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Our tips for Lemons

  • To get more juice from a lemon or lime

    Roll citrus fruit on a hard surface with your hand. This makes them easier to squeeze when cut. Alternatively, put the fruit into the microwave, on high, for 10 seconds to release the juices.

  • To freeze citrus juice and slices

    If you have citrus juice left over when you are cooking, freeze it in ice cube trays. It is useful for drinks, dressings or all sorts of recipes that need a little juice. Try freezing lemon or lime slices in ice cubes – handy for drinks like gin and tonic!

  • Lemon Fresh

    Submitted by Love Food Hate Waste,

    Keep lemons in the fridge, in a loosely tied plastic bag, for freshness. Bring to room temperature for taste.

  • Storing Lemons

    Submitted by Love Food Hate Waste,

    Lemons stay fresh for even longer in the fridge if kept in a loosely tied plastic bag or in the pack they were bought in because they dry out less quickly.

  • Freezing lemons - juice and zest

    Submitted by Gail, Manchester

    Juice lemons and freeze juice in an ice-cube tray then freeze the skins. They are much easier to zest with a grater when frozen.

  • Don't need a whole lemon?

    Submitted by Julie , Barnsley

    If I have used the juice of a lemon but not the zest, I freeze the shell until I have a recipe that needs the zest. It can be grated straight from the freezer. This also works the other way - freezing the juice for future use.

  • Lemon Wedges

    Submitted by Jayne Roper, Kent

    I buy lemons when they're on offer and chop them into wedges for drinks and freeze them. As well as using in cold drink, I use them to make a cup of hot water with a cinnamon stick - a refreshing drink when you're trying to cut down on tea/coffee and increase the water levels.

  • Lemon shells - juice removed

    Submitted by Zena Leech-Calton - Resident Chef cookeryclub.co.uk, Norwich - Cookeryclub

    great for freshening up your waste disposal or fragrance- ing your fridge overnight.

  • Juicy lemon

    Submitted by Eileen Burbridge, Leyland

    When you need the juice from a lemon, microwave first on high for about 10 seconds and you get far more juice from it.

  • Frozen Lime Juice

    Submitted by Pauline, Hertfordshire

    Often a recipe (especially Thai) will require a small amount of lime juice. What juice is left over can be placed in a small freezer bag and frozen until needed.

  • Lemon juice

    Submitted by Anna Maudlin , Gt. Yarmouth

    Roll the lemon up and down your work top, pressing hard. When you extract juice you will get more. Juice not required can be frozen in ice cube moulds to use another time - great added to water to give a refreshing zing.

  • Freeze Your Lemon slices

    Submitted by Carole Leary, Fontwell

    My daughter likes hot water and lemon every morning and lemon in green tea. Slice the fresh lemons as soon as they are bought and freeze the slices. Just take one when needed, that way the whole lemon is used, no shrivelling or drying out - perfect.

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