How To Create A Simmer Pot • A Little Hippie-ish

After disinfecting and scrubbing everything down it would be the cherry on top of a successful cleaning session. Now that I know how harmful candles can be to the environment and the quality of air in my home, I’ve switched to a healthier and easier a simmer pot. You’ve probably seen a few of them on Pintrest or saw some of your friends using them as a candle alternative. Today I want to show you what simmer parts are and how you can make one.

What Is A Simmer Pot?

A simmer part simply put is a pot filled with water, fruit, herbs. .and spices that is simmered on a stove used to fill the home with and amazing fragrance. You can also write some of your intentions on a life of an herb you’re using to fill your house with that energy.

Benefits Of A Simmer Pot

Simmer pots are also a great and affordable option to scented candels. They produce less waste and are more sustainable than other home fragrance methods since you use natural ingredients that can go back to the earth when you’re done.

What To Use In A Simmer Pot

My favorite thing about a simmer pot is I can use my food waste to fill my home with amazing scents. You can use foods such as orange peels, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves, ginger, lemon slices, rosemary, vanilla, and almond extract. Really anything! The most amazing thing is you can pour the mixture in to your plants (if it’s safe). You can also reuse the water several times over unlike candles.

Simmer Pot Recipes

As previously stated you can use any in ingredients you’d like but just to get you started here are some recipes to get your pot stared.

Calming Pot

• Dried Lavendar
• Eucalyptus
• Rosemary

Comfort Pot

• Orange Peel
• Bay Leaves
• Cinnamon sticks
• Cloves

Prosperity Pot

• Apple Slices
• Chammomile Flowers
• Vanilla Bean

Purification Pot

• Eucalyptus leaves
• Dried Lavender
• lemongrass

How To Make A Simmer Pot

Now On to the fun part! Creating a simmer pot.

What is needed

• Large Pot
• Water
• Your Chosen herbs, fruits, spices, and oils

Steps

Fill the pot a little over half way, about 2 to 3 cups. Apply heat low until simmers and then add in the your chosen herbs, fruits, spices and oils. If you have any intentions fill free to stir them in here. You can also write them on a bay leaf and add them to the pot so the steam carries it up into the universe.

And you’re all set!