It is the season of garden herbs, colorful salads, grilled foods, cool drinks, and meals that can be shared outside with family and friends. It is also a wonderful time to explore cooking with essential oils. When used properly, essential oils can add concentrated flavor to recipes in a simple, creative way. A tiny amount can brighten a pitcher of lemonade, lift a salad dressing, or add a fresh herbal note to a main dish.

Ginger essential oil is extracted from ginger rhizome (root section) after a distillation process. It is concentrated, so a little goes a long, long way and should be mixed with a fractionated coconut oil for use on your skin.

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