11 Easy Ways to Enjoy Lemons This Summer

As the summer months heat up, life moves outdoors and simplicity becomes the spice of life. Megan Roosevelt – Limoneira spokesperson and founder of Healthy Grocery Girl – has cultivated a list of her favorite ways to integrate lemons into easy, healthy summer living. Check out her video as she walks viewers through the tips below! {Product provided for review/feature consideration}


1. Season Veggies on the BBQ

Fresh lemons + sea salt is the perfect healthy combo to season your grilled veggies this summer!

2. Clean the BBQ with Lemons

Don’t throw away your lemons. Did you know you can use them to clean the BBQ when you’re finished grilling?

3. Hydrate with Lemon-Water

Whether you’re hiking, at a picnic or just lounging in the backyard, lemon water is a great way to stay hydrated and nourish your body, all at once. Up the ante and treat your tastebuds by adding other fresh ingredients, such as cucumber or mint.

4. Light Summer Dining with Lemons

When the weather gets hot, you might notice that your appetite changes. An easy way to keep meals light and nutritious is to stick to smoothies and salads. We’re here to help with some deliciously easy recipes for you to try – both featuring our favorite citrus fruit! Honey Lemon Salad Dressing and our SummerLemon Smoothie.

In addition to Megan’s summer suggestions, The Limoneira Lemons for Life™ Website is jam packed with other lemony seasonal tips such as:

6. Fight Voice-Harming Infections 

Lemon’s natural antibiotic properties make the citrus fruit a natural remedy to fight infections that can directly effect your voice, throat, and upper respiratory system. Keeping lemon on-hand, particularly if your summer plans include touring, is a great natural defense to viruses and bacteria.

7. Boost Energy 

Summer is all about being active, so keeping your energy levels up is priority number one. Lemon is a proven natural energy-booster and can also maximize your mental clarity. We recommend starting your day with an invigorating lemon body scrub.

8. Whiten Your Smile 

Your smile is one of your most important features. Forget those expensive treatments, all you need to whiten your teeth is probably sitting in your kitchen right now.

9. Natural Highlights

Add some lemon juice to your hair to revive the blond in your hair. This is natural and will refresh your hair at the same time.

10. Repel Pesky Ants

Place 1 cup of lemon juice in a water bottle and spray around the areas you frequently see ants. This will help repel them.

11. Weeds be Gone

Banish weeds for good using lemon juice. Fill up a spray bottle with 5 cups of lemon juice and two cups of water and douse the offending plants till they’re well-coated. It should take a couple of days for them to shrivel.

Each month, Megan will be featuring another wonderful facet of lemon living. You can subscribe to Limoneira’s Youtube channel for more information on the many ways this endlessly versatile fruit can improve life inside the home and beyond.

About Limoneira®
The Limoneira Company was founded in Ventura County, California in 1893. Today, Limoneira has evolved into a global company whose mission is to preserve and promote its tradition, heritage and legacy in agriculture and community development. With 11,000 acres of agricultural production, Limoneira is the largest provider of lemons and avocados in the United States. In addition to agriculture, Limoneira has a long history of community building. Finally, sustainability has been woven into Limoneira’s fabric for over a century with strategic investments in water, solar, soil, and integrated pest management. For more information, visit www.limoneira.com.

About Megan Roosevelt and Healthy Grocery Girl ®
Megan Roosevelt is an internationally published author, cooking show host and producer as well as a nutrition expert for regional and national television and magazines. In addition to being a plant-based Registered Dietitian, Roosevelt through Healthy Grocery Girl® provides her extensive audience with on-line cooking videos and says “I love helping people get healthy in ways that are realistic and fun”.

Roosevelt is the spokesperson for Limoneira’s Lemons for Life™ campaign and says “As one of the largest growers of lemons in the United States, the partnership with Limoneira made a great deal of sense”, she said. “It’s synergistic. We all know that lemons are among the healthiest products people can integrate into their diets”. Lemons for Life ™ highlights a variety of ways that lemons can be integrated into consumer’s lives. These include recipes, natural cleaning, beauty and health tips as well as lifestyle applications.

Until next time...