Lemon Sourface.

This amazing sunny fruit tends to be quite underrated in today's kitchen.
Perhaps because we let our tastebuds grow accustomed to the sweeter tastes instead?
This wondrous yellow fella is packed with so much goodness it's literally bursting. (Give it a little squeeze and the juice will seep from the pores.)
It's used in foods, medicine, aromatherapy and cleaning - favoured for its refreshing aroma and the citric acid (Roughly 5-6% in freshly squeezed lemon juice.)


Vitamin C - one of the most important antioxidants in nature and half a glass of lemon juice provides you with enough for a day.
The contents of freshly squeezed lemon juice are extremely useful for your body, blood vessels and helps regulate cholesterol in your body, also aiding your kidneys.
Last but not least, your immune system - Vitamin C is vital for your immune system to function properly.

Let's talk about it's culinary uses - it has a wide variety of them, too ; the juice itself can be used for waking up the flavours in almost any dish, also a great natural preservative (Try on cut bananas, apples, avocados - foods that oxidize.) 
Lemon peel is widely used in baking , porridges, puddings, marinades (Try marinating chicken with fresh lemon zests, drop of olive oil, pepper and a pinch of crushed chillies - rub all the ingredients nicely into the flesh and pack tightly with cling film. Let it marinate in the fridge for some hours.)
There are other uses for it in your kitchen, it serves as an excellent, natural cleaning agent.
Rub half a lemon over your kitchen surfaces and cutting board, gently squeezing the fruit.

Half a squeezed lemon juice and water makes a great refreshment, too. Also helps neutralise the tastes in your mouth. When having a glass with your meal, the juice makes the taste more flavoursome!

Hope this helped you to befriend that yellow fella - if already a fan, hooray to you!