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L - 40gr.

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Lavender recipes

Honey Lavender Shortbread Cookies

We have found another great recipe, great ide , by a great chef...respect Honey Lavender Shortbread Cookies - makes about 30 cookies - Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 tablespoon dried or fresh lavender 6 ounces unsalted butter, softened 2 tablespoons honey 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar 1/2 coarse sugar Combine flour, salt, baking powder, in a medium bowl. Cream the butter, honey, and sugar in a large bowl. Add the lemon. Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Add lavender. Divide the dough in half, use two large pieces of wax paper to roll each half of the dough into a long log. Chill dough in the refrigerator and until firm, about 1 to 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Unroll wax paper and sprinkle course sugar over each log–make sure to cover all of the dough (sometimes I recover with the wax paper to press the sugar into the sides of the dough.) Slice the log of dough into 1/2-inch slices. Place cookies about an inch and a half apart, and bake until light golden brown (about 6-9 min). read the whole story

Lavender Lemonade Recipe

Lemonade is a drink with endless possibilities. After the great success of my strawberry lemonade, I’ve been daydreaming about different medleys like blueberries, or cherries, or even pineapple. Unfortunately I don’t have any of those growing in my own backyard but I do have plenty of herbs, and lavender seemed the perfect choice to start with. Searching the food blog world turned up all sorts of ideas on how to make lavender lemonade. Most recipes used the flowers of the lavender which seem to create a beautiful fuschia color (My Own Sweet Thyme has a beautiful example). Several of my lavender buds got eaten by bugs before I started spraying (organic sprays don’t worry!), so I just used a few buds along with several sprigs of lavender to increase the flavor. One fun tip if you’re serving this to guests like I did, add a few drops of green food coloring to your lavender sugar syrup. It’s not necessary but adds a fun bit of color that makes your guests say “oooooh!” before they even taste it. The lavender itself is a nice surprise in the lemonade. Typically citrus juices are mixed with other fruits, but the freshness of lavender gives a bright and unexpected finish to each sip of this cheerful lemonade. Everyone who’s tried it has said it’s amazing, but don’t just take their word for it, go make some yourself! Lavender Lemonade makes 12-15 servings Ingredients 4 cups of water divided 3/4 cup sugar 4 sprigs of lavender (with buds if you’d like) 1 1/2 cups lemon juice 2 cups of ice cubes Method Mix 3 cups of water with the sugar in a pot and bring to a boil on the stove. Stir to make sure the sugar is melted and add the lavender. Remove from the heat and let steep for at least 10 mintues (the longer you steep the stronger the lavender flavor). Pour lemon juice and remaining 1 cup water into a large jug or pitcher. Strain lavender sugar syrup and pour into the pitcher. Add ice and mix well. Source: dianasaurdishes

Lavender History

The use of Lavender has been in well documented use for over 2,500 years. In ancient times it was used for mummification and perfume by the Egyptians, Phoenicians, and all the peoples of Arabia.
Romans used lavender oils for bathing, cooking, and scenting the air, and they most likely gave it the Latin root name (either lavare-to wash or livendula- livid or bluish) from which we derive the modern name.

The flower's gentle and soothing,"tonic" qualities combined with the insect repellent effects of the strong scent, and the use of the dried plant in smoking mixtures also added to the value placed on the plant by ancient peoples. Roman males anointed themselves heavily with scents, lavender among them, at the bathsand it is only in today's modern world that Lavender has come to be seen more as a female scent.

First domesticated by the Arabians, Lavender spread across Europe from Greece. Around 600 BC Lavender may have come from the Greek Hyeres Islands into France and is now common in all of France, Spain, Italy and England. The 'English' lavender varieties were not locally developed in England but rather introduced in the 1600s right around the time the first Lavender plants were making their way to the Americas.

In Mediaeval and Renaissance Europe the washing women were known as "lavenders" and they used the plant to scent drawers and dried the laundry on lavender bushes. Also during this time lavender was grown in infirmary gardens along with many other medicinal herbs by monks. According to the German nun Hildegard of Bingen who lived from 1098-1179, Lavender "water", a decoction of vodka, gin, or brandy mixed with lavender, is the best panacea for migraine headaches.

During the Great Plague in London in 1665, people fastened a bunch of lavender to each wrist in the belief it would protect them against the deadly disease. Furthermore, grave-robbers were known to wash in Four Thieves Vinegar, which contained lavender, after doing their dirty work. They rarely contracted the disease. In 16th century France, Lavender was also used to resist infection. For example, glove-makers, who were licensed to perfume their wares with Lavender, seemed to resist cholera which was so prevalant at that time.

Although not mentioned in the Bible by the name we recognise it today, it is mentioned frequently by its older name of spikenard. Christian sentiment records the plant to have been taken from the Garden of Eden by Adam and Eve. According to legend the clothing of baby Jesus when laid upon a bush to dry by Mother Mary bestowed the scent. This would probably explain why the plant is also regarded as a holy safeguard against evil. In many Christian houses a cross of lavender was hung over the door for protection.

Therapeutic and Medicinal Lavender Uses

Therapeutic uses

Lavender oil, which has long been used in the production of perfume, can also be used in aromatherapy. The scent has a calming effect which may aid in relaxation and the reduction of anxiety. Kashmir Lavender oil is also very famous as it is produced from the foothills of Himalayas.

It may also help to relieve pain from tension headache when breathed in as vapor or diluted and rubbed on the skin. When added to avaporizer, lavender oil may aid in the treatment of cough and respiratory infection.

Lavender oil may also be used as a mosquito repellent when worn as perfume or when added to lotions or hair products.

Medicinal uses

According to advocates of alternative medicine, lavender oil can be used as an antiseptic and pain reliever to be applied to minor burns and insect bites and stings. It is also said to treat a variety of common ailments, such as sunburn and sunstroke.^[1] It can also be used in massage oil mixtures, which may be effective in the relief of jointand muscle pain, or in chest rub mixtures for the relief of asthmatic and bronchitic spasm. It is also said to treat head lice when used in a hair rinse mixture, or on a fine comb to eliminate nits. Some say lavender oil may have played a role in the reduction of advanced mammary tumors in lab rats.

In vitro, lavender oil is cytotoxic as well as photosensitizing. A study demonstrated that lavender oil is cytotoxic to human skin cells in vitro (endothelial cells and fibroblasts) at a concentration of 0.25%. Linalool, a component of lavender oil, reflected the activity of the whole oil, indicating that linalool may be the active component of lavender oil.^[2] The result of ano#mce_temp_url#ther study showed that aqueous extracts reduced mitotic index, but induced chromosome aberrations and mitotic aberrations in comparison with control, significantly. Aqueous extracts induced breaks, stickiness, pole deviations and micronuclei. Furthermore, these effects were related to extract concentrations.^[3]

However, according to a 2005 study "although it was recently reported that lavender oil, and its major constituent linalyl acetate, are toxic to human skin cells in vitro, contact dermatitis to lavender oil appears to occur at only a very low frequency. The relevance of this in vitro toxicity to dermatological application of Lavandula oils remains unclear."^[4]

In terms of photoxicity, a 2007 investigative report from European researchers stated that, "Lavender oil and sandalwood oil did not induce photohaemolysis in our test system. However, a few reports on photosensitivity reactions due to these substances have been published, e.g. one patient with persistent light reaction and a positive photo-patch test to sandalwood oil.

source: wikipedia