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Fill your home with delightful scents and cozy vibes using our Simmer Pot recipe. These four simple ingredients make your home smell amazing!
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If you’re like me, then you are always searching for easy and natural ways to make your home smell amazing. This simmer pot is a great (and also cheap) way to achieve a delicious smelling home without the irritants of candles. And while this smells good enough to eat as it is simmering away on the stove, remember, it is purely for the senses, you cannot eat what is in this recipe.
Ingredients in a Simmer Pot
- Lemon Slices
- Rosemary Sprigs
- Peppercorns
- Vanilla Extract
- Water
What is a Simmer Pot?
A simmer pot is an all natural way to create aroma and atmosphere in your home without using a candle. Welcome your guests into your home with a delicious scent and a small cloud of steam. Typically, you fill the pot with sliced fruits, herbs, and different whole spices to make a soft and subtle scent. Then, you add water and set it simmering. It’s so easy, just put your ingredients in fresh water and let simmer for a few hours in a small saucepan. The scent will permeate your home like a sweet and spicy soup simmering on the stove.
Variations
Any simmer pot blend would smell intoxicating, I’m sure, but here are a few ideas that are curated for you. During the holidays, try our Christmas Simmer Pot.
- Orange peels or lemon slices (any citrus), fresh cranberries, a cinnamon stick, pine
- Slices of ginger, a few whole cloves, a few allspice, a few cinnamon sticks, vanilla extract
- Orange or clementine peels and vanilla extract
- Apple peels or apple slices, orange slices or peels, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves
- Slices of ginger, cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves
Recipe Tip
Keep the heat low – the water should just barely be bubbling. At this low temperature, the pot can last about two hours.
Frequently Asked Questions about Simmer Pots
When you are done simmering, take the fruit, herbs, and spices and compost them, or you could dry them to make a potpourri.
You aren’t supposed to drink a simmer pot. However, if you want something that is simmering on your stovetop that smells delicious and that you are SUPPOSED to drink, try hot apple cider. Make it easily by pouring a jug of apple cider in a saucepan, adding things like slices of limes, different berries like blackberries and cranberries, slices of apple, and any whole spices you wish, and you have a delicious fall recipe that smells great and you can also drink as well!
Depending on the integrity of the ingredients (are they fruit and are they falling apart), you should be able to reuse the ingredients 3-4 times. However, the smell may fade with time.
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How to Make a Simmer Pot
Simmer Pot
Equipment
- 1 large pot
Ingredients
- 2 lemons
- 2 rosemary sprigs
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- water
Instructions
- Thinly slice the lemons.
- Add all ingredients to the pot and then fill the rest of the pot with water. Leave a few inches at the top for boiling.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat and then turn heat to low. Let simmer for up to 2 hours.
Notes
- If the water level gets low before the two hours is up, then you can add a few more cups of water.
- Experiment with different fruits and herbs to create a blend that is uniquely you!
- Do not leave simmer pot unattended.
