What to do with 8 oz of Lavender oil and 2 cups of lavender buds?
I don’t know. I haven’t come close to using all that, but I can show you what I did do to use about 16 drops of that 8 ozs.
Important: Before beginning experiments, decant lavender oil into a dropper bottle; this will make life a lot easier.
Lavender Laboratory Experiment #1 : Lavender Relaxation & Refresher Spray
- Fill clean, dark-coloured, spray bottle with filtered water (can be distilled but not necessary)
- add 4-8 drops lavender oil
- That’s it. What? You expected more? If this were rocket science, I would not be doing this my friend.
Shake and spritz liberally. But not too liberally if you need to get things done because it might put you to sleep.
Lavender Laboratory Experiment #2: Foot Scrub
What you need:
- Clean container with screw top lid
- sugar (any kind; the grain and texture is up to you. I used pure cane sugar)
- olive oil
- Approx. 8 drops lavender oil
- pinch of lavender buds
My jar was a small face-cream-sized jar, so I used a 1/4 cup sugar and filled the rest with olive oil and mixed it. You can use another oil like almond or grape for example, but a thick oil is nice for something as gnarly, dry and cracked as your feet very moisturizing for your deserving tootsies.
Note that lavender buds are optional…they can look a little bit like mouse turds on the floor of your tub after a good foot scrubbing…so if you’re not easily spooked (meaning you don’t have a tendency to jump into the air landing on the most elevated surface available while screaming “mouse! mouse!”), it’s easy enough to wash down the drain and adds a nice touch to the scrub, otherwise just leave it out.
Lavender Laboratory Experiment #3: Lavender Salt
- Any amount kosher salt (in this case about 3 tablespoons)
- An appropriate amount of lavender as to not over or underwhelm the salt (in this case, a pinch)
- Combine.
Note: If you have a sea salt mill, combine coarse sea salt and lavender buds in the mill for a more fragrant salt.
Aye, aye captain, but what to do with lavender salt?
It’s amazing combined with lemon and butter(or olive oil) as a rub for chicken destined for the grill…or so I’ve been told and plan on trying.
Or perhaps on buttered popcorn…yum!
Here’s what I did do:
Pan fried asparagus with butter and lavender salt.
Need I say more?
…okay, just a little more:
As you can see, my experiments are none too scientific as I didn’t provide any measurements ( okay, I did mention a ‘quarter cup’ once and ‘a pinch’ more than that…but how big are your fingers compared to mine? See what I mean?),which is to say, experiment for yourself and see because how am I supposed to know how much scent or flavour you like? Have fun and let me know how your experiments turn out. Got any amazing lavender recipes or home-made cosmetic ideas? Please share!
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