剩余的水果和蔬菜果皮的用途

剩余的水果和蔬菜果皮的用途

Don't throw your kitchen scraps away; put them to work. The outer skins of fruit and vegetables are filled with flavor and vitamins, and most often have enough matter left in them for another go-round.

不要把廚房里的殘羹剩飯扔掉;讓它們起到作用。水果和蔬菜的外皮充滿了味道和維生素，通常還會留下足夠的物質供下一次循環(huán)使用。

You can make citrus extract powder from these beautiful peels. (Photo: Nata-Lia/Shutterstock)

Some people are peelers, some people aren't. Some people swear by the nutrients and fiber found in produce skins, others shy away from the taste or texture, or prefer removing the outer layer to reduce pesticide load. Regardless of your peeling preferences, citrus rinds, potato and other root/tuber peels, scooped-out avocados, and even cheese rinds all have more than one life.

有些人會削皮，有些人不會。有些人篤信農產品表皮中含有的營養(yǎng)和纖維，有些人則不喜歡它的味道或口感，或者寧愿去掉外層以減少農藥用量。不管你喜歡什么樣的去皮方式，柑橘皮、土豆皮和其他根/塊莖皮、挖出來的牛油果，甚至奶酪皮都有不止一種使用方式。

Aim to use organic produce in these applications, and make sure to scrub well. And if you don't have time or need for them at the moment, most of them can be frozen for future use.

目標是在這些應用中使用有機產品，并確保擦洗良好。如果你現在沒有時間或者不需要它們，它們中的大部分可以被冷凍起來以備將來使用。

1. Clean greasy messes: Before bringing out the big (toxic) cleaning guns in the kitchen, try lemon. Sprinkle affected area with salt or baking soda (to act as an abrasive) and then rub with juiced lemon halves. (Be careful using lemon on sensitive surfaces such as marble.)

清理油污:在把廚房里的大家伙(有毒的)清潔劑拿出來之前，先試試檸檬。在患處撒上鹽或小蘇打粉(起到研磨的作用)，然后用檸檬汁摩擦患處。(在大理石等敏感表面使用檸檬時要小心。)

2. Shine your coffee pot: Follow the old diner trick to make glass coffee pots sparkle: add ice, salt and lemon rinds to an empty coffee pot; swirl around for a minute or two, dump and rinse well.

把你的咖啡壺擦亮:遵循古老的用餐技巧，讓玻璃咖啡壺閃閃發(fā)光:在空咖啡壺里加冰、鹽和檸檬皮;攪拌一到兩分鐘，倒出清洗干凈。

A simple combo of ice, salt and lemon rinds will make your coffee pot better than ever. (Photo: byggarn.se/Shutterstock)

3. Make lemon pepper: Mix lemon extract powder with freshly cracked pepper.

制作檸檬胡椒粉:將檸檬精粉和新鮮的碎胡椒粉混合。

Oh, those lemons! They offer so many uses, even after they've helped make a good meal better. (Photo: Swellphotography/Shutterstock)

4.Keep brown sugar soft: If you regularly fall victim to the brick in the pantry known as hardened brown sugar, try adding some lemon peel (with traces of pulp and pith removed) to keep it moist and pliable.

保持紅糖的柔軟性:如果你的糖經常被廚房里的磚墻壓壞，你可以試著加入一些檸檬皮(去掉一些果肉和髓)來保持它的濕潤和柔韌。

Lemon peels will also keep your brown sugar from becoming a brick. (Photo: Gayvoronskaya_Yana/Shutterstock)

5.Moisturize: Rub the fleshy part of an avocado peel on your face for a rich moisturizer.

保濕:將牛油果皮的肉質部分涂抹在臉上，可以得到豐富的保濕效果。

After you've polished off your guacamole, there's still a use for the peel. (Photo: margouillat photo/Shutterstock)