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Not just for baking Vanilla is prized around the world for the delicious flavor it adds to baked goods. But its range of uses can extend far beyond cookies, cakes and sweets! · Add a few drops to salads that contain citrus fruits to serve as an antidote to the effects citrus can have on the stomach, and to impart a little extra sweetness. · The same goes for tomato sauce. The addition of a little vanilla helps neutralize the acidity. · A few drops of vanilla helps bring out the natural sweetness of vegetables. And don't forget to add some to dishes that contain hot chili peppers. It helps tame the heat, while at the same time releasing the sweetness and flavor of the peppers. If you make homemade salsa, you may want to consider adding a little vanilla to your recipe. · Vanilla is also a great flavor accompaniment to meats, seafood and poultry. Add a bean pod or a few drops of vanilla to your marinades, your sautéing oils, or your sauces to deliver new flavor to these dishes. · A little vanilla added to a bottle of olive oil or vinegar can bring newfound freshness and flavor to salad dressings. |
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Beyond food: vanilla aromatherapy Aura Cacia has made rare and expensive CO2-extracted vanilla for aromatherapy use accessible and affordable in its Precious Essential Oils and Precious Essential Personal Care Products. The warm and comforting aroma of vanilla has long been a favorite aroma in the cosmetic industry. Aromatherapists use it to create a relaxed, euphoric mood and to counteract tension, frustration and irritability. The sweet, exotic aroma is also associated with sensuality and confidence. It is undeniably a familiar and comforting scent that most men and women find pleasant. This wonderful scent is captured most completely and naturally in our CO2-extracted vanilla. (Vanilla can't be properly steam distilled because it has components that aren't captured by this process. Extraction with hydrocarbon solvents -- vanilla absolute -- has been made virtually obsolete by CO2 extraction technology, which produces higher yields of extract that is much more complete and true to the aroma of the cured whole vanilla bean.) There are fewer scientific studies of the effects of vanilla than of less expensive and more commonly used aromatherapy plants. But studies at the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago have indicated that vanilla can both promote sexual arousal in men and also help people fall asleep faster and more quickly into the REM or dream state. |
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We have made this prized aroma readily available in our line of Aura Cacia Precious Essentials. Our combination of CO2-extracted vanilla and jojoba oil can be used by itself or in combination with other essential oils to create your own uniquely scented bath, body or massage oils, soaps, perfumes, candles, or other products--but not for food or cooking purposes. The powerful and deliciously comforting benefits of vanilla aromatherapy add an entire new dimension to the experience of vanilla. » What is Vanilla?
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