Low Calorie and Vegetarian Recipes

Sweet potato butter

Use it like dairy butter. Best served at room temperature.

1 large sweet potato or yam (500g)
1 large yellow onion coarsely chopped
3 tablespoons of olive oil
1 to 2 tablespoons of maple syrup
1 tablespoon of tahini
1/4 tablespoon of salt
Fresh ground pepper

* Preheat the oven to 160 deg Celsius. Bake the sweet potato until soft, 40 to 50 minutes. Let cool, scoop out the sweet potato and discard skin
* Cook onion in 1.5 tablespoons olive oil over meduim heat till soft and brown, 10 to 15 minutes
* Combine browned onion, 1 tablespoon maple syrup, the remaining olive oil and the tahini in food processor. Puree till smooth
* Add sweet potato, salt and pepper to taste and blend till smooth and creamy. Add more maple syrup if desired. Let stand for 1 hour before serving

Sunburn Relief Recipes

Homemade Sunburn Relief Recipes

Author : Sandy Shields

Sun Burn Lotion

8 ounces non-medicated lotion
5 drops clove oil
5 drops peppermint oil
2-4 teaspoons powdered Comfrey Root
2-4 tablespoons Aloe Vera gel

Mix together thoroughly in a bowl. Chill, if desired.

HINT: Amounts of Comfrey Root or Aloe Vera gel may be increased, but do not increase the amounts of clove or peppermint oils, as they may cause skin irritation.

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Cucumber Sunburn Lotion

1 cucumber - chopped

1/4 cup Glycerin
1/4/ cup Rose-water

Squeeze juice out of the cucumber with a lemon-squeezer, and mix with Glycerin and Rose-water.
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Sunburn Soothing Bath

2-4 cups *Colloidal (not regular) oatmeal

1/2 to 1 cup baking soda
1-2 cups powdered Chamomile flowers
1 cup buttermilk, optional

Add all ingredients to bath water, or wrap in cheesecloth and tie to the faucet for adding aroma.
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Sunburn Mist

2 fluid ounces of distilled water
9 drops of lavender
2 drops of peppermint
1 drop of spearmint

Mix all, then mist lightly over sun-burned skin.
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Various Natural/HomeMade Remedies

1. Apply undiluted apple cider vinegar to sunburn.

2. Mix 10 ounces Non-fat Dry Milk, 2 tablespoons salt and 25 ounces water. Saturate cloth and apply to sunburn 20 minutes.

3. Apply mayonnaise as a skin cream to sunburn.

4. Use Aloe plant, or pure aloe vera gel.

5. Apply peanut oil to sun-burned area(s).

6. Apply thin slices of cold cucumbers, apples, or potato directly to the skin.

7. Apply cold, plain yogurt, then rinse with cool water.

8. Apply cold, used tea bags to sun-burned eyelids to relieve pain and swelling.

Source: a1articles.com