Healthly Pumpkin Spice Creamer

Friends, I love fall and I love everything pumpkin.  From decorations outside to all the yummy breads, drinks and lattes.  However, I do not like all the extra sugar and artificial flavors needed to make those delicious treats.

So here is my Trick or Treat for the season.  Non Dairy Pumpkin Spiced Creamer.  

Please remember, I am only recommending Young Living Essential Oils to be used internally as these particular oils can be used as a dietary supplement.  

Ingredients

2 cups non dairy creamer

1/3 cup Pumpkin Puree

1-3 drops Cinnamon Bark YL Essential Oil

1-3 drops Ginger YL Essential Oil

1-3 Clove YL Essential Oil

1 Tsp Pure Vanilla Extract

I like my flavor stronger, so I use 3 drops of each Essential Oil, but you may only want 1-2 drops.

Add all the ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.  Transfer to an airtight container and store in the fridge.  Always shake creamer before using.

Health Benefits and Fun Historical References

Cinnamon Bark: In the Bible, cinnamon was in the high ranks of spices along with Frankincense and Myrrh.

• Plant Origin - Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Ceylon
• Wellness Benefits - supports the cardiovascular system, digestive system and immune system. 
• History - Listed in Dioscorides' De Materia Medica (AD 78), Europe's first authoritative guide to medicines, which became the standard reference work for herbal treatments for over 1,700 years.
• Biblical References - Exodus 30:23, Proverbs 7:17, and Song of Solomon 4:14

"Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices." Song of Solomon 4:14

Ginger:

• Plant Origin - India and China
• Wellness Benefits - Used to support the respiratory system, muscular system, digestive system and nervous system. 
• History - Anciently esteemed as a spice recognized for its affinity for the digestive system, ginger has ben used in gingerbread (up to 4,000 years ago in Greece), in Egyptian cuisine, in Roman wine, in Indiana tea to benefit the digestive system, and in Chinese tonics to support the cardiovascular system.  

Clove:

• Plant Origin - Madagascar, Spice Islands
• Wellness Benefits - Supports the immune system, cardiovascular system and respiratory system.
• Folklore - Some old tales say that walking near clove trees while wearing a hat would frighten the trees into no longer bearing fruit.  While the trees may have been afraid of hats, they were not afraid of viruses.
• History - The people n the island of Ternate were free from epidemics until the 16th century, when Dutch conquerors destroyed the clove trees that flourished on the islands.
• Clove was listed in Hildegard's Medicine, a compilation of early German medicines by highly regarded Benedictine herbalist Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179).
• Also found in the Young Living Thieves essential oil blend.

Essential Oils Desk Reference (sixth edition), compiled and published by Life Science, April 2014.