REUSE: If Life Gives You Lemons Clean Your Coffee Maker!
A big part of being "Greener" and self reliant is using what you have and reusing what you would throw out. You know you can reuse bottles and containers for other purposes but you can also reuse food. Here are some uses for lemon peel you may not have discovered yet that will help you get as much as you can out of that traditional throw away. (You can apply these to pretty much any citrus peel)
Lemons are fantastic cleaners, and you can reuse those peels in so many ways:
** Clean a dirty coffee pot by adding ice, salt, and lemon rinds and swirling around for a few minutes. Rinse and you are ready to go.
** Clean your tea pot just fill with water throw in your lemon peels and boil. Once boiled let it sit for a few hours and rinse out.
** Clean your microwave, just fill a bowl 1/2 full throw in a few lemon peels and heat for a few minutes then remove bowl and wipe.
** Clean your sink. Take that used lemon half and rub your sink with it, rinse and wipe dry. You can also add a few drops of vegetable oil on a cloth once dry to give your sink a shine.
** Natural Insect repelant. Most insects and cats hate lemon, place your peel on window sills and and anywhere insects may break into your home to keep them at bay.
** Keep brown sugar soft. Just add a piece of peel (No pulp) to keep it soft.
** Fade age spots. Apply a small piece to the spot and leave it on for an hour.
** Add a little baking soda into a used 1/2 lemon and place your elbow inside to soften dry elbows, just leave for about 10 minutes turning the lemon every minute or so. Rinse and dry.
** Make a sugar scrub by chopping up the peel into fine pieces and adding sugar and vegetable oil to make a super body scrub for the shower. (Plus you'll smell all lemony :)
I didn't go into the zest or candied peel options but they are awesome too :) Do you have any other uses for citrus peel not posted here. We would love to read them in our comment section.
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