# 9 Incredible Uses For Fruit Peel You’ve Never Thought Of…

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/cooking-tips-and-hacks/putting-peels-good-use/
- Published: 2014-08-31T20:00:27+10:00
- Author: Saskia Brown

You never thought of using the peel from fruits for extra things? For shame! Here
are 9 ideas for using the peel of things you’ve already got going into your green
bin, chicken scrap bucket or maybe even your bin still!

## **Banana Peel is Great for Wart Removal**

It takes around 10 days but you can use banana peel to remove warts! Put a wart-
sized piece of banana peel down onto the wart, flesh side down, and use a piece 
of strapping tape to hold it there overnight. Repeat nightly for 10 days and the
wart should be dead. You can do the same thing overnight for a splinter or just 
rub it on to reduce a bruise! Frozen pieces make great bump-booboos in my house.

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## **It Can Also Stop Itches!**

Rub a small piece of banana peel onto a mosquito bite to stop it itching almost 
immediately. Great for babies and young kids who can’t control the urge to scratch.

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## **And is a Terrific Soil Booster**

Dry banana peels in the oven on a low heat for a few hours, then crumble and use
to give your roses, veggies and fruit trees a boost.

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## **Orange Peel is a Great Grease Cleaner**

Use a piece of fresh orange peel to scrub a greasy stove or tiles you’ll be amazed
at just how effective the oils in the skin are!

## **And Keeps Your Sugar Soft**

Put a piece of orange peel in with your brown sugar, to keep the sugar from absorbing
too much moisture and going hard.

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## **Stop That Nasty Fridge Smell**

Fill the orange peel leftover from orange quarters with rock salt, and place on 
a saucer in the fridge for a super-easy and effective fridge deodoriser.

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## **Avocado Peel Beauty Hack**

Avocado peel is a great moisturiser! Turn the peel inside out and rub it on your
face. Leave it for 20 minutes and then wash off. You can do the same with avocado
flesh on your hair a great way to use up slightly browned flesh next time you make
guacamole.

## **Avocado Peel is Also a Great Heel Balm**

Rub the inside of the avocado peel on dry heels and put on some socks. The moisturising
properties of the skin and flesh means your feet will be softer and smoother afterwards!
Bonus points if you can put the peel on the heels, put the socks on over the top
and sit back with your feet up and a glass of wine in your hand, for a DIY pedicure.

## **Avocado Skin Scrub**

If you have keratosis pilaris (chicken skin bumps, often on the upper arms or outer
thighs), use avocado skin right side out for an exfoliation treatment with added
moisturising properties.

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**What weird and wonderful uses do you have for “food scraps” in your house? Eggshells
for keeping snails and slugs away? Leftover oatmeal as a face mask? Coffee grounds
as a deodoriser? Share some of your family’s tips with other SAHM readers!**

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 Saskia Brown

 Saskia is mama wearing lots of different hats while parenting two small girls. 
She is a midwife, is married to a scientist and lives in the Adelaide Hills in South
Australia. When she's not juggling parenting and working, she likes to do a lot 
of walking, photography and crafting. She enjoys yoga when the childerbeasts are
asleep, writing when the mood strikes, reading a good organisational blog or dreaming
of far off places.

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