Fall Simmer Pot: Your New Favorite Autumn Air Refresher
Make your home smell like fall with natural ingredients from your pantry cabinet. Place all ingredients on the stovetop with water, bring to a boil and enjoy the seasonal smells.
Yield: 1 Simmer pot
Cost: $5
Equipment
- Medium stockpot or slow cooker
Materials
- 1 Apple cut into slices Any kind of apple works well so use your favorite variety.
- 1 Lemon Either a few lemon slices, a squeeze of a lemon or a bit of bottled lemon juice will work.
- 1/4-1/2 cup Brown Sugar
- 6 cups Water
Spices - Whole spices are great but ground spices will work just as well if that’s what you have.
- 1-2 Cinnamon Sticks or 1 TBSP ground
- 3 Cardamom pods or 1 tsp ground
- 4 Cloves or 1/2 tsp ground
- 4 Allspice or 1/2 tsp ground
Instructions
Stovetop Instructions
- Add all ingredients to your saucepan.
- Add saucepan to your stovetop and bring to a boil.
- Once boiling, reduce the heat to a simmer.
- Simmer the pot for 30 minutes.
- If you want to keep the scent going for longer, add more water and continue to simmer.
- Once done simmering, remove from heat and either save remaining liquid for later use or discard liquid and compost solids.
Slow Cooker Instructions
- Add all ingredients to your crockpot insert.
- Bring the liquid to a boil on the high setting.
- Once boiling, reduce the heat to the lowest setting.
- Keep the heat on low for the desired amount of time. Be sure to periodically check the water level to be sure the contents don’t boil dry and burn
- Once done simmering, remove from heat and either save remaining liquid for later use or discard liquid and compost solids.