How to use orange peels? From decorations to desserts, here are tips and ideas to reuse them at home and in the kitchen
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himHow to reuse orange peels? If you don't want to throw away the orange peels every time after eating these fruits or after making a juice, here are some tips for reusing them.
Orange peels are a very simple and effective solution to perfume the house in a natural way. All you have to do is let them dry on heaters or in the oven or dryer.
We advise you to use orange peels in this way, especially if you are not sure where these fruits come from. If, on the other hand, you have it available organic and untreated orange peels (in which it is specified that they are "edible") you can use them for food purposes, for example grating orange peels to flavor sweets or preparing candied orange peels.
Here many suggestions per make the best use of orange peels. (Read also: 25 Alternative uses for fruit and vegetable peels)
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Orange peels to decorate and perfume the house
If your oranges arrive from the supermarket and have been treated for storage, do not use the peels in cooking recipes but only to perfume the house. It is always better to choose organic and untreated oranges whenever possible.
Orange peels on radiators
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The simplest way to perfume the whole house is to put orange peels on radiators and enjoy their fantastic aroma as they dry and dehydrate. Once dehydrated you can add them to your potpourri.
Potpourri with orange peels
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Il potpourri is a fragrant bowl to be prepared in the most natural way possible without adding synthetic fragrances and mixing together dried flowers, dried flower petals, dehydrated orange peels, dehydrated lemon, mandarin or other citrus peels, dried aromatic herbs, cinnamon sticks , cloves, aniseed or star anise and other spices and herbs of your choice.
Read also: HOW TO PREPARE A POT-POURRI TO PERFUME YOUR HOME IN A NATURAL WAY
Candles with orange peels
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Here is a smart and easy way to reuse orange peels. It involves making oil candles using the peels as a container. Of course you have to be very careful but these candles made with orange peels they really work and last a long time. (Read also: How to make candles from oranges in minutes)
Centerpiece with orange peels
With the orange peels we can use the imagination and use them to make a centerpiece starting from a glass jar in which to insert dehydrated orange peels after having rolled them in a spiral. Try to stop them with a toothpick. Here all the instructions.
Read also: WE PERFUME THE ORANGE HOUSE
Perfumed essence with orange peels
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How preserve the scent of oranges? You can prepare a fragrant essence for your home starting from orange peels, following our recipe. You need orange peels, a glass jar, Vodka or food alcohol. (Read also: Orange essential oil: how to prepare it at home)
Scrub with orange peels
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With grated orange peels you can prepare an exfoliating scrub for the skin at almost zero cost that will make you save a lot on the products on sale in perfumery and that will give you a lot of satisfaction, as in the recipe of our blog. (Read also: ORANGE SCRUB)
Christmas decorations with orange peels and oranges
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Orange peels are suitable for creating Christmas decorations after drying them. From the peels you can cut out shapes to hang on the Christmas tree, create centerpieces and place cards. Or you can get decorations by drying thin slices of orange.
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And finally, don't forget the oranges with cloves inserted in the peel to perfume the house. (Read also: DIY Christmas decorations with orange peels)
Orange peels, food uses and recipes
For the food uses of orange peels and for recipes with orange peels, always choose only untreated oranges, even better if organic, of which also use the peel so as not to waste it.
Chocolate and orange muffins cooked in the peel, recipe without butter
This recipe for chocolate and orange muffins cooked in the peel is extremely simple and easy to make, moreover, being a lactose-free recipe, it is suitable for those who are allergic or follow a particular diet. Here is the recipe to follow step by step.
Candied orange peels
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Candied orange peels or candied orange peels are really easy to make at home. In fact, you will only need 3 ingredients: organic and untreated orange peels, water and whole cane sugar. Follow our recipe.
Read also: CANDIED ORANGE PEEL: HOW TO MAKE THEM AT HOME
Orange peels covered with chocolate
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If you want to prepare even more delicious orange peels, coat the peels of your organic oranges with dark chocolate and you will get a real treat, saving a lot, among other things, on the product for sale in the packaged version. Here the recipe.
Powdered dehydrated orange peels
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How keep the orange peels to use them easily in our recipes when we want? A clever idea is to dry them and then grind them to a powder using a powerful blender or food processor. You can keep them in a cool and dry place in a closed glass jar. If you have used organic oranges, the powder obtained is fine for cooking recipes, if instead the orange peels were treated, use the powder only in potpourri and to perfume the house, for example by making scented bags. The procedure is the same as we used for the tangerine peels.
Orange jam
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If you have organic oranges available to prepare your homemade jams, then you can also add grated orange peels to the recipe to obtain zest. You can add them to both orange marmalade and other jams to make a combination of different flavors.
Oil flavored with orange peel
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THEorange flavored oil it is very simple to prepare. The orange peels left to infuse in extra virgin olive oil release their aroma creating a fantastic dressing. Here the recipe.
Read also: HOME MADE FLAVORED OIL: 10 RECIPES WITH HERBS, SPICES AND CITRUS FRUITS
Salt flavored with orange peel
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Il flavored salt with orange peels it is even easier to prepare. Usually coarse salt is used, to be mixed with the grated and chopped orange peel. Here the recipe.
Read also: HOME MADE FLAVORED SALT: 10 RECIPES WITH HERBS, SPICES AND FRUITS
Grated and frozen orange peels
Finally, an easy way to preserve orange peels for use in desserts is to grate or chop the peels trying to avoid the bitter white part and then freeze them in small glasses or in ice molds. So you will have them always available when needed.
You have other suggestions to use orange peels?
