When life gives you lemons…you turn them into something delicious. Lol So, if you remember I just made some Fresh Lemon Curd and was super excited to make something with it. Feeling re-energize, I used my Fresh Lemon Curd to make cookies. These cookies are amazing! Perfect little bite size cookies bursting with fresh lemon flavor.
VITAMIN C
Lemons are high in vitamin C content. Vitamin C is important for many body functions such as, the formation of collagen, needed for wound healing, and maintaining ligaments and blood vessels. Vitamin C works as an antioxidant to fight damaging free radicals that can lead to disease.
Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin. This means the body doesn’t store it, so deficiency symptoms show up much more quickly than for some other deficiency diseases. Vitamin C works along with other vitamins and minerals to enhance their functioning. Vitamin C boosts the absorption of the iron from plant foods. If you eat foods with vitamin C and iron at the same meal, your body absorbs up to three times more iron. Vitamin C enhances vitamin E’s antioxidant capabilities (which helps protect your eyes).
VITAMIN C FROM FOODS
- Vitamin C in fresh foods breaks down over time, so it is best to eat foods with vitamin C soon you buy them.
- To keep the most vitamin C in foods, steam, stir-fry, or microwave them.
- When cooking in water, use a small amount of water and don’t boil the foods for very long.
LEMON NUTRITION
1/2 cup juice
- Calories 54
- Calcium 15 mg
- Magnesium 15 mg
- Phosphorus 20 mg
- Potassium: 251 mg
- Vitamin C 94 mg
- Folate 49 µg
- Vitamin A 15 IU
FULL RECIPE IN THE NEXT PAGE, ENJOY 🙂
