Vegan Mint Chocolate Brownies

Ingredients:

250g plain flour

350g demerara sugar

65g cocoa powder

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

250ml water

250ml vegetable oil

6 drops of peppermint essential oil

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. In a bowl mix together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder & salt.
3. Pour in water, vegetable oil & peppermint essential oil & mix well.
4. Spread into a baking tin.
5. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
6. Allow to cool before cutting into squares.

Coming Soon . . . Essencia by Ruth

Essencia is Portuguese for essence & means:

• Nature
• Soul
• Being
• Lifeblood

For some time, I've been on a journey to chemical-free living, ethical shopping and how can we help our environment through what we eat. I really feel I want to share this journey with you through my new venture . . . . ESSENCIA by Ruth!

The different aspects to this journey are:

• learning about pure essential oils & their natural benefits to our bodies
• being aware of what we eat & what we choose to eat especially in relation to vegetarianism and veganism
• chemical-free living in keeping us and our houses clean

I will be sharing about my journey by:

• running classes online & in person
• running make & take parties
• selling products which are ethical & benefit the environment
• sharing recipes

Lemon Honey Popcorn

Ingredients:

Popcorn
1 tbsp olive oil
3-4 drops of Young Living Lemon essential oil (can also use lime or orange)
1 tsp runny honey

Method:

1. Heat the oil gently in the bottom of a pan (must be a pan with a lid). Once the bottom of the pan is covered with oil, put enough popcorn in to cover the bottom of the pan & place the lid on the pan.
2. Watch and wait until the corn begins popping & once it has finished turn the heat off & place in a large mixing bowl.
3. Mix the oil with the honey on a teaspoon and mix through the popcorn until evenly coated.

Great to eat with a good film!

NB I use Young Living Essential Oil due to it's known high quality grade & assurance that it is 100% pure essential oil, so completely safe to ingest. Other oils may not be safe to ingest.