This weeks experiment is putting together some cooking and essential oils. Pretty basic stuff. It takes about a week so I'll post results next week, but here's how I set it up:
Cooking oils:
use olive oil or grapeseed or something with little to no smell that you cook with regularly
bruise the herbs with a mortar and pestle or another device
put herbs in a jar and cover with the oil
put the lid on and set it in a sunny window for a week.
drain the herbs out and use!
using an air tight container will make them last longer
Essential oils:
It's pretty much the same process. I'm using coconut oil and grapeseed oil.
after soaking, what you do is use a cheese cloth and squeeze the oils off of the herbs or flowers into another jar.
You'll get a small amount of concentrated product which is what you are looking for.
Great for soaps and stuff.
I made two cooking oils; ones one lemon and basil and one rosemary and lemon.
And two essential oils; one lavender and one peppermint
Results will be posted next week!
Cooking oils:
use olive oil or grapeseed or something with little to no smell that you cook with regularly
bruise the herbs with a mortar and pestle or another device
put herbs in a jar and cover with the oil
put the lid on and set it in a sunny window for a week.
drain the herbs out and use!
using an air tight container will make them last longer
Essential oils:
It's pretty much the same process. I'm using coconut oil and grapeseed oil.
after soaking, what you do is use a cheese cloth and squeeze the oils off of the herbs or flowers into another jar.
You'll get a small amount of concentrated product which is what you are looking for.
Great for soaps and stuff.
I made two cooking oils; ones one lemon and basil and one rosemary and lemon.
And two essential oils; one lavender and one peppermint
Results will be posted next week!
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