Saturday, 31 December 2011

Relax Therapy - Part 3; How to enjoy essential oil

How to enjoy essential oil

Aromatic bath: the fragrance of essential oils is diffused into the air and the aromatic component is inhaled through the nose. The fragrance is diffused into the air by steam that has been warmed using an aroma pot or aroma warmer in which the essential oil and water or hot water has been placed. As a rough guide, 5 to 7 drops of essential oil would be sufficient for a room. There is also a method to enjoy the fragrance which has been dropped directly into a small unglazed dish. If you first timer, please do a patch test for each oil, there are instances where some might develop allergic reactions. The patch test is done by diluting base oil and the essential oils which one intend to use for aroma treatment or which would come in contact with the skin by way of aroma bath.

How To Do A Patch Test

#1 Put one drop of the essential oil you want to use to 10ml of pure oil

#2 Paint a circle about the size of a dime on the inner sides of both wrist

#3 Leave it on for 12 to 24 hours, it would be ideal to cover with adhesive bandage

#4 If there is no abnormal symptom, you can use the oil.allegric reactions differ according to the type of fragrance and manufacture. Please do a patch test for all the oils you intend to use

How To Use The Aroma Pot

Half-filled the dish on the top side with water and put a few drops of essential oil and light up the candle.

How To Use The Aroma Warmer

The lamp is the source of heat and the method of use is the same as the aroma pot.

How To Use The Small Unglazed Dish/ Coin

Drop the essential oil into the unglazed dish directly to enjoy the fragrance. The unglazed coin is an item similar to the small dish which used to soak with essential oil to enjoy the fragrance.

For House Care

Use essential oils for house care. Make some aroma alcohol and use it for cleaning purposes. Put in this order 35ml of dehydrated ethanol, 15 to 20 drops of essential oil and 65ml of purified water into a spray container and mix well. Recommended essential oils are grapefruit, geranium, lemon, tea tree and so on.

For Deodorizing

Use as air freshener in the kitchen and other places. Put 50ml of purified water and add in 20 drops of essential oil in a spray container and mix well. As an air refresher can be made by mixing essential oil and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), about 20 drops of essential oil to 20g of baking soda. Recommended essential oils are grapefruit, lemon, eucalyptus and peppermint.

Friday, 30 December 2011

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SuperbMothers - Wishing You & Your Family, Happy New Year 2012

Savvy Mummy wishes everyone Happy New Year 2012. May year 2012 brings all of you, abundance of joys, prosperity, loves, laughter, goodwill, good health and full of contentment.

We like to dedicate this song to everyone. Sang by Diva Singer Mariah Carey, Auld Lang Syne @2010.

Savvy Mummy

Thursday, 29 December 2011

Relax Therapy - Part 2; How to choose your essential oils?

How to choose your essential oils?

Start by finding one’s favorite fragrances and select a few of favorites, use to suit one’s mood, as well as to enjoy them as a blend. There is a good chemistry with blend of fragrances of the same strain. And it is also good when blended with adjacent fragrances. Usually the essential oil classified to fragrances strain. Flora strain, Citrus strain, exotic strain, herbal strain, wood strain and spice strain.

The following table shown below;

Strain of Fragrances	Essential Oil	Goodness and remarks	Country of Origin
Flora: gentle and sweet fragrance extracted from flowers. Lots of long lasting fragrances and most blended strain.	Lavender	Gentle with floral fragrance. It is said to be stress relieving and mood calming. Perfect for bathing with and using before going to bed.	France
	Geranium	Rose like sweet floral fragrance. Oil is said to be mood relaxing and good as a mosquito repellant.	Egypt
Exotic: sweet, rich and unique fragrances reminisce exotic lands. It is said to soothe the moods.	Ylang Ylang	Heavy and sensuously exotic fragrance. An oriental fragrance used in perfumes which is said to bring forth the romantic mood.	Madagascar
Citrus: clear fruity and refreshing fruit based fragrances that everyone is familiar with and said to be brightening up our moods.	Bergamot	Delicate with slightly sweet floral fragrance. It is said to clear and refresh the spirits and brighten up the moods.	Republic of Cote d’lvoire
	Lemon	Exhilarating and refreshing fragrance. It is said to brighten up the spirits. Blends well with other essential oils.	Spain
	Lime	Sharp and bitter sweet citrus strain fragrance. It is said to refresh and brighten up tired spirits.	Mexico
	Lemongrass	Green tone lemon-like fragrance. It is said to refresh the moods, clear one’s head and increase concentration.	India
	Grapefruit	Refreshingly sweet sour fragrance. Calms and refreshes one’s feelings.	Israel
	Mandarin	Amongst the citrus strain it has a sharp floral strain fragrance. It is said to brighten up the spirits when one’s mood is heavy.	Italy
Herbal: fragrances extracted from herbs feel somewhat delicately bitter in the exhilaration one feel and are said to have refreshing effects when one is intent on enhancing one’s concentration.	Spearmint	Fragrance is spicy and slightly bitter taste. It is said to stimulate and refresh the senses when one is tired.	America
	Rosemary	Stimulating and refreshing fragrance. An herb which has been used since ancient times, it is said to improve the agility of one’s mind and memory.	Spain
	Sweet marjoram	Warm and slightly spicy fragrance. To soothe one’s feeling and lighten mood.	Egypt
Wood: basking with deep woody fragrances.	Tea tree	Cool and refreshing green fragrance. Refresh depressed spirits and excellent germicide.	Australia
	Eucalyptus	Stimulating and refreshing green fragrance. Said to soothe the spirits when one is feeling depressed and woolly minded.	China
	Rosewood	Woody and floral fragrance, to brighten up the spirits when one is feeling tired and depressed.	Brazil
	Cypress	Woody and slightly spicy fragrance. Clear and refresh one’s spirit.	Spain
Spice: sharp and stimulating fragrances. Motivates and energizes the spirits. It is also said to have a warming effect on the body.	Cinnamon leaves	Spicy and sharp stimulating fragrances. Refresh when one is feeling extremely exhausted.	Sri Lanka
	Black pepper	Spicy and sharp fragrance. Give one of stamina when tiredness builds up	Sri Lanka

Advice for newbie’s recommended blend

#1: Bergamot is said to have high relaxing effect and gentle sweet geranium which would brighten up the mood.

#2: Ylang Ylang and choice lavender from adjacent flowers strain. Both are said to have the effect of relieving the sense of uneasiness and bringing peace of mind.

#3: A blend from adjacent strains with a crisp and refreshing fragrance

Wednesday, 28 December 2011

HappyCall Recipe ~ Teriyaki Salmon

Many mums like to find out how to use Happycall aka HCP to pan or grill Teriyaki Salmon or Terikayi Chicken. This teriyaki salmon recipe is on the table in quick and simple steps. Perfect for a quick weeknight supper.

Ingredients

2 salmon fillets (serve 3 persons)

2 tbsp light soy sauce

1 limes, zest and juice (optional)

2 small dry chilli padi

2 tbsp Japanese Teriyaki sauce

1 chunk of ginger, finely chopped

bunch of coriander, chopped

1 tbsp sesame oil (optional)

extra lime juice (optional)

Pls bear with me with the recorded cooking video. No preparation, skills, script and some NG in natural recording. :)

Happycall Recipe ~ Part 1: Teriyaki Salmon

Happycall Recipe ~ Part 2: Teriyaki Salmon

Happycall Recipe ~ Part 3: Teriyaki Salmon

Happycall Recipe ~ Part 4: Teriyaki Salmon

Serve it with fragrance rice. Add teriyaki sauce onto rice. Viola! Sedap.....

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Ecoramic Pot Recipe ~ Chinese Herbal Chicken Soup

I love Chinese herbal soups in rainy period which enhances a feeling of warmth and general health. Not only nourishing, and especially great when you are feeling fatigue, this soup boosts your health. Modern Mums are very difference from the women at our mother's era. Today, a modern mum needs to juggle between career and family. We are capable but not WONDER Woman! It is just too tiring after sometime if we try to be one. During our Ah-maks’ era, their methods are those conventional way like stewing and simmering the soup over slow fire on the charcoal stove and another method like steaming to make chicken herbal soup.

But nowadays, there are many different cookers, pressure cookers or *A.I timer cookers in the market. Many of us, as busy mums at work, can’t watch fire all the time or barely half a day in kitchen to do cooking. We need at least 2 hours in kitchen to whip nutritious and healthy food for our family.

So, I started out with buying prepacked right amount of Chinese herbal mixes from NTUC Fairprices or Cold Storage, I do not need to worry on overdose. The packing is nicely packed and hygiene too. Some packing has its own mentioned functional of herbs and purposes. Choose the one you prefer to boil for your family.

Prepacked Chinese Herbal Mixes

Right Amount Of Chinese Herbal Mixes

Ingredients (serves 3)

- 1/2 chicken, skin removed and cut to small pieces

- packet of herbal chicken mixes

- 1.5 litres water

- salt, to taste (you may use light soy sauce, optional)

Directions (Using Ecoramic Pot only, approx. 30mins boiling)

1. Blanch chicken in boiling water for a 1 minutes. Drain, rinse with cold water & set aside.

2. Place blanched chicken and the rest of the ingredients in water. After coming to a boil, simmer for at 20 mins, and longer if you can.

3. Season to taste with salt. Serve with steamed white rice.

Pointers To Share

1. You may use double boil, slow cook, or use a thermal pot.

2. If you are using electrical cookers, use timer socket to assist your boiling. Save time and electricity.

Chinese Herbal Chicken Soup 炖鸡汤

I hope my mandarin still ok in the above label (Chinese Herbal Chicken Soup 炖鸡汤).

Herbal ingredient fully absorbed into soup based, just like above photo. This usually the last base and really FULL POWER pack.

See! No stubborn thing struck to base

Effortlessness Washing

Simply love my Ecoramic pot.

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Savvy Mummy

Tuesday, 27 December 2011

Relax Therapy - Part 1; Essential Oils

Thank you Fan (Mummy Grace), for asking on Essential oil topics and willingly to share tips of usage on essential oil. Ok, Superbmothers done research on it via reading books and asking aromatherapist experts. Of cos, all mums can contribute by sharing via 'comment' space. (No rude, offensive and hurtful comment via 'comment' space. Thank you for co-operation).

Essential oils are highly fragrant, pure, concentrated and volatile oils which have been extracted from flowers, leaves, roots, skins of fruits, barks of trees and other plant matter. These natural fragrances are used for health and beauty since the times of ancient Greece. The aromatic component in essential oils is useful in maintaining bodily functions are refreshing the state of mind.

Generally, the varieties of essential oils can be classifies into 7 strains of fragrances. And there are 3 techniques for extracting these oils which are by using steam to extract the oil component (steam distillation technique), extraction by expression from fruits skins (cold press technique) and by using volatile medium for extraction (solvent extraction technique). Amongst these, oils expressed by cold press technique deteriorate easily and it is important to use it up quickly. As essential oils are volatile and weak to light and heat, they are filled in green colored opaque bottles to block direct sunlight.

Once again, thank you Mummy Grace. Have a blessed Xmas 2011.

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Monday, 26 December 2011

Ecoramic Pots Recipe ~ Green Bean Soup

This is an easy Chinese soup dessert that is cooling and sweet, which is suitable for the perpetual hot weather in Singapore. Green beans aka ‘mung beans’ are considered by Chinese as a ‘cooling’ food, and some believe it is a good natural alternative home remedy for acne. I just love boiling this because it is so low price, easy and tasty. Some love the look and texture of sago but this is optional. Tips: "Green bean soup is cooling, while red bean soup is 'heaty' food".

Chinese Green Bean Soup

Ingredients (Serves 4)

- 100g green beans (aka mung beans) – soaked overnight, rinsed and drained (w/o Ecoramic Pots) If you own one, you do not need to soaked overnight...
- 2 pandan (screw pine) leaves, dried ends cut, tied in a knot
- 2 litres water
- 50g rock sugar, to taste (your own sweetness)
- 3 small pieces (10g) of dried orange (tangerine) peel (optional)
- 80g canned or vacuum-packed lotus seeds or ginkgo nuts (optional)

Method
1. In Ecoramic pot, add green beans, 2 litres water, dried orange peel and pandan leaves. Bring to a boil.
2. Once water boiling, add green beans. Top up with hot water at any time if necessary.
3. To speed up cooking of green bean soup, place a porcelain spoon in the pot to cook together with the green beans.
4. Stir in rock sugar (to taste) until the sugar is dissolved. Discard orange peel slices and pandan leaves.
5. Serve warmed or chilled.

Serve warmed or chilled

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