We love creating healthy treats full of natural, unprocessed ingredients that are super simple to make and enjoyable to eat. And boy oh boy do these Healthy Lemon Squares tick all of the boxes!
These are quick and easy to whip up, full of flavour from the amazing Lemon Essential Oil and best of all they are low fructose!
Cooking with Essential Oils
We absolutely LOVE adding Essential Oils to our food! We find that by adding a few drops enhances the flavour of our food to create mouthwatering treats! It takes all of our cooking (especially treats!) to the NEXT LEVEL! Not only do they add an incredible amount of flavour to your food, they also have many other health benefits. Essential oils are extracts from plants that have been used throughout history for their medicinal benefits. You can get your hands on the pure, therapeutic food grade quality oils that we love and use
here.*
Lemon is one of the easiest Essential Oils to incorporate into your cooking! Any time a recipe calls for Lemon Rind/Zest, you can replace it with a few drops of Essential Oil. Its super cost effective as Lemon Essential Oil is one of the most affordable citrus oils out there – wholesaling at $12.50 per bottle – which is 250 drops! It takes appox 45 organic lemons to make one bottle of Essential Oils, so you can see what epic value it is to use the oil instead of the rind!(To put it into perspective 45 organic lemons would costs approx $100 in Australia!!)Lemon essential oil comes from cold-pressing the lemon peel and not the juice of the fruit, so keep in mind if a recipe calls for lemon juice you will still need to use that.
Now the Lemon Oil we use in particular is special and oh so versatile! It adds a sweet and zesty punch to any dessert, that true bold and bright flavour that just shines through! It smells like lemon sherbet and is deliciously refreshing.
It can also benefit your health in so many ways! When taken internally, Lemon can help aid in digestion and assist with flushing unwanted toxins from your body. It is also high in the chemical constituent limonene which can support proper immune function and response, support healthy cellular function and support proper respiratory function It can also help with feelings of nausea! Not only that, Lemon is a uplifting and energising oil, so you will enjoy a refreshing twist in this dessert!
These are one of our favourite treats to serve at our Essential Oil Classes where we chat and educate about all things natural health, essential oils and wellbeing!
*NOTE: It is important to note that not all Essential Oils are made equal. If you are using them in your food you must only use oils that are certified food grade! doTERRA essential oils are food grade and completely pure. They are the only Essential Oils we use, love and recommend.
If you would like to start creating some magic in the kitchen with these amazing essential oils, you can save 25% by buying at wholesale prices. Visit our Essential Oils page for more info. We also run regular facebook classes all about essential oils. We cover a range of juicy topics from intro classes, to low tox cleaning, to sleep, to how use essential oils and kids! You can check out our facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/pg/nourishedessence/events for more details.
Healthy Lemon Squares
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- 1/2 cup almonds
- 1/2 cup cashews
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- 1 tsp maca powder
- 1tbs rice malt syrup
- 1/2 juice of lemon
- 5-6 drops of Lemon Essential Oil
- Pop all ingredients into a food processor or high powered blender
- Whiz until the mixture goes crumbly and 'sticks' together
- Press into a lined tray
- Sprinkle with extra desiccated coconut
- Pop into the fridge for an extra 30 minutes
- Cut into little squares and serve
- ENJOY!
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