The Joy of Oranges. A do it yourself Handscrub and an Orange Marmalade recipe

"An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and you in my bed, sweet present of the present, cool of night, warmth of my life." 

Jaques Prevert (1900-1977)

Infuse your winter days with the brightness of the orange in all its forms - peel it and enjoy each of its tangy segments fresh, rejoice in the shade of  its tree and let the fragrant essence of its blossoms fill your bedroom as the sun goes down.

There´s simply no other scent so uplifting as the essential oils of the citruses.

As I have been admiring the Mallorcan orange trees laden with fruits, we thought of sharing one of our special Gaia recipies with you which you can easily make at home.


For your Gaia Orange Blossom Hand Scrub you will need:

90 ml of vegetable glycerine
45 g of Corn flour
20 g of oats
20 g of ground rice
15 ml of chamomile water / chamomile infusion
5 g of grated organic orange skin
3 ml of orange essential oil
1 ml of grapefruit seed extract as a preservative (optional)

Blend together the glycerin with the oats, rice and corn flour. Slowly add your chamomile water and blend well. finally add in your orange skin with the essential oil and the grapefruit seed extract. You may need to re blend before each use as the cornflour will settle after a few days. This delicious hand scrub will cleanse your hands beautifully, leave them super soft and smelling heavenly!If you just want to buy a jar or even just try it pass by our shop Gaia Bathtime in Calle Corderia 28 and ask Rosa to show it to you!
Read more about it on
http://gaiabathtime.blogspot.com.es/2012/03/orange-blossom-hand-scrub-membrillo.html

If you are lucky enough to own your own Orange Grove and are very rich inOrnages why not try my friend Agnes s Marmalade recipe!

Agnes´s Orange Marmalade for Happy Mornings

Bring the  joy of orange into your kitchen. Start with a trip to Soller, stroll through its hills and valleys filled with the fragrance of orange blossom. Fill your woven blasket with hand-picked oranges.

Decorate your kitchen with the bright colour of the orange.

On a happy morning as the sun enters through the window, start cooking!

3 kg organic oranges

1 lemon

1 small piece of ginger

1 cinnamon stick

few cloves 

Peel the fruit, make sure you take off the white pulp and half the segments.

Add the pulp of the lemon.

Clean the outside of  1 orange with soda bicarbonate, and cut it into small pieces. 

Grate the ginger. 

Cook all the ingredients together on slow fire until thicker.

Agnes adds no sugar to make up for the decandent Christmas holidays. If you really insist on a sweeter version, do use a healthy alternative like a stevia or cane sugar to taste.

And she also says you will not be needing any conservants. The marmelade is so good that there´s simply no opportunity for it to go off. 

Bon profit or

 Jóétvágyat

as Agnes would wish you in Hungarian.

Apart from being an apt cook, Agnes Somogyi is an expert tailor and fashion designer. You can find some of her lovely underwear in our shop or on her website.
http://couturquoise.blogspot.com/