⒈ supermarket to buy a fresh lemon, in order to shine better as preferred.
Peak back to wash and dry with paper towels (preferably rinsed with water first), put in the freezer for two hours, not too long and not too short, short of freezing impermeable, long cut with too difficult.
With a slicing knife on a clean fruit plate, cut the lemon into thin slices, about 15 to 20 slices of a lemon, this process should be fast, and then put into a plastic box with a lid.
Sung into the refrigerator freezer, need to use the boiling water to cool or directly with mineral spring (pure) water, etc., to half a slice per cup of water size is appropriate, such as the use of pots can be into one or two slices.
Be careful to add honey or rock sugar and other appropriate flavoring.
Choose not to soak in too hot water, that will lose the lemon flavor and nutritional value, in summer and fall this method allows you to drink a lemon for half a month of delicious lemonade.
Practice 2
Ingredients: half a lemon 1500 ml of cold boiled water 3 tablespoons of honey (50 ml) 25 grams of icing sugar
Practice:
1) Wash and slice the lemon. Because you want to soak with the skin, it is recommended to use a small brush to brush the lemon clean.
2) Boil the rock sugar in water and introduce it into a container to cool.
3) When the temperature of the water is below 60 degrees, add the thinly sliced lemons. (Too high a temperature will destroy the vitamins in the lemons.)
4) When the temperature is below 40 degrees, mix in the honey and stir well. (Hot water at a high temperature will destroy the active ingredients in the honey.)
5) Put it in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours to drink.
Practice 3
Main Ingredients: Lemon, Honey
1. Wash the outer rind of lemon with salt to remove wax and dirt. You can also soak them in salt water for half an hour. Then the lemon two ends to remove the tip, cut into thin slices (cut lemon knife to be sharp, otherwise cut out is uneven, but also easy to cut into the hand)
2. Prepare a waterless and oil-free glass sealing jar.
3. Put a slice of lemon, add a spoonful of honey; put a slice of lemon, add another spoonful of honey. Repeat. Until all the lemons are pickled in. The honey must marinate over the lemon slices.
4. Cover and store in the freezer.
5. When rinsing, clip out one or two slices directly, and scoop two spoons of honey lemon juice, together with warm water. (Do not use hot water, will destroy the nutrients of the honey)
6. Soak overnight can be opened to drink. The flavor is better after three or four days.
7. As long as each clip lemon slices and pocket lemon honey utensils without water, oil and saliva, in the refrigerator to keep at least a month no problem ha. I made my own last spring, have not been bad. When you're done eating, add more lemon and honey, making sure to cover the lemon with honey [6].
Note to editors
In the fruit section of large supermarkets, we often see lemons with their orange color and fragrant smell. Lemon itself is a fruit with extremely high nutritional and medicinal value. Lemon is rich in citric acid, known as "citric acid warehouse". The most important nutrients in lemons are calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C and niacin, in addition to sugar [7] .
Research results presented at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association also showed that drinking beverages containing lemon juice can increase urinary levels of citrate, a chemical that prevents urinary minerals from forming crystals in the kidneys, i.e., kidney stones.
Lemon is rich in vitamin C, antibacterial, immunity enhancement, assist collagen production, etc., often drink lemon water, can supplement vitamin C. Drinking 500 to 1,000 milliliters of lemon water a day when you have a cold, you can reduce the runny nose, colds are fast, especially when you have a cold, you can not be cured. In addition to antibacterial and immunity-boosting properties, lemon water is also known to be an appetizer, thirst quencher, and heat quencher. Lesser known is that lemon can also expectorate, and expectorant effect is stronger than oranges and citrus. Lemon juice with warm water and salt, drink it can be accumulated in the throat of phlegm smoothly cough out. At the beginning of a cold, you may want to drink water with lemon and honey, which can ease the sore throat and reduce the discomfort of a dry throat.
Slice the lemon into thin slices in water, soak the best choice of 60 ~ 70 ℃ warm water, soak 1 ~ 2 slices of lemon cut into thin slices. Lemon soak as much as possible with the skin, the slice can be thinner, conducive to the active ingredients into the drinking water, cut thin points in the lemon peel aroma will also be more obvious, the skin part containing the active ingredient flavonoids content is higher. Of course, you can also put lemon slices in your tea and drinks.
It's worth noting that even the best foods can't be consumed with impunity. Lemon is no exception, there are many women in order to beauty, every day a lot of lemon water and hurt the stomach. Therefore, drinking lemon water should also be moderate, should not exceed 1000 ml per day. In addition, because the lemon pH value is as low as 2.5, so those who have too much stomach acid and gastric ulcers should not drink lemon water.