use these butters/oils you have already SPF6 and it depend on the amount of Zink-Oxide that you add to create your own SPF 10-12-20+.

The basic ratio is 100 ml butter/oil : 20gram Zink_Oxide

100ml-20g

200ml-40g

400ml-80g

( Keep in mind, if you put too much Zink-Oxide, your skin stays white.)

Suntan Cream Ingredients:

50ml coconut oil

25 ml cacao butter

25ml karite butter

20gram Zink-Oxide

Process:

In a double boiler melt the butters and oil. When it dissolves , remove from the heat. Add the Zink-Oxide to the melted oils and mix it with a mixer well. After it, quickly pour the mixture into desired disinfected containers.

Pro tipp:

You can add bees wax (30-60-120 gram) and your suntan will have a good water resistance effect.

Want to make a lip balm, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a detox foot bath, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a liquid soap, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a bath bonbon, click here for the recipe.

Have a GLI:N week

Rita