Cooking with Essential Oils
The dietary use of essential oils for improved health
Infused oil. It doesn't sound like much, but it's an exciting way to use essential oils.
The dietary use of essential oils may be one of the most effective ways of unlocking their health benefits. Many essential oils have been used as food flavorings, or as a part of patent medicines, for centuries, endowing them with a long history of safe use.
It's something you really ought to try.
How to make infused oil:
- Add 10 drops of essential oil to 1 ounce of mixing oil, or another pure, food-grade cooking oil and shake together.
- Store your infused oil in a glass container, away from light, in cool cupboard.
- Use by the teaspoon for salad dressings, cream sauces, frostings and basting for meat, fish and fowl.
One pure drop = 1 ounce dried herb.
Learn more about cooking with essential oils
If you'd like to try your hand at cooking with essential oils, you might want to check out these books.
- Essential Flavors: The Simple Art of Cooking With Infused Oils, Flavored Vinegars, Essences, and Elixirs
- Aroma: Cooking With Essential Oils
