Coconut Olive Bees Wax Vitamin E Lotion

  


 “Great and marvelous are Your deeds, 
   Lord God Almighty. 
Just and true are Your ways, 
   King of the ages. 
⁴ Who will not fear You, O Lord, 
   and bring glory to Your name? 
For You alone are holy. 
All nations will come 
   and worship before You, 
for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”Rev 15

Introduction: This was the first time I made lotion and I thank God that it worked (I did not think the emulsifying step would work :) ).


Ingredients:


1/3 cup coconut oil
1/3 cup olive oil

(note about oil choice: you can use any combination of nut, seed, olive, avocado, tallow, and coconut oils. Remember that coconut oil contains medium chain triglycerides which pass through the plasma membrane of skin cells to nourish even the insides of skin cells)

1 tbsp bees wax (this is the emulsifier; found at your local farmer's market or from an old candle)

2/3 cup water


Optional:
2 tbsp Zinc Oxide (for sunscreen spf 40)

5 drops of essential oil of your choice (e.g. lavender, lemon, rose, sandalwood, calamus, cinnamon, etc.)
contents of 7 vitamin E gel tablets (use the tip of a knife to poke a hole in the tablet and squeeze contents out; Vitamin E causes exfoliation of skin cells i.e. dead cells fall off and new ones grow)

Directions:


1. heat the oils and bees wax in a small pot on low heat while stirring until the bees wax is melted and distributed; pour into a mixing bowl and let cool


2. stir the Vitamin E into the oil


3. start beating the oil on medium speed with an egg beater while slowly pouring in the water until you have poured in all the water (when I did this, at first the water did not seem to thicken the oil, but after I had poured in about 1/3 cup water, almost instantly the mixture solidified and stayed this way while pouring the other 1/3 cup)

4. thoroughly mix in the zinc oxide and/or essential oil (optional)


5. pour into a container


A little goes a long way! I think I need to learn to make soap, shampoo, conditioner, household cleaners, etc. too!

Coconut Plum Cocoa Pieces

¹ I will extol the LORD at all times;
   his praise will always be on my lips.
² My soul will boast in the LORD;
   let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
³ Glorify the LORD with me;
   let us exalt his name together.

 ⁴ I sought the LORD, and he answered me;
   he delivered me from all my fears.
⁵ Those who look to him are radiant;
   their faces are never covered with shame.
⁶ This poor man called, and the LORD heard him;
   he saved him out of all his troubles.
⁷ The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him,
   and he delivers them.

 ⁸ Taste and see that the LORD is good;
   blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
⁹ Fear the LORD, you his saints,
   for those who fear him lack nothing.
¹⁰ The lions may grow weak and hungry,
   but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Psalm 34

Ingredients:


Cocoa Batter:
2 eggs
1/2 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla
2 oz butter (1/2 stick)
1.5 cups whole wheat flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt


Plum Topping:
2 cups diced plum
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup shredded coconut


Directions:
1. mix the eggs, honey, vanilla, and butter
2. stir in the flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda

3. spread on olive oil-sprayed foil-lined tray into a large circle

4. mix the plum topping ingredients and spread over circle

5. bake for ~30 minutes at 350 degrees F
6. cut into pieces

Hawaiian Strawberry Mango Pineapple Salad with Coconut and Purple Sweet Potato Cream Layers

⁶ On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare
   a feast of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
   the best of meats and the finest of wines.
⁷ On this mountain he will destroy
   the shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the sheet that covers all nations;
 ⁸ he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears
   from all faces;
he will remove the disgrace of his people
   from all the earth.
            The LORD has spoken.

 ⁹ In that day they will say,

   “Surely this is our God;
   we trusted in him, and he saved us.
This is the LORD, we trusted in him;
   let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.Isaiah 25

Ingredients:
2 cups diced pineapple

1 large mango diced

1 cup sliced strawberries


Purple Sweet Potato Cream:
1.5 cups mashed purple sweet potato
1/4 cup milk


Coconut Cream:
4 oz. neufchatel cheese (1/2 package)
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup evaporated cane juice (or other sweetener)


Directions:
1. mix the purple sweet potato and coconut creams in two separate bowls

2. layer the fruit and creams in the order of your preference

Chocolate Banana Granola Bars

2 Surely God is my salvation; 

   I will trust and not be afraid. 

The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; 

   he has become my salvation.” 

3 With joy you will draw water 

   from the wells of salvation. (Isaiah 12)

Ingredients:

2 ripe bananas mashed

1 cup honey

1 tbsp vanilla

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp salt

1 tbsp lemon juice

1/2 cup virgin coconut oil (or butter, peanut butter, olive oil)

4 cups oats

a few pieces of dark chocolate

1. Add the bananas, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, lemon juice, and salt to a large cooking pot and bring to a boil while stirring

2. Add the coconut oil (you may need to soften the oil by placing the container under hot tap water) and stir under low heat until the coconut oil is melted

3.Add the oats and keep stirring

4. Pour the mixture onto a foil lined tray and spread out and flatten out with a spoon

5. Melt the chocolate pieces and put them into a plastic bag with one corner cut off to make a very small opening

6. Drizzle the melted chocolate in diagonal lines across the oat mixture

7. Let harden for several hours and cut into bars