How to eat lemon peel How to eat lemon peel

Many people like to eat lemons in their daily life, but they will take off the lemon peel and only eat the flesh inside. In fact, the lemon peel we take off casually is also a healthy food that can be eaten, and it has many different ways of eating and has excellent health benefits. So how should lemon peel be eaten in daily life? Next, I will write down its eating method and share it with you.

How to eat lemon peel

1. Make tea

Lemon peel can be used to make tea. To make tea with lemon peel, you need to wash the lemon peel first, cut it into thin strips, put it into a clean glass bottle, add honey and mix well, then marinate it for 3 to 5 days. When you want to make tea with it, take out the marinated lemon peel and put it in a clean glass, add warm water and it can be drunk directly after it is mixed.

2. Cooking food

Lemon peel can also be used as a spice and can be used to cook various foods. Especially when cooking some fishy meat or seafood ingredients, you can add an appropriate amount of lemon peel. This can remove the freshness of the meat or seafood, and make the finished dishes have a light lemon scent, which will make people feel particularly delicious.

How to eat lemon peel

1. Make jam

Lemon peel is rich in limonene and vitamin C, and it has strong preservative properties. People can add a proper amount of lemon peel when making jam. This will not only give the jam a light lemon scent, but also extend its shelf life and prevent it from deteriorating during storage.

2. Sugar-pickled lemons

Lemon peel can also be pickled with sugar and then eaten. When making it, you need to prepare 3 to 5 fresh lemon peels, and then prepare an appropriate amount of honey, water and a small amount of white sugar. Wash the prepared fresh lemon peel with clean water, remove the white pulp inside, then cut into shreds and blanch in boiling water for two minutes. After taking it out, put it back into the pot, add the prepared honey and white sugar, and then add the processed lemon peel and cook together. Stir constantly during the cooking process. After all the water in the pot evaporates, take it out and cool it down to get the prepared sugar-pickled lemon peel.

Today I will focus on introducing to you how to use lemon peel, so that you know how to eat lemon peel. In the future, when you eat lemons, remember not to throw away the peel. You can collect it and eat it according to these correct eating methods. This will allow the human body to absorb more abundant nutrients and allow the lemon peel to play a particularly good health-preserving effect.