How to Freeze Lemons or Limes

Submitted by mary winecoff

"If you come across a great buy on lemons or limes and want to save some for later use, they can be frozen."

 

• Ready In: 5mins
• Ingredients: 2
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• lemon
• lime

directions

1. Quarter lemons and place in single layer on cookie sheet. Place in freezer until frozen. Place in ziplock bag and remove as needed. Lemons can be frozen whole but they will be mushy when defrosted although the juice will be fine.
2. You can also freeze lemon slices the same way.
3. The juice can be frozen in ice cube trays for use layer as well as the zest.

Reviews

[MailbagMary]

Zest them, then freeze them if you want. I freeze lemons and limes that sit too long and get dry. Wrap them in plastic, throw them in the freezer, take them out, zap them in the micro for 30 seconds or so, and you will have more juice from that lemon or lime than you can imagine!

 

[Sydney Mike]

Now just how neat is this, especially for those of us who use lemons quite a bit & sometimes have more than we can keep in good shape! I bought a bag just to see how well this works, & after 2 days, at least, they're just fine, so expect the rest to come through with flying colors as well! Thanks for a great recipe keeper! [Made & reviewed in 1-2-3 Hit Wonders tag]

 

[Barb G.]

I freeze Lemons & Limes whole all the time. A great way to keep them from going bad. They work fine for juice or zest.

 

[Marilyn L.]

I got great buys on lemons and limes. We zested them and froze the zest in flat zip bags. Them we squeezed all the juice and froze it in ice cube trays. But-- what to do with the left-over halves? We froze those too, and throw half a lime or lemon into broth when we make soup. (Fish out the citrus half before you serve the soup!)

 

[Mamas Kitchen Hope]

This works very well! Lemons were on sale 10 for $1 so I stocked up! I zested all of them, then froze them whole! Froze the zest too using this recipe! Thank you for sharing this!