The 10 Uses of Banana Peel You Didn't Know About
Do you think banana peels are just for dragging people onto the streets?
Think again ! You can use them to do a lot of other things.
So before throwing them away, think about recycling them. Here are 10 possible uses for banana peels. Look :
1. Fertilize the tomato plants
Wrap a banana peel around the base of your tomato plants so they can absorb nutrients throughout the season.
2. Feed the houseplants
Soak a banana peel in a large container of water. Mix 1 part of this banana water with 5 parts of clean water. Water your houseplants with this mixture to fertilize.
3. Use them in compost
Banana peels break down quickly and add a lot of nutrients to the soil that are beneficial to gardens and vegetable gardens.
4. Treat rashes and itching
Rub a banana peel on an insect bite, a reaction to stinging plants or a psoriasis patch. Banana peel reduces itching and promotes healing.
5. Feed the animals
Add some soil to dried banana peels for feeding chickens, pigs, rabbits and cattle.
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6. Make vinegar
Use the sourness of banana peel vinegar to season salads, to flavor water and tea, or to accompany recipes that need to be spiced up.
To prepare your own banana vinegar, simply steep banana peels in white vinegar. After a few days, we filter the vinegar, and voila!
7. Tenderize the meat
Add a ripe banana peel to a casserole dish to prevent boneless or skinless pieces of meat from hardening or drying out during cooking.
8. Eat the skin
Get even more nutrients, fiber and antioxidants from the fruit by boiling the skin for 10 min. Pass it through a juicer or mix it with other fruits. Remember to rinse the skin well to remove pesticides.
9. Attract butterflies and birds
Put ripe banana peels on a raised platform in the garden and watch them pounce on this sweet treat.
Be careful, bees and wasps can also be attracted.
10. Wax leather and silver
With the inside of a banana peel, rub leather shoes, jackets or furniture. Then wax with a soft cloth. Mix a banana peel with water and use the mixture to glow silver.
Click here to see the tip.
Likewise, do not throw out overripe bananas.
Overripe bananas are a great ingredient to incorporate into breads, muffins and other preparations. Freeze bananas in a zippered freezer bag until ready to use.
The little extra tip for storing bananas:
Remove them from the bag so that they ripen evenly. Bananas should be left at room temperature to ripen. Separate each banana from the bunch and wrap the stems in cellophane to slow down the ripening process. Click here to see the tip.
Otherwise, you can also let them ripen in the fridge. The skin will turn black, but the flesh will stay good for several days.
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