Savvy Secrets – Lemons, Lemons Everywhere!
Here are a few GREAT Savvy Secrets using lemons!
Lemon “Mothballs”
Mothballs are great for keeping things smelling fresh and clean in your cupboards and drawers, but if you have small children around, mothballs are hazardous. In this case, it’s better to go all natural, and you can do that with a homemade ‘lemon mothball.’ It won’t last you quite as long as the store bought ones, but it will definitely do the trick!
Materials:
- Lemons
- Cloves
Instructions:
1. Pierce the skin of the lemon with the cloves and place it in a closet, a drawer or wherever necessary.
2. Change often (it is perishable after all).
Brown Sugar Softener
You know how frustrating it is, when you reach for the brown sugar and it’s hard as a rock! Out comes the ice pick! Don’t break a sweat baking – just add a little lemon peel and your sugar will be as soft as it is sweet.
Materials:
- Lemon Peel
Instructions:
1. Put a lemon peel shaving in your brown sugar to keep it soft.
Rice That Won’t Stick
If you’re cooking up a batch of rice, you’re probably already thinking about the annoying clean up. Rice has a tendency to stick to the pot, making for more time spent at the kitchen sink after dinner. Skip the scrub and add some lemon peel to your cooking rice – the grains will cook beautifully and come away clean.
Materials:
- Lemon Peel
Instructions:
1. Pop some lemon peel in simmering rice to keep it from sticking to the pot for easy cleaning.
Thanks to Katie Brown of Yahoo Makers, we are able to share these with you! They just add to fuller lives – more joy and abundance!
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