This Long Life Oil is so full of antioxidant properties and so delicious that even if this spice infused olive oil recipe doesn’t make you live longer, it will make you feel better!

How to Use Spice Infused Olive Oil

I sauté onions, garlic, celery, and bell peppers in this oil as the starter for many dishes, including quinoa salad, jambalaya, garden medley stir-fries, and pasta sauces.

Long Life Oil also adds a note of full-bodied flavor when drizzled on steamed vegetables or fish.

Here’s what you’ll need to make your spice infused olive oil recipe…

Olive Oil

Olive oil is nutritive, antioxidant, antibacterial, and a cardiovascular tonic. Use olive oil that is cold-pressed and processed without heat and added solvents.

Paprika

Paprika is packed full of beneficial nutrients, vitamin C, and the important antioxidant nutrient beta-carotene. Its flavonoid content makes paprika an important spice for the cardiovascular system. High-flavonoid spices reduce the risk of heart disease by protecting the capillaries, veins, and the entire cardiovascular system.

Coriander

Coriander has an affinity for both the digestive and nervous systems, making it ideal for tending to everyday common ailments. Abundant in spice mixtures from all over the world, coriander’s ability to amalgamate spices into a unified blend of flavor makes it the cook’s companion in the daily quest for the palate-pleasing dinner.

Black Pepper

Black pepper is one of nature’s strongest digestive stimulants, bolstering the healing process in a number of complaints from bloating to belching, burping, farting, constipation, indigestion, nausea, stomachache, and stomach cramps. Pepper’s pungent nature also facilitates dispersal of nutrients throughout the body.

Star Anise

Warm and pungent, star anise has a powerful flavor alive with hints of clove and licorice. This spice dispels abdominal cramping, burping, bloating, constipation, gas, indigestion, and stomachaches. Small amounts of star anise in your meals will accelerate the sluggish digestion that is a root cause of innumerable ailments.

Nutmeg

Nutmeg is a superb herbal digestive aid and it’s especially helpful with digesting rich, dairy-filled foods. This is one of the spices that has a shorter shelf life once it is powdered, so it is best to purchase whole nutmeg seeds and grate them fresh as needed.

Vodka (Optional)

Rehydrating the dried herbs with alcohol enhances the extraction of medicinal properties and savory flavors. Use 100 proof vodka or if you don’t have access to that, just use what you can get.

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Long Life Oil

Author: Kami McBride

Ingredients

2 tbsp powdered paprika
1 tbsp powdered coriander
1/2 tsp powdered black pepper
1/4 tsp powdered star anise
1/4 tsp powdered nutmeg
1/2 to 1 tsp 100 proof vodka optional
2 cups olive oil

Instructions

Optional alcohol rehydration step: Put herbs in a bowl and stir in the vodka. Mash and stir the alcohol into the herbs until all the clumps are worked out. Put a sealing lid on the bowl and let rehydrating herbs sit for 30 minutes.
Put the herbs and olive oil in a blender.
Blend herbs and oil together for 5 to 10 minutes, or for as long as the blender doesn't get too hot. If the blender starts to smell or smoke at any time, stop the blender and let it cool down completely. Once the blender is cool, blend oil and herbs together for 5 to 10 minutes until blender becomes warm.
Pour oil mixture into a sterilized glass Mason jar and let sit for 2 weeks. Then your oil is ready to use.
When making oil with dried herbs, it is not necessary to strain the herbs from the oil.
Once you have used the oil, pour the remaining oily dried herbs into a marinade.

Notes

You can refrigerate your herbal oil to help preserve its shelf life. Remember that light, excess heat, exposure to moisture, and fluctuating temperatures break down the integrity of the oil. Herbal oils made with dried plants are good for 1 year. Once you have used the oil, pour the remaining oily dried herbs into a marinade.

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I would love to hear from you! How do you get more herbs into your daily food? Have you ever made a spice infused olive oil? Please share in the comments below.