CocoMint Toothpaste

This morning Isaiah and I spent some time whipping up some toothpaste since we are out. It amazes me how he already knows which herbs he likes out of the dozens of bags in my herb pantry...he'll pick out the cinnamon, chamomile and stevia and tell me "Mmmmm, Mommy!" Kids pick things up so quickly.

So here's my recipe:
~use a glass or ceramic bowl and wooden spoon, do not use metal for mixing bentonite clay~

1/2 Tbls. dried stevia herb, crushed finely and sifted

1 Tbls. baking soda

2 Tbls. bentonite clay










1/2 cup extra virgin organic coconut oil, *just* melted
  &
6 drops peppermint essential oil (add more to get that really minty aftertaste...I like mine mildly minty)

Whisk quickly to remove lumps if necessary, but you don't want the metal in contact with the mixture of long since the clay will absorb the heavy metals out of your whisk.
Continue stirring once in a while to keep it from settling while it hardens.

I am impatient and try to speed things up. :-)

Once it has firmed up but is still soft, scrape into little pots...

add a little "spoon" to each...

cap & label! Voila!

Fresh, clean teeth with no worries. :-)







Brushing with this is a little messier than brushing with your usual toothpaste-in-a-tube, but in my mind, it's worth it. :-)