Lemon is mainly bought for its juice. The problem, once pressed, you end up with half-eaten fruit and a lot of waste. Whether due to galloping food inflation or for reasons of environmental awareness, tips to avoid Food waste is increasingly popular. To throw away as little as possible, the content creator, behind the TikTok account Eat well with Clydthought of a simple tip to recycle lemon peels and thus avoid unnecessary waste: make powder to enhance our spices. Clever, right? “You can buy lemon pepper ready-made but, frankly, it’s better to make it at home!“. Especially since buying spices in supermarkets is generally very expensive, so you might as well try to make them yourself.
A super simple anti-waste tip
Pesticide residues are found on 44% of traditional fruits and vegetables. It is therefore preferable to choose organic lemons. Spread your peelings on a plate. Bake for 30 minutes at 100°C to remove all the moisture. Then, mix them for a few minutes to obtain a powder. Continue with mortar if necessary. Add it to pepper. Here you are with a whole new spice”amazing for seasoning chicken, fish or a marinade“, comments the influencer.
This tip doesn’t just work for lemon! You can do the same with orange and grapefruit peels, but also those of onions, garlic and shallots. They are a real gold mine in terms of taste and texture.
The mistake to avoid when storing lemons
Of course, if you want to cook delicious lemon chicken and use the peelings to pimp your spices, above all, you must store this fruit in the right way. Did you know: lemon (and citrus fruits in general) is part of the category of fruits called “non-climacteric“. In other words, the latter stop ripening once harvested. They should therefore definitely not be mixed with fruits from the other category, climacterics, which accelerate the rotting of citrus fruits. So, how best to preserve them? Nothing more simple: create a basket dedicated only to citrus fruits. To store them, choose a cool, dry and ventilated place and preferably place them in a small wooden crate.
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