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What Is Essential oils and How Can I Use It?

If essential oils has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 3 recipes to try it in.

In Chinese:
精油
British (UK) term:
Essential oils
en français:
huiles essentielles
en español:
aceites esenciales

Recipes using essential oils

There are 3 recipes that contain this ingredient.

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Bath Cookies

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Bath cookies made with sea salt, baking soda, cornstarch, and essential oils. Fizzy, skin-softening bath treats shaped like cookies. NOT for eating, for bathing only.

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Herbal Baths

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Herbal oatmeal bath bags: a DIY skin-softening bath soak made with oatmeal, dried herbs, and a drop of essential oil. Non-food body-care recipe.

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Pomander Pebbles

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Homemade pomander pebbles made with essential oils and clay litter. A simple DIY sachet alternative to scent drawers, closets, and small spaces.

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