Essential Oil Air Freshening Sprays

Make your own essential oil air freshening sprays with these fun and easy recipes. You can bottle this and give it as gifts, or just enjoy using it in your own house every day.

Ingredients:
1 cup distilled water
8-10 drops essential oil of your choice spray bottle, with a fine mist setting
label

Pour the cup of distilled water into the spray bottle. Add the drops of essential oils and shake very well. Cap the bottle, and allow to sit for a few hours before using. Shake the bottle before each use to evenly distribute the scented oil throughout the water. Use the label to describe what sort of air freshener each bottle is. And be sure to use the fine mist setting on your bottle, so the spray will be distributed nicely in the air.

Here are some ideas for wonderful air freshener sprays, but you can go ahead and create your own favorite blends using scents that you love the most. To use the following recipe, just add the recommended amounts of essential oil to the spray bottle with the distilled water, and follow the instructions as above.

Please note that essential oils can vary in potency - for this reason, you can add or reduce the amounts of essential oil recommended in each recipe, if you find that the essential oil you've bought is either stronger or weaker than expected.

DEODORIZING ROOM SPRAY
6 drops bergamot essential oil
1 drop eucalyptus essential oil
2 drops lemon essential oil
Add to the distilled water in the spray bottle, shake well, and spray as a fine mist. This one is great for the bathroom!

PET DEODORIZING ROOM SPRAY
6 drops cedarwood
3 drops tea tree oil
Add to the distilled water in the spray bottle, shake well, and spray as a fine mist. If you have pets like I do, this spray is great for freshening up the entire house.

APPLE PIE SPICE ROOM AIR FRESHENER
6 drops Cinnamon essential oil
3 drops clove essential oil
Add to distilled water in the spray bottle, shake well, and spray as a fine mist. I love this one sprayed in the kitchen.

ORANGE SPICE ROOM AIR FRESHENER
5 drops orange essential oil
2 drops cinnamon essential oil
Add to distilled water in the spray bottle, shake well, and spray as a fine mist.

Listed below are three blends made to change your mood for the better. It's been proven that with the effects of aromatherapy, just the way things smell can alter your mood.

MOOD LIFTER AIR FRESHENER SPRAY
4 drops chamomile essential oil
3 drops orange essential oil
2 drops ylang ylang essential oil
Follow directions as with other recipes above. This recipe will make you feel more light hearted and less depressed.

STRESS RELIEVER AIR FRESHENER SPRAY
4 drops lavender essential oil
3 drops rose essential oil
2 drops clary sage essential oil, optional
Follow directions as with other recipes above. This air freshener will help relieve stress, and it smells really wonderful.

SLEEPY-TIME RELAXATION AIR FRESHENER SPRAY
4 drops lavender essential oil
3 drops chamomile essential oil
Follow directions as with other recipes above. Both of these essential oils have wonderful, sedative effects. Spray a little in your bedroom a half hour before going to bed to enjoy the soothing effects of these natural sedatives. Or spray a little on your pillow or bedclothes to enjoy a whole night of wonderful, restorative sleep.

Our Favorite Recipes -- Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin Bread

4 eggs
2 C sugar
1 C brown sugar
1 C vegetable oil
3 1/2 C all-purpose flour
1- 16 oz. can pumpkin
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 T pumpkin pie spice

Cream eggs. sugars and oil until light and fluffy. Add remaining ingredients. Beat well.

Bake in 3 greased 7X3X2 loaf pans for 45 minutes.

Its No SHAM... These ROCK

You guessed it… Mint Oreo Truffles... yummo!

1 pkg Double Stuff Oreos, Cool Mint Flavor
• use 22 cookies with cream centers included
• use 10 cookies with cream centers discarded
8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
chocolate bark or candy coating

1. Finely crush the cookies in a food processor or a Ziploc bag with a rolling pin.
2. Stir in softened cream cheese. Use the back of a large spoon to help mash the two together completely.
3. Roll the mixture into 1" balls and place on wax paper covered cookie sheet.
4. Place covered in freezer or refrigerator for a few minutes to help retain shape when dipping in melted chocolate.
5. Melt chocolate as directed on the package. Then dip balls into chocolate. Tap off extra and set aside on wax paper covered cookie sheet to dry.
Refrigerate and enjoy!

Makes about 36 truffles.
Recipe amended from Kraft Food & Family Fall 2006.

100th Snack

The 100th day of school consists of a simple celebration in the elementary school, so we made an easy snack for my daughter's first grade class.

100th Day Snack
30 Cheerios
15 Raisins
15 Chocolate Chips
20 M&Ms
10 small Pretzels
10 Peanuts
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100 Total

Of course, you could add other stuff like crackers, pine nuts, etc. Switch the amounts around too... as long as the total for each individual bag is 100.

Our Favorite Recipes -- Cornflake Crust Chicken

15-20 chicken breast tenders, thawed
1 1/2 cups of corn flakes, crushed
salt, pepper, season salt, red pepper, dried parsley, dried basil and dried oregano to taste.
1 egg and 2 tbsp milk
butter

1) Crush flakes and add seasonings. Taste to make sure you have enough.
2) Mix egg and milk together in a small bowl and set aside.
3) Grease bottom of caserole dish with butter. Be very generous.
4) Rinse chicken.
5) Place each piece of chicken into the egg mixture and then into the corn flake mixture.
6) Place in a 400 degree oven for about 45 minutes or until done.

Our Favorite Recipes -- Slow Cooker Lasagna

This is one of my favorite slow cooker meals. Enjoy.

1 pound lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 (29 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 (12 ounce) package lasagna noodles
12 ounces cottage cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
16 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese

In a large skillet over medium heat cook the ground beef, onion, and garlic untill brown. Add the tomato sauce, tomato paste, salt, and oregano and stir until well incorported. Cook untill heated through.

In a large bowl mix together the cottage cheese, grated Parmesan cheese, and shredded mozzarella cheese.

Spoon a layer of the meat mixture onto the bottom of the slow cooker. Add a double layer of the uncooked lasagna noodles. Break to fit noodles into slow cooker. Top noodles with a portion of the cheese mixture. Repeat the layering of sauce, noodles, and cheese until all the ingredients are used.

Cover and cook on low heat in slow cooker for 6 to 8 hours.

Convert Your Favorites

Convert Your Favorite Recipes To the Slow Cooker


You can adapt many conventional recipes for the slow cooker. Any oven or stovetop recipe that has some moisture in it--whether from water, broth, wine, sauce, or canned soup--should work beautifully in your favorite appliance, just keep these things in mind:

Cut all liquid amounts in half when adjusting for the slow cooker.

The low heat setting is approximately 200 degrees F (95 degrees C) and high heat is about 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

For every hour you'd cook something in the oven or on the stove, allow 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high. (When in doubt, turn it on low and leave it all day or overnight.)