Natural Sugar Scrub

Who has two thumbs and is obsessed with Bath and Body sugar scrub? This girl!

But what's the one thing that I don't like about them is.... you guessed it. The chemicals.

When your skin is wet your pores enlarge creating much more access for the chemicals. So I have created new little "dupe" for it.

You will just need a few simple things:

10 drops of Doterra Oil

1 cup of sugar (I used sucanat because it is really exfoliating)

1/2 cup oil (it depends on your preference on how sugary to oily you want it)

I made a citrus scrub but a lavender one is pretty amazing too!

Mix everything together in a bowl.

This will keep for a few weeks but if you do add lemon or orange zest, as I did, you should keep in the fridge if you haven't used it in a week or so.

Good Luck and have a lovely day!

Bath Bombs

Try, try, try again a classic saying and something that seriously relates to my experience with bath-bombs. This was my fourth try over the past week, my consistent problem was that they wouldn't stuck together and would just completely crumble! The trick that I learned was OLIVE OIL and a lot of it!

What you will need:

1 cup citric acid (I told you it would come back!!)

1 cup baking soda

3/4-1 cup of olive oil (or really an oil)

5-10 drops of lavender oil

So cute and lovely!!!

Mix dry ingredients

Add both of your oils. Add oil until it clumps into a ball that keeps its shape (as seen in above).

Stick into your molds (I used this and then one that is a little bigger)

I purchased my heart mold in the soap making section of my local craft store.

Have an amazing day!!!!

Cranberry, Chocolate, and Coconut Granola

Yogurt topper? Cereal? Snack? Trail mix? What is this magical new recipe? I personally like eating it as either a trail mix type of thing or on top of yogurt. It is splendid!

What you will need:

1 1/2 cup rolled oats

1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/3 cup raw almonds chopped
1/3 cup dried cranberries
1/3 cup applesauce
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1/3 cup maple syrup

Preheat oven to 375

I threw everything onto the pan an mixed it up on there in a grasping chance to save dishes!

Bake for 30-40 min depending on your oven and how crispy you want your granola.

Good Luck!!

Gluten Free Healthy Waffles

BREAKFAST! This is my personal favorite meal of the day and no matter how hot it is outside I will still make a warm breakfast and this has to be my favorite. Especially since it's so easy! My dad who really doesn't like anything semi-healthy likes these.

(Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures they were taken at 6 AM and it was really dark.)

What you will need:

1 banana  

1 cup of oatmeal

1/2 cup of water

1T of vanilla

You can add fruit or you can leave the waffles plain.  I sprinkle cranberries on top of the batter once it is in the waffle maker.

Put everything except the fruit (if you are doing fruit) in the blender. You can, of course, mix it up and stick in the fridge but I prefer to make them fresh.

This will make around 4 waffles.  I usually double the batch and my family and I eat them for the next couple days.

This is also a great after workout breakfast!

Gluten Free Breakfast Souffle

Greetings!

Today we have a breakfast dessert combo! You can eat this with your toast in the morning or with ice-cream after dinner... or just frankly for dinner (hehehe). This recipe is truly the only way we can get my brother out of bed sometimes!

What you will need:

5 Eggs

2 t of almond or vanilla extract

2 T maple syrup

3 t of cinnamon

2 cup of fruit (I used raspberries)

cook for 20-30 minutes depending on the size of your pan(s).



Heat oven to 350

Start out by separating your whites from the yolks.

Set aside the yolk.  

Whip the whites for a few minutes until there is peaks. 

Mix your egg whites, maple syrup, yolks, and cinnamon together. 

1 cup of raspberries in each pie pan. 

Put your lovely batter on top of your raspberries and stick in the heated oven for 20-30 minutes.  This is good the next day too.

You can really make any variation of this just as the original author (Primally Inspired) said.

Good luck!