Everything you need to know about cooking with essential oils
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- 26 Aug 2022
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Think essential oils are just for aromatic or topical purposes? Think again!
Certain oils can be incredibly useful in the kitchen. You can use essential oils in salad dressings, drinks, and smoothies, in place of dry seasonings or herbs, and in baking, just to name a few.
Before I go any further, it is crucial to understand what essential oils are.
Think essential oils are just for aromatic or topical purposes? Think again! Picture: Pexels/Mareefe
Essential oils are highly concentrated extracts from plants – depending on the oil, they can be extracted from their leaves, bark, and roots.
They have long been used for food preparation, beauty treatments, and healthcare practices. Just make sure the brand of essential oils you use is suitable for internal use (not all are, some are just for aromatherapy).
Essential oils have a lot of flavour, and because they are rarely called for in recipes, it is important to know when to add them.
A good rule of thumb is to add them toward the end of the cooking process to preserve the most flavour.
You can always turn to herbs and spices for flavour and aroma, but sometimes it is just easier and more powerful to add a drop or two per day of a food-safe essential oil instead of spending time chopping, slicing, and preparing herbs and spices. An essential oil can also take the place of artificial flavourings (think “orange extract” or “lemon flavouring”) in recipes. Read More...
