13 ways to use orange peels

Oranges, tangerines, lemons and limes - because of their fragrant crusts can do many useful things, ranging from detergent and finishing with body scrub.

Clean with citrus peels

Citrus peel has antibacterial properties that make them indispensable for home cleaning products. High concentrations of citric acid kills bacteria and fungi but also removes soap stains and mineral deposits.

1. no stains

Add the lemon peel in the dishwasher, and soap stains will not appear on your glasses and glass plates.

2. citrus vinegar

Put in a jar citrus peel, fill them with vinegar, close and leave for a week. After that shimmer resulting citrus vinegar in a spray bottle and use as a universal cleaner.

3. clean the coffee pot

To quickly clean the stains from coffee, add a coffee orange peel, a cup or two of ice water and a few tablespoons of salt. After that close and shaken in a circular motion.

4. mineral deposits

To clean the mineral deposits in the bath, pour in the orange or lemon rind and a little salt is used as a scrub the walls and doors in the shower.

5. Clean the cutting board

To disinfect a board that you cut products, it does not sprinkle a little salt and rub citrus peel. Then, clean the board and wipe dry.

Cooking with citrus peels

6. save the cake

Many recipes require peel, so why not keep it, so you do not bathe? You can remove the zest with a few lemons and freeze it in ice cube container. Each cube is serving about two tablespoons of zest, so it will be convenient to use.

7. dried peel

Cake can be dried in an oven, and then stored in the bank or grind into a powder and added to the cocktail and domestic vitamin mixture.

8. citrus condiment

It can be dried lemon peel, grind them into a powder, mixed with salt and black pepper, and used as a savory seasoning.

9. flavored tea

If you add dried orange peel tea leaves, tea gets a pleasant citrus scent.

Another use of citrus peels

10. Freshener for home

Take two peel of oranges, 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract, spoon ground cloves and cinnamon sticks 3. Fill the pot with water with two tablespoons of vinegar, add the remaining ingredients, bring to a boil and simmer until the mixture starts to give flavor. The advantages of such a natural air freshener obvious: it is cheap, natural, and not only helps to spread a pleasant aroma, but also to humidify the air. Here are more options natural fresheners.

11. Candle of orange

To do this, you need oranges, olive oil and knife. Shooting with a skin of an orange, the main thing - do not damage the "tail", because that's what it will wick. Then pour into the crust of oil, well oiled and the wick is ignited.

12. Body Scrub

You will need ¾ cup sugar, 4 tablespoons of almond oil, 1 tablespoon of olive oil and brown one orange. Grate the orange peel on a very fine grater, mix them with the sugar, then add the oil. The resulting mixture can be used as a natural body scrub.

13. Bath orange oil

To get the orange oil, you will need 20 peel oranges, vodka and a jar with a tight lid.

• Peel oranges, dry the peel and mash them into a uniform dry pasta.
• Place the cake milled in a jar and fill it with vodka so that it completely covers the crust.
• Close the jar and let it sit for three days in a sunny place.
• Strain mixture of orange peels dust emissions, and leave fluid in the bowl to weathered alcohol (about 12 hours).
• You should stay around 30 grams of orange oil, which can be added to the bath, cosmetics (careful with the quantity!) And aromatic lamps.