To continue our fascination with lemons (see our last post for Luscious Lemon Infused Recipes) here’s 15 more reasons to embrace living with lemons. Not only do lemons make our foods taste so damn good being a versatile culinary ingredient used in cocktails, desserts, main courses, soups, side dishes and more, lemons also possess many health benefits and are known to aid in digestion and help cleanse our liver. As if that is not enough, lemons are an indispensable, natural cleaning partner in our kitchens and beyond. More reasons we LOVE lemons:
Cooking and Health Benefits
- Add lemon juice to a cup of hot/warm water to help settle your stomach and aid the digestive system (Vitamin C)
- The ultimate summer drink: Lemonade
- Revive limp greens by adding them to a bowl of cold water, add the juice of 1/2 a lemon and a 4-5 ice cubes, let stand for 15 minutes.
- Eliminate “Sticky Rice Syndrome” by squeezing a quarter of a lemon to the water as boil away
- Add lemons to cooking water to retain a nice bright color when cooking red cabbage and beets
- Lemons are great for removing fruit and berry stains from your hands
- The juice of one lemon gives you one-third of your day’s total quota of Vitamin C.
- Drink a glass of lemon water if you have garlic or spicy breath for an instant fresh mouth
- Got Buttermilk? Probably not. You can make a substitute using lemons. The equivalent of 1 cup buttermilk: put 2 tablespoons lemon juice in a glass measuring cup and add enough low-fat milk (1 or 2 percent) to equal 1 cup. Let sit 15 minutes.
In the Kitchen and Beyond
- Use lemon juice to get ballpoint pen off your clothes.
- Clean your kitchen sink or a cutting board with a lemon paste made of lemon juice and salt, scrub gently, then rinse with water.
- Deodorize a room with a bowl of fresh cut lemons
- Throw half a lemon in your dishwasher to freshen it and the dishes.
- Amuse your kids by writing messages with lemon juice and apply heat with a blow dryer to make the messages magically appear
- Sunburn? Rough Elbows? No worries just rub the cut side of a juices lemon to soothe your skin
There are so many more benefits or living with lemons. Let us know about your Lemon Tips and Tricks…..
