Creative Uses for Onion Peels
Crunchy, smelly onion peels can make a mess in your refrigerator or on your counter when they fall off or crumble. They are typically thrown out without making use of them. Instead of getting rid of those onion peels, place them in a bag and save them. There are quite a few things that you can do with them, beyond throwing them in the garbage. Does this Spark an idea?
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Vegetable stock
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Fill a large stock pot with 12 cups of water. Put it on the stove over medium heat. Add four sliced carrots, four sliced celery hearts, one cup of onion peels, a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of pepper and a teaspoon of garlic powder. Cover and cook for two hours. Removed vegetables and onion peels with a slotted spoon. If you like a stronger onion taste, add two cups of onion peels.
Onion Tea
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Fill a small pot with two cups of water. Add the peel of one onion to the pot, and bring to a boil. Use a slotted spoon to remove the onion peels. Drink to soothe an irritated throat.
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Dyed Shirt
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Fill a large pot with water. Place a white T-shirt and onion peels from four onions in the pot. Heat the pot on a low heat. Stir the T-shirt in the water with a wooden spoon every few minutes. Remove from heat after twenty minutes. Allow to cool and carefully remove shirt with tongs. Rinse with cool water and hang shirt to dry. Your white shirt will now be permanently dyed beige-yellow.
Egg Dye
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Boil a pot of water. Add the peels from three onions. Allow the water to boil for twenty minutes. Allow the water to cool and pour into a bowl. Add the hard boiled eggs to the bowl and let them sit for five minutes. Carefully remove the eggs from the water, and they will be dyed yellow. Add more onion peels for a deeper orange color.
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