Cooking with Essential Oils

I’m so glad you are enjoying my recipes! It’s so nice to see the likes and the comments! I wanted to post and let you all know that I often use essential oils in my recipes. I only use Young Loving essential oils in my recipes because they are the only ones I feel are safe to ingest (depending if the label on the bottle says it is a dietary supplement).

If you ever need to order any essential oil for cooking, let me know. You can't go buy pure 100% essential oils at the store. You have to order them through a distributor. I cook a lot with:

• Lemongrass Essential Oil
• Oregano Essential Oil
• Basil Essential Oils
• Taste of Italy Essential Oil
• Rosemary Essential Oil
• Lemon Essential Oil
• Orange Essential Oil

…and so many more!!

If you would like to hear more about the pure essential oils and how they can be used for cooking, just email me at amandasgreatrecipes@gmail.com OR you can go to my website and order as a retail customer. My website is below:

https://www.youngliving.com/signup/?isoCountryCode=US&sponsorid=1847492&enrollerid=1847492

Thanks so much and happy cooking!

Italian Marinara with Meatballs

My sweet friend, Lindsay Pineda, shared this recipe with me and I'm so glad she did! Lindsay told me this is an authentic Italian dish that her family has made for year and she wanted to share the recipe so I could try it out! 

When I first read the ingredients, I was nervous that all the fresh herbs would be too overwhelming, especially adding in the Taste of Italy essential oil, but it was perfectly balanced!! This was really easy to make and the fact that you make it in a crock pot made my afternoon less hectic!! I threw the marinara sauce ingredients in the crock pot, mixed up my meatball ingredients, browned them and put them in the crock pot for 5 hours. I made my gluten free spaghetti noodles 20 minutes before the sauce and meatballs were scheduled to be done and we were ready to eat!!

This recipe can be made gluten free if you use gluten free noodles and gluten free breadcrumbs.  Oh and by the way...the Young Living Essential Oil is optional but really makes a difference in the taste. Here are the ingredients in this oil:

Basil leaf oil, Oregano (Origanum vulgare)† aerial parts oil, Oregano (Origanum minutiflorum)† aerial parts oil, Oregano (Origanum onites)† aerial parts oil, Oregano (Origanum majorana)† aerial parts oil.

If you need to know where to order this oil, email me at amandasgreatrecipes@gmail.com and I'll hook you up.

Enjoy this one! It's a repeater for sure!!


Marinara Sauce: 

Ingredients 

• 2 cans crushed tomatoes 
• 1 can tomato paste 
• 2 bunches fresh basil (you will take this out at the end so they need to be whole bunches) 
• 4-5 sprigs fresh oregano (you will take this out at the end so they need to be whole sprigs) 
• ¼ c. reduced fat parmesan cheese (fresh grated)
• 1 tsp each – garlic powder, onion powder, dried oregano, dried basil, dried parsley 
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper 
• 2 drops Taste of Italy Young Living Essential Oil (optional) 

Directions

• Combine all ingredients in slow cooker, stir together. Turn crock pot on low heat. 

Meatballs: 

Ingredients 

NOTE: This makes a lot but, it’s easy in the slow cooker

• 3 pounds ground turkey (Jennie-O, 93/7 fat) 
• 1 ½ pounds (1 package) turkey sausage (hot or sweet- I buy Jennie-O) 
• ½ c. panko bread crumbs (I use Gluten Free Panko Bread Crumbs)
• ½ c. reduced fat parmesan cheese (fresh grated)
• 2 eggs 
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 
• 3 drops Taste of Italy Young Living Essential Oil (optional) 
• 1 tsp each – garlic powder, onion powder, dried basil, dried oregano, dried parsley 
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper 
• Fresh basil & oregano – as much as you want, cut or torn into small pieces 

Directions

Combine all ingredients and roll into small balls. Add 2 tsp of extra virgin olive oil to the pan and brown the outsides of the meatballs before putting them into the slow cooker (If you don’t do this step, they will fall apart in the sauce). 

Add them to slow cooker after they’ve been browned (note – the sauce will not cover them; this is okay, it will by the end of the cooking process), put the lid on and cook on low for 4-5 hours. 

When you remove the meatballs from the sauce at the end, do so with a slotted spoon to catch the basil and oregano leaves/stems to remove them from the sauce. 

Serve over your favorite noodles and add fresh parmesan on top!

Chicken Satay and Lemongrass Rice

A huge Thank you to my friend, Jillian Fenton, on such a fabulous recipe! Thanks for sharing!! Both Jillian and I are starting to cook using 100% pure grade essential oils and man do they make a HUGE difference to the taste of food! Jillian shared this fantastic recipe with me and I just had to post it! Jillian and I only use Young Living Essential Oils when cooking base on their 100% Pure Grade. This recipe calls for Lemongrass in the rice and it really enhances the taste!

This is a Gluten Free dish. 

A note from Jillian..."As many of you may know I have recently started using Essential Oils and have become hooked. With my love of cooking and baking I have started experimenting with utilizing essential oils in my meals.  If you are interested in seeing more of my recipes using essential oils please message me at fenton.jillian@gmail.com. Also, you can purchase Lemongrass oil and other essential oils through me, as well!

Below is a super easy recipe for weeknight cooking that is packed with flavor.  Enjoy!!"

Chicken Satay Ingredients

3 chicken breasts (boneless and skinless) cut in half lengthwise

2 T Sesame Oil

2 T low sodium soy sauce (you can use Gluten Free)

1T Rice vinegar

1t Sriracha

1T Creamy peanut butter

1/2t minced garlic

Directions

• Whisk all marinade ingredients together and add chicken.  Ensure all of the chicken is coated and let marinade for 30 min.
• Place on grill until fully cooked.

Cilantro Lemongrass Rice Ingredients

2 Cups Light Coconut Milk (can use just water as well)

1 Cup Basmati rice

5-10 drops of Young Living Lemongrass Essential oil depending on depth of flavor you like

Handful of Cilantro chopped

Directions 

• Place Coconut milk in saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Add rice cover reduce heat to simmer for 20 min
• Add drops of Lemongrass oil and cilantro