These 3 springtime simmer pot recipes will make your home smell like sunshine! They bring the most cozy yet refreshing spring hygge reset after the brisk winter season.
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My favorite season is spring. I love the sunshine, the sound of birds singing, and the fresh breeze blowing through my open windows. There's something so clean and pure about the smell of spring!
After considering multiple ways to bring that delicious scent into my home, I settled upon several simmer pot recipes. While I could use scented candles, I prefer the more natural route if at all possible!
I've done both a fall and Christmas simmer pot, so I thought I'd give it a try for spring, too. Homemade beeswax candles have been another experiment of mine recently. I'd love to come up with a spring scent for those, too!
Anyway, after months of a heavy winter, it feels good to have my home filled with something fresh and bright. These simmer pot recipes can easily be put together in the morning to let simmer on the stove all day long.
I love how it turns a simple, everyday afternoon into a slow, cozy ritual with nodes of lemon and rosemary filling the air. I'll let it gently boil in my adorable ribbed simmer pot while I bake some sourdough lemon blueberry cookies or work on an extra batch of my homemade laundry detergent.
Fresh Lemon & Rosemary
This first combination is truly lemon-kissed comfort simmering on the stove! An addition of rosemary also helps with concentration and memory. I also love that fresh lemon promotes stress relief as well as relaxation.
Ingredients You'll Need
- 1-2 fresh sliced lemons
- 1-2 fresh rosemary sprigs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional)
Fill a simmer pot with water. Then, add in freshly sliced lemons along with dried lavender. Finally, bring it to a low boil over high heat and then turn the heat to low.
Let the simmer pot sit at low heat all day long to create a soft simmer of lemony calm. If the water gets too low, add more as needed.
Lavender Lemon and Pine
Did you know that Lavender is the most widely-used essential oil throughout the world today? Pairing it with lemon and pine is like a little burst of sunshine wrapped in soft lavender and woodland warmth.
I'd use this scent to create a cozy springtime freshness in my home while hosting a girls brunch, doing some deep cleaning, or cooking a simple meal for my family.
Ingredients You'll Need
- ½ cup dried lavender
- 1-2 sliced lemons
- 2-3 small fresh pine clippings- Maybe you don't have access to fresh pine clippings. That's okay! Boiling only lemons and dried lavender will still create a lovely springtime aroma in your home.
Fill a simmer pot with water. Then, add dried lavender, fresh lemon slices and fresh pine clippings. Bring the simmer pot to a low boil over high heat. After that, turn the heat down to low and let it simmer all day long!
Lemon and Mint
This pair is a little pot of springtime comfort-simple, fresh, and inviting! Mint is one of those herbs that can absolutely take over a garden. You can put those leaves to good use, then, by letting them simmer for hours on your stove!
After several hours of this warm steam filling the air, your home will have a crisp, garden-fresh scent.
Ingredients You'll Need
- 1-2 fresh sliced lemons
- 1 bunch of fresh mint
- 7-10 drops pure lemon extract or lemon essential oil (optional)
Fill a simmer pot with water. Next, add fresh lemon slices, fresh mint, and lemon essential oils. Bring the simmer pot to a low boil over high heat and then turn the heat down to low.
Leave the simmer pot at a simmer over low heat for hours on end, adding more water whenever it's needed.
Why You'll Love These Spring Simmer Pot Recipes
Walking into a home that smells good automatically puts me in a pleasant mood. You'll love how each of these simmer pot recipes make your home smell like sunshine, fresh air, and a soft spring reset-warm, welcoming, and effortlessly hygge.
Lately I've been focusing on the natural-natural fibers, cooking with whole foods, making my own candles. You'll love how these also fall into the all natural category. You don't need to worry about weird toxins that might be filling the air.
Another reason you'll love these simmer pots is because they are so affordable. It gets old buying candles for 15 dollars and only having them last 2 weeks (if you have candles burning as much as I do). This is an easy way to save money by using fresh herbs from your garden along with pine clippings from the backyard. You may possibly be investing in a really cute simmer pot that you'll use over and over again but, hey, that's worth it!
FAQs
How to make your house smell like spring?
Add fresh lemon slices, dried lavender, and fresh pine clippings to a simmer pot. After that, fill the simmer pot with water and place over high heat on the stove. Then, bring the simmer pot to a low boil. Next, turn the heat down to low and let simmer for hours only adding water as needed.
What can I boil to make my house smell good?
- Lemon slices and fresh pine clippings
- Lemon slices and dried lavender
- Fresh mint leaves with lemon slices
- Orange slices with whole cloves and cinnamon sticks
- Rosemary sprigs with lemon slices
How long do you leave a simmer pot on?
A simmer pot can be left on all day as long as you add water so that it doesn't dry out. In fact, a simmer pot can last for 3-5 days. Make sure that you turn the stove off overnight. Simply add more water the following day and get the simmer pot going once again.
How to make your house smell good with a simmer pot?
Make your house smell good with a simmer pot! A simmer pot consists of a pot filled with water. To the water you can add fresh citrus slices (oranges, lemons, limes, etc.), fresh herbs (rosemary, thyme, mint, etc.)and fresh clippings such as pine clippings. Other great add-ins include essential oils and extracts such as vanilla, lemon, or mint extract. Place the simmer pot on the stove and bring to a low boil. Then, turn the heat down to low and let the concoction simmer for hours!
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