DIY Citrus Cleaner

DIY Citrus Cleaner

by | Jul 13, 2018 | DIY, Kitchen, Low Waste, Uncategorized

I made DIY Citrus Cleaner and it’s AMAZING, so I had to share! It’s really easy! You just collect some citrus peel or slices. You can do this over a week and just add to the jar as you get more. I used a combination of lemon, grapefruit, and orange. Citrus isn’t very good for the garden or compost so this is a great way to reuse the discarded peels. I also added lemongrass because it’s growing wild in my garden and smells amazing.

DIY Citrus Cleaner Recipe

Fill the jar 3/4 up with white vinegar and the rest distilled water (I just boiled the jug/ kettle and used the cooled down water from that). Leave it for two weeks somewhere out of the sun (pantry or cupboard) and then just strain and pour into a spray bottle with some extra water to fill.

I was quite worried it would smell like vinegar because it’s so strong when you first make it and no one wants to spray raw vinegar around their house! But I was pleasantly surprised when I poured it out today it smelt so good! I wish I had made this sooner rather than spraying who knows what nasty chemicals all over my bench 👎

Give it a try! I’m off to make another slightly different batch of DIY Citrus Cleaner because I’m hooked.

Have you made your own cleaner? Let me know your favourite homemade cleaning products below in the comments.

Holly 🌱

Homemade Chilli Flakes

Homemade Chilli Flakes

by | Jul 4, 2018 | Kitchen, Uncategorized

I love growing Chillies! They are so easy to grow and consistently produce in abundance. So learning how to preserve them has been important to me. These homemade Chilli Flakes are a great way to get more out of my Chilli harvests. I am currently growing Jalapeno and Cayenne types. Both plants are in their second season as they are in pots they seem to survive the winters alright. I think this might be their last though.

I usually pick and freeze the chillis then just grab one and use in my cooking but the freezer is looking a bit full so this time I tried dried homemade chilli flakes.

Homemade Chilli Flakes

Place on baking paper in your Dehydrator. If you don’t have a dehydrator you could just set the oven to 60 degrees Celcius.

I then chopped them up as fine as I could and put in a recycled spice jar.

The next crop I want to try pickled Jalapeno. I also have a few different varieties to grow this spring including Carolina Reapers which are apparently one of the hottest in the world….no idea what I will do with those!

How do you preserve your chilli? Let me know in the comments.

Holly 🌶