What to do with a huge bag of lemons?

[finchlvr1]

Does anyone have any good ideas of what to do with a big bag of fresh lemons? I do not want to make lemonade! Any good bakery recipes using lots of them or any other uses ?

[waiyahna]

Cut some up throw them down the garbage disposal, switch it on (while running the water). Them follow with some ice cubes. This freshens and keeps the blades sharp.

They are great in tea with some honey.

make home made lemon juice that can be used at a later date in different recipes.

[sweetdet313]

Tequila!!!

[rosie]

finchlvr1:

Lucky you!

If these are organic lemons or not exposed to chemicals (like picked from a neighbor's tree), you might want to wash some and then grate the skin to make lemon zest.

Use parchment or waxed paper on a cookie sheet under your grater and lightly grate off the yellow part only. Then spread evenly into one layer and put in freezer to dry. After a couple of hours use the waxed paper to make a funnel and pour the zest into a small jar with tight lid. Put in freezer for future use in cakes, cookies, tea, etc., etc.!

I usually put in a small silicone baggie thing (usually found in a shoe box or as packaging material to soak up moisture) in with the zest to keep it from absorbing freezer odors.

This zest can be added to dry spice rubs, salad dressings, salsas, etc. to "wake-up" the other flavors or used as a sprinkle on cupcakes, deviled eggs, pancakes and the like for a bright burst of flavor and to add color to the dish.

Happy Cooking!

Rosie

[teresaice]

I would slice them in half and eat them with salt! Other than that, what about juicing them and freeze the juice in ice cuhe trays to use in recipes later.

[Bear]

Its a couponmom.com favorite (or at least one of mine). Just use grated lemon zest instead of lemon extract.

http://forum.couponmom.com/recipes/3...ound-cake.html

Or I have been wanting to make this (without the lavender):

Honey Lemon Lavender Jelly

Or look up a recipe for lemon curd. Or a fresh lemon meringue pie.

[finchlvr1]

Great ideas ! Thank you. I definitely will try the lemon curd. yum...

[Fyli]

At this very moment I was wish I had a bag of lemons, I would use my husband as a human target. He is sitting on the couch like a bump on the log, practically begging to be hit in the head with some citrus zest.

[finchlvr1]

Its a couponmom.com favorite (or at least one of mine). Just use grated lemon zest instead of lemon extract.

http://forum.couponmom.com/recipes/3...ound-cake.html

Or I have been wanting to make this (without the lavender):

Honey Lemon Lavender Jelly

Or look up a recipe for lemon curd. Or a fresh lemon meringue pie.

I just found a recipe for Lemon Cheesecake Squares that uses lemon curd! Yum. I'll let you know how it turns out! Thanks for the lemon curd idea, Bear!

[OHMom]

I would slice them in half and eat them with salt! Other than that, what about juicing them and freeze the juice in ice cuhe trays to use in recipes later.

My DH does this about every night and it just kills me. I buy 3lds a week for him