There is nothing more refreshing than a sweet cold orange on a hot summer day. But what does one do when that bag of oranges turns out to be too sour? Turn them into lemons!
A Simple Way to Reduce Food Waste
We've all brought home a bag of oranges only to discover they're much more tart than expected. Instead of letting them go to waste, I like to slice them and freeze them for later use.
Frozen orange slices make colorful additions to ice water, iced tea, fruit punch, and summer drinks. As they slowly thaw, they add a light citrus flavor while keeping your drink cold without watering it down like ice cubes.
More Ways to Use Extra Oranges
If you find yourself with an abundance of oranges, there are plenty of ways to use them:
- Add slices to pitchers of water or sun tea.
- Blend them into smoothies.
- Juice them for homemade marinades or salad dressings.
- Freeze the juice in ice cube trays for future recipes.
- Grate and freeze the zest for baking and cooking.
One of the simplest principles of homesteading is making the most of what we already have. Sometimes a bag of sour oranges just needs a little creativity instead of a trip to the trash can.
The next time your bag is sour, slice and freeze for that cool glass of water, or serve with sun tea!
6 comments:
I *love* this idea! Will have to try it if it happens here.
I thought maybe you made lemon-aid with them and called it orange-aid. I am always so dissapointed when the oranges are sour; it's such a let down!
What a neat idea.. when I lived in CA I had a tree that was a cross between lemons and oranges and it made the best lemonade.
@ Patty:
Since I specifically buy lemons and limes for our water and tea here, I decided to use oranges that are too sour to eat. We were disappointed our bag made us pucker, but then I thought about how they are just as good as lemons! My iced tea is now so yummy!
Hi there I found you at lauras blog,read about your trip ,must have been fun and adventerous, guess you didn't pop over to greece that's where I am things are not as bad as the news make it out to be ,trouble is mainly in the city center the islands are calm, like the idea with the oranges by the way. take care theodora
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