Making Orange Zest
Tim’s been coming down with a cold so we’ve been eating a lot of oranges over the past week to boost our vitamin C intake. Since I don’t like things going to waste, I put all of the orange peels in a large cup. When I have collected enough peels, I sit down and grate the peels to make orange zest to use in baking. I then store the zest in a jar in the fridge.
Making orange zest isn’t the only thing you can do with orange peels. You can thrown them in the disposal to freshen up the drain. Or you can put an orange peel with your brown sugar to keep it soft. Dried orange peels are often used in potpourri as well.
I waste more than I like to admit, but one easy thing I can do is save my orange peels for other uses.
robert sobczak on Fri, 13th Feb 2009 11:01 pm
I wouldn’t recommend Honeybells for that, as they have really thin skins … but are extremely juicy and sweet. The best of Florida’s many varieties if you ask me.