Did you know that saving the peels from fruits and vegetables can help you decrease your food waste? Fruit and vegetable peels are high in fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, among other nutrients. So, yeah, they’re completely safe to eat! And if this is a new concept for you and you’re not sure where to begin, don’t worry; I’ve compiled a list of 15 easy and creative recipes with peels for you to try!
15. Dried Orange Peel
Dried orange peel is called for in recipes, potpourris, mulling spices and so much more. Drying your own orange peels is super simple and cost-effective when you can’t find it in your local grocery store.
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14. Homemade Bitters Recipe For Cocktails
Learn how to make bitters for your favorite handcrafted cocktail, a classic old fashion cocktail or even to add a few shakes of bitters to flavor plain seltzer water. Homemade bitters take time with the traditional method of making bitters or make bitters in a few hours with the sous vide way of making bitters.
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13. Homemade Limoncello | Free Limoncello Labels
Homemade Limoncello is super easy to make. You can bottle it up to enjoy for yourself, or use small bottles and give as gifts. I include a free printable limoncello labels for you to use.
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12. Vegan Whole Orange Cake
Vegan orange cake using a WHOLE orange including the rind just like the classic Sicilian orange cake. Gluten free, grain free, eggless, flourless and uses only 5 ingredients!
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11. Sweet Potato Skins Chips
I was peeling the potatoes and tossing the skins to the side. Then I said to myself… I wonder if these skins would be good if I roasted them in a little oil and sprinkled them with kosher salt? Why absolutely… they’re delicious!
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10. Simple Strawberry Syrup For Drinks
This simple strawberry syrup is great for drinks — use it in cocktails or just to add a splash of flavor to SodaStream carbonated water, club soda, or tonic!
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9. Creamy Lemon Tart
This Creamy Lemon Tart is bursting with lemon flavor and incredibly luscious and tasty! This recipe utilized one of my favorite tricks—to rub the lemon zest into the sugar to release all the essential oils from the peel.
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8. Quick Pickled Red Onions Recipe
Learn How to Make Quick Pickled Red Onions in just 30 minutes and with 4 simple ingredients such as red onion, vinegar, sugar, and salt. Enjoy this easy and delicious pickled red onion recipe piled on top of sandwiches, burgers, stuffed in tacos and mixed with eggs.
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7. Orange Vinegar
Orange vinegar is a great alternative to traditional household cleaners. You can use this cleaner in every room of your house – even the bathroom! It gets rid of soap scum, hard water stains, and dirt without scratching surfaces or leaving streaks behind.
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6. Make Your Own Lemon Extract
It’s not difficult to make extracts. I make vanilla, chocolate, mint, and lemon so far. I love using them to enhance the natural flavors in my dishes.
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5. Honey Lavender Cake with Lemon
Want a great recipe for a cake that you don’t see every day that’s both delicious and beautiful? Check out this honey lavender cake with lemon glaze.
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4. White Chocolate Christmas Cake
White Chocolate Christmas Cake and Frosting with Spiced Cranberry Filling and Sugared Citrus Peel. It’s the perfect Christmas cake for your celebrations.
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3. Cooking with Lavender, {Lavender, Honey And Orange Posset}
I love cooking with lavender. This Lavender, Honey and Orange Posset is a twist on my Lemon Posset recipe. Once I discovered what a ridiculously easy dessert posset is, I knew I had to try new flavor combinations.
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2. Better Than Panda Express Orange Flavored Chicken
Better than Panda Express? Seriously?! Yes! This orange flavored chicken dish really does taste better than Panda Express, and it’s healthier, too.
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1. Orange Marmalade
This old fashioned recipe uses simple techniques to remove all the bitterness sometimes found in orange peels. The end result is a delicious, sweet orange marmalade.
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15 Easy And Creative Recipes With Peels
Did you know that saving the peels from fruits and vegetables can help you decrease your food waste? Fruit and vegetable peels are high in fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, among other nutrients. So, yeah, they're completely safe to eat! And if this is a new concept for you and you're not sure where to begin, don't worry; I've compiled a list of 15 easy and creative recipes with peels for you to try!
Ingredients
- Dried Orange Peel
- Homemade Bitters Recipe For Cocktails
- Homemade Limoncello | Free Limoncello Labels
- Vegan Whole Orange Cake
Instructions
- Choose any Easy And Creative Recipes With Peels from the post that you like
- Click on the link below the photo to get the full recipes and instructions.
- Try the best Easy And Creative Recipes With Peels and share your photo under my pin on Pinterest!
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