Four Infused Chocolate Sweets for Your Sweetheart [but mostly for you, let’s be real]

February 12, 2017 / farmandhearth / Leave a comment

Dear sweethearts,

Sometimes you just need some chocolate, ya know? You can make these under the guise of crafting sweet treats for your Valentine, but make sure you put a secret stash in the freezer for, like, emergencies or whatever. Chocolate emergencies are a thing.

I dreamed up these recipes by having a stack of chocolate in my kitchen, a row of Vitality oils begging to become something delicious, and an insatiable crave for the fruit of the cacao bean in my heart. I ended up creating these based on what I had on hand, and a desire make Valentine’s treats that are gluten-free.

These are basically assembly instructions since these recipes are so ridiculously easy, you pretty much just melt a bunch of stuff and then let it get solid again. Enjoy.

Ingredients

Sugar and Chocolate: Use organic. Use high-quality chocolate. Use Ghirardelli’s or better. Whatever you choose, know that it matters. Cheap chocolate cannot be dressed up enough to taste like quality chocolate. Quality chocolate needs no dressing up to taste amazing.

Essential Oils for Infusing: I use Young Living’s line of Vitality oils for flavoring and spicing up dishes in the kitchen! Vitality oils are approved by the FDA for ingestion, are labelled for supplement use and are delicious, fresh and 100% chemical-free. They are distilled without the use of solvents and grown in pesticide-free soil without any chemical sprays – not even organic ones! You might already have essential oils for flavoring, or you can go here and click “Member” to purchase a 50% off bundle of oils, including five Vitality oils. (Read more about essential oil stuffs here)

download all the recipes in one handy PDF

Frankly My Dear Peanut Butter Cups

Rhett Butler might bring the swoon to the silver screen, but these peanut butter cups will have your lover falling all over you with adoration. I don’t even know what I just said but I was really trying to work that Frankly phrase into the name of these delicious, freaking amazing cups of delight.

printable PDF

1 cup organic, creamy peanut butter, well-churned to mix in the oil **CHECK the label – even “natural” and “organic” peanut butters may include additional sugar, palm oils and hydrogenated soybean oil**
1 Tablespoon Kerrygold or raw butter, melted
1/2 cup organic powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon Himalayan salt
12 ounces Ghirardelli’s semisweet chocolate chips
6 ounces Ghiradelli’s milk chocolate chips
2 drops Frankincense Vitality essential oil
Paper mini-muffin cup liners, about 30 – 35

Whisk 1/2 cup peanut butter, butter, powdered sugar and salt together with a fork. Set aside.
In a glass microwave-safe bowl, melt the chocolate chips and peanut butter together, stirring every 30 seconds until melted and smooth. When fully silky-smooth, stir in 2 drops of Frankincense Vitality oil and stir vigorously.
Place about one teaspoon of chocolate in each mini muffin cup.
Spoon a teaspoon of peanut butter filling onto each chocolate blob.
Spoon a final teaspoon of chocolate on top of each peanut butter blob, smoothing out the chocolate. Remove to the refrigerator or freezer to chill until firm; store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer and ENJOY! into the center of each muffin cup.

Citrus Dream Meltaways

My friend Holly taught me how to make meltaways back in Virginia Beach. I couldn’t remember exactly how we did it so let’s be real, I just had to make measurements up to recreate our chocolate experience – but follow these measurements approximately and you’ll have delightful melt-in-your-mouth chocolate treats. You can use any flavorings you like – citrus is a particular favorite of mine – and the more chocolate to coconut oil ratio you have, the less melty they will be.

printable PDF

1 cup organic expeller-pressed coconut oil or virgin coconut oil if you like the coconut flavor
12 ounces Ghirardelli’s semisweet chocolate chips
5 drops Citrus Fresh Vitality essential oil blend
4 drops Orange Vitality essential oil

In a glass microwave-safe bowl or a double-boiler, melt the chocolate and coconut oil together. For microwave: heat for 60 seconds, stir, then heat for 30 second intervals, stirring in between, until melted and smooth.
Remove from heat/microwave and add Vitality oils (other flavors I love: Peppermint Vitality for a peppermint patty flavor, Lavender Vitality for a tea party, Ginger, Clove and Nutmeg Vitality at Christmas time, Cinnamon Bark Vitality for a spicy burst …).
Pour or spoon into small silicone molds or paper mini-muffin cups. Freeze until solid; store in an airtight container in the freezer. Melt in your mouth GOODNESS!!

Bergamot Berry Fudge

This is an easy, easy fudge. It’s stupid easy. You can make it on the stove in a heavy pan, in a double boiler or in the microwave – whatever floats your chocolate fountain boat.

printable PDF

12 ounces Ghirardelli’s semisweet chocolate chips
9 ounces butterscotch chips
1 14-ounce can organic sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or caramel extract
1/2 cup Ningxia wolfberries, separated so they aren’t in one sticky ball **
5 drops Bergamot Vitality oil

In a heavy pot, a double-boiler or in a microwave-safe bowl, melt the chocolate chips, butterscotch chips and condensed milk together. For microwave: heat for 60 seconds, remove and stir, then heat for 30 second intervals, stirring in between, until fully melted and smooth.
Remove from the heat/microwave and stir in extract, wolfberries and Bergamot Vitality oil.
Pour into a 9×9 pan and let cool (it will firm up very quickly!!) Cut into cubes of divine goodness and float away on a blissful cloud of all your happiest dreams come true. I mean literally. Also share some with people you really really like.

**I buy the Ningxia wolfberries from Young Living in one-lb bags. Absolutely delicious, and bursting with antioxidants. Just what we need to make our fudge a lil less, um, guilty.

Infused Brownies Virtually From Heaven

Use your favorite brownie recipe or mix to infuse the Brownies Of Your Dreams. Serve with lavender-vanilla ice cream, oh creative one!

printable PDF

1 Ghirardelli’s triple-fudge brownie mix, another brownie mix you love like this awesome gluten free one for an 8×8 pan of brownies, or a single-pan recipe of these seriously amazing Paleo brownies

Lavender-Lemon Brownies
5 drops Lemon Vitality essential oil
2 drops Lavender Vitality essential oil

Peppermint-Orange Brownies
8 drops Orange Vitality essential oil
4 drops Peppermint Vitality essential oil

Frankincense-Bergamot Brownies
3 drops Frankincense Vitality essential oil
8 drops Bergamot Vitality essential oil

Stir together liquids for the brownies and drop in the Vitality oils of your choice. Add dry ingredients and continue with recipe as directed.
Serve to an adoring, grateful crowd of brownie lovers, or, don’t share. You choose.

If you have brilliant ways to use the Vitality oils, I am ALWAYS keen to hear them!!!!! Shout out your fabulous ways in the comments below and I will try them out in my own kitchen!!!!!

LOVE to all you beautiful WONDERFUL readers!!!!

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!!!!!

Mrs H
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Black Friday to Cyber Monday – Etsy stuff and free stuff

November 27, 2015November 27, 2015 / farmandhearth / Leave a comment

Adoring loving Readers,

This is the official BLOG LAUNCH of my Etsy store! WHAT? YEAH! MY ETSY STORE!

I just had to read that again to make sure it’s for real. #pinchme

I am running awesome Black Friday through Cyber Monday deals. Because discount? So yeah.

All those amazing and incredible things I’ve been posting about from our Make & Takes – yes, you TOO can have them! (That was supposed to sound cheesy!) But for real. I am so excited!!!!!

CLICK HERE TO SHOP!

If you have some essential oils already, or dried herbs from your garden that you want to incorporate into lotions and salves, check out the pre-made “unflavored” base lotion, salve, rub and balm on the Etsy page!

Just a sampling of the items in the store right now (items in store may vary)

That Tummy Tuck tho? I can’t keep it in stock! It flies off the shelf! I make more every few days! It’s AMAZING.

All the deals I am running begin

Friday 11/27 and run through Monday 11/30

Details on the Black Friday Specials

1. Order your first oils kit! Are you getting interested in adding essential oils to your daily routine and home remedy cabinet? I know, crazy stuff and lots to learn. Don’t worry, I’ve got your back. You’ll be an educated, efficient and effective oiler! Your premium starter kit will come from Young Living, not my Etsy store. Go here to order your kit! Use PIN 4321.

Once your order your kit, Young Living will send me an email. I will immediately send you a custom code for $20 off a purchase in my Etsy store! This code will not expire so you do not need to use it right away.

2. Join Essential Rewards! Did you already get your oils kit? This promo applies only to kit owners in my oiling group (are you in? Ask me at andrea.globetrotter(a)gmail.com if you aren’t sure). If you sign up for Essential Rewards, I’ll send you a pack of containers, rollers, a foaming pump, and a base salve to get you started using your wonderful oils every day of the year!

Essential Rewards? This is the $50 minimum monthly order from Young Living. You earn points back for free oils and OTHER things that Young Living offers – like non-toxic and essential oil-infused dish soap, laundry soap, supplements, probiotics, diffusers, gift packs, fruit and veggie wash and more!

3. Make a purchase from my Etsy store – $50 or more – and take 30% off your total order with coupon code ALLTHETHINGS50. EVERYBODY gets in on this deal no matter what. Triple winning? You can combine this with the above two orders and walk out of here with your first premium starter kit, the Essential Rewards program, $20 worth of product in my Etsy store, a gift pack of containers and base for your oils, and 30% off whatever else you need to buy in my Etsy store!

There’s really no fine print on this one. Everybody gets this awesome gift!

MIND BLOWN? Christmas gonna be sweet at your house this year!!!!!

Ideas for using your oils …. make your family a customer roller for each person! Focus for the student, immunity for the kids, calming for mom, sleeping for dad … Make some healing lip balm. Aromatic sachets that calm and soothe for travel and drawers? Some oils to go with a beautiful diffuser bracelet or leather watch … Spritz your cards with Frankincense before you drop them in the mail.

YOU ARE THE BEST BLOG READERS IN THE WORLD!!!! Thanks for the love you send me from the other side of the screen every day – Happy Thanksgiving Aftermath, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and beyond!!!!!

love love love

Andrea

Bump me! andrea.globetrotter (a) gmail.com

Beauty Care: Face Wash, Sleepy Rollers, and Tummy Tuck!

September 28, 2015February 20, 2018 / farmandhearth / Leave a comment

(Tummy tuck? What? Go on, please!)

Dear adorable,

The husband and I came home to Seattle for a brief visit, and I kicked off the #seattleoiltribe happenings with a huge beauty make & take! We made four different items, using the Base lotion in some of them, and we did a lot of Zyto scans. And mostly, we visited, we laughed hysterically until we snorted (true story!) and we loved being with friends we hadn’t seen for months and years!!!

I flew out to Seattle with the two babies, and Gary followed a few days later. I met many wonderful friends on the flight from Virginia to Washington state, and they made my trip a peaceful and painless experience.

When I was planning my trip, I ordered essential oils, containers and ingredients for the make & take items from Virginia, and had them shipped straight to my mom’s house in Seattle. This was perfect! The first event in Seattle was on a Saturday.

We opened the doors early for Zyto scans and assessments. Using galvanic skin response, the same technology as a polygraph test, the hand scan takes about three minutes and measures 74 biomarkers in your body, seeing what is out of range. This tool does not diagnose or treat disease. Neither do I!

Before class began, we made a huge batch of the Base lotion. I mean, it was a bathtub-size bowl that my mom uses to make chocolate chip cookies at Christmastime. I used over seven pounds of shea butter in one sitting – and we blew through virtually the entire monstrous bowl of lotion over the course of the class. It was INSANE! I loved every minute of it!!

I live-streamed the event on Periscope (find me there, Andrea Huehnerhoff. You can watch my classes live, too!).

We made individual Zyto rollers for everyone, based on their Zyto scans – this is one of my favorite things to do. Immediate solutions!!

We made Sleepy Time Rollers for rolling on your feet just before bed; Silky Foaming Face Wash for refreshing your skin.

And the insanely popular Tummy Tuck Lotion for those areas of skin that yearn to be tight again. We ran out of THIS before class even ended, and I’m making more already!

And there are so many other things we can make!

So many oils! I went a little crazy hehehaha

Download all five recipes here
(Sleepy Roller, The Base, Tummy Tuck)

Tummy Tuck Lotion
I use this as a part of my post-partum tummy tightening protocol!

2 ounces base lotion
5 drops Geranium
5 drops Lavender
5 drops Grapefruit
5 drops Elemi
Where to buy containers, ingredients, and effective essential oils

Place base lotion in a 2-ounce container.
Add essential oils and gently combine using a chopstick or another small implement.
Keep tightly sealed in a cool place out of direct sunlight.

Download all five recipes here

I look forward to seeing you at one of our events … online, or in person – in Seattle, or in Virginia – or anywhere else in the world!!!!!

Blessings,

Andrea

Summer Make & Take Recipes – including sunscreen and bath diffusers!

April 26, 2015June 4, 2015 / farmandhearth / 1 Comment

Dear tribe,

Periodically, we host a “make & take” for our tribe [our community of family members connected by a love of healing and encouraging each other in everything from drinking bone broth to loading the dishwasher], where oilers, new and experienced alike, gather together and combine knowledge, skills and ingredients to make a menu of essential oil-infused items. There is usually a theme, such as Pregnancy and Childbirth or Home Cleaning Closet, and it is always an educational and lively experience with lots of food and good company!

Sometimes we get a little TOO lively, but we always make it home safely at the end of the day.

This recipe folder is from my summer-themed event and includes an allergy roller, bath diffusers, sunscreen and a new variation of that beloved summer body lotion – as well as The Base!

Download the Summer Make & Take recipe file here
Find resource links for all the ingredients and tools used in the recipes

Detoxifying Bath Diffusers
from the Summer Make & Take

Customize your bath diffuser based on your need! A few variations are suggested below. These also make great foot-soak bombs!

Makes 12 bath diffusers

3 cups baking soda
1 to 1-½ cups filtered water
6 drops each of preferred essential oils (see below)

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line muffin cups with foil liners.

Measure the baking soda into a bowl, and slowly whisk in water to make a thick paste. Divide evenly into cupcake liners.
Bake for 20 minutes; alternatively, let them air-dry overnight. Once they are finished baking, remove paper-lined discs from the pan and set on a cooling rack.
Once they are cooled, distribute essential oils drops across the top. Remove from paper liners and store in an airtight glass container.
To use: set a disc on the floor of the shower out of the shower’s spray, or drop one in the tub.

Allergy Soother: 6 drops each of lavender, peppermint and lemon
Morning Refresher: 6 drops each of Citrus Fresh and grapefruit
Weight Loss Trio: 6 drops each of peppermint, lemon and grapefruit
Sleep Aid: 6 drops each Peace & Calming, lavender and cedarwood
The following are recommended for shower diffusing only
Respiratory Relief: 6 drops each of R.C. and lavender
Virus Purge: 6 drops each of Thieves and lemon
Sore Muscles and Congestion Relief: 6 drops Panaway and copaiba

Download the Summer Make & Take recipe file here
Find resource links for all the ingredients and tools used in the recipes

Watch the video! That’s right, even at nine months pregnant I’m something of a movie star. Watch me prepare everything from the recipe file in 25 minutes.

If you’re using your starter kit (see the P.S. at the end of the blog) and you aren’t familiar with how to use the wonderful oils that come in the kit, here’s another graphic made by a friend of mine to help you get started. Use this to customize your bath diffusers or lotions based on your individual needs.

To better living without chemicals!

Mrs H

P.S. As always, if you haven’t gotten started on your own journey of healing with essential oils, I would love to welcome you to the oil tribe and get you connected to your own starter kit. Follow the link here and use PIN 4321 so I can provide customer care for you, and we’ll begin something great together! Connecting you to a sponsor is Young Living’s way of ensuring everybody gets their kit with information and individualized oil love, so if you want, we’ll connect to talk about what you really need to get out of your oils.

It brings me to tears to see the revolutionary changes these oils are bringing about in people’s lives around me, especially in my own family. I enjoy every moment of learning with them. Come to the tribe! We’re ready for you.

Ordering Details: I began by ordering the Premium Starter Kit – it includes a wholesale membership to all of Young Living’s products, so you can purchase anything else at a discount immediately by clicking “view more products”.

Summer Body Lotion: detoxing and flushing hibernation fat!

March 28, 2015June 4, 2015 / farmandhearth / 5 Comments

I’m not a doctor or medical professional. This product and any statements made herein are not intended to be used to diagnose or treat any medical illness or symptom. The information is for educational purposes and as a guideline for personal use; it should not replace medical counseling with a health professional.

Dear emerging, blinking hibernators,

Miraculously, spring has arrived. It’s still snowing here in parts of Virginia, but we’ve had a few tantalizingly balmy days to assure us that summer is soon to follow!

I’ve become fascinated by essential oils, after using them to heal a cavity, obtain a week of full nights’ deep sleep for the first time in 7-1/2 months of pregnancy, soothe the husband’s aching muscles after a 50k, detoxify our little boy from free-radicals (as much as one can) after an emergency CT scan, and just using the darn things to make my house smell good! To tell you the truth, I was kind of sick of hearing about essential oils from everybody on my Facebook feed – but when these issues cropped up for me, and a wise aromatherapist friend stepped in with essential oils, I sighed begrudgingly and took the plunge.

Now there is no going back for me! I’m wholeheartedly sold, in love. That’s the power of experiencing my own healing at the hands of plants, in my own life. It’s how I got hooked on eating organic and local, for instance! And on that note, let’s not ignore the other aspects of a healthy lifestyle – spending time away from the screens, outside, in the fresh air, eating well, living as purely as possible … and essential oils help bridge necessary gaps in our nutrition, healing and detoxifying regimens!!

So, about those bonus layers of fat we want to release. A friend of mine, after working hard to gain a trim body after three children, was frustrated by a layer of belly fat that persisted. Nothing wrong with that, it’s a sign of loving, hard work dedicating her body to bearing beautiful babies – but she just wanted to get rid of it. She started massaging coconut oil and grapefruit essential oil into her belly, and do I need to say the rest? She finally achieved her goal.

Knowing that in a few months I’ll be flushing out loads of extra baby fat from this pregnancy, I created what I call the Summer Body lotion! You can make your own Summer Body lotion with essential oils and coconut oil, or make it into a massage oil with another carrier oil if you’re allergic to palm oils. Following, I’ve provided the recipe for you to download.

It looks a lot like frosting, but be ye not deceived!

Download recipe and fact sheet for Summer Body Lotion

Summer Body Lotion

Solid Organic Coconut Oil, expeller-pressed or virgin*
Grapefruit Essential Oil
Tangerine Essential Oil
Lemon Essential Oil
Gentle Baby Young Living Essential Oil Blend
Peppermint Essential Oil**

Scoop the solid coconut oil into a bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Do not melt the coconut oil. Add essential oils, approximately one drop per ounce of carrier oil; it’s up to you if you want to go stronger! Beat with an electric mixer or the whisk attachment of the stand mixer until oil is fluffy and whipped, and essential oils are thoroughly homogenized into the oil. If using a liquid oil to replace coconut oil, or using fractionated coconut oil, whisk or blend thoroughly before transferring to container. Scoop into jars and cap; store in a cool, dark place. Slather on belly, or any other troublesome areas, daily or twice daily. Avoid applying to areas that will be exposed to sun or UV light in the next 24 hours.

*Expeller-pressed coconut oil will have no coconut scent. Use virgin if you want that extra coconutty aroma! If you are allergic to palm oils, use a liquid oil instead, in the same ratio. Olive oil, avocado oil, grapeseed oil, tamanu oil or a combination would be excellent.

**I leave peppermint out of mine, since these days I am always either pregnant (peppermint, as a digestive aid, can induce labor), or breastfeeding (peppermint, as an agent to dry mucus membranes, can potentially dry up milk supply). It’s optional to add!

Download recipe and fact sheet for Summer Body Lotion

Most importantly, remember to take before and after pictures – I know, taking before pictures is not very fun, but it’s really awesome to compare them with the after pictures!! Some people start seeing changes as quickly as three days of dedicated use in, so be prepared for exciting results!! Be sure to let me know how this lotion worked for YOU!!!!

Blessings,

Mrs H
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“I don’t have these essential oils yet!”

Don’t worry!! If you don’t have your own stash of essential oils yet, or you’re building that collection up gradually like I was, I can help you buy a [heavily discounted] kit loaded with 11 of the most commonly used (and some of the most expensive!!!!) essential oils, along with other goodies like a [normally quite expensive] diffuser and some cool samples. Save some bucks and get some pure, organic oils! Leave a comment, contact me at andrea (.) globetrotter (@) gmail (.) com or click through this link!