Culinary Uses – What to Do With Grapefruit Seeds

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I have several grapefruit trees and get tons of grapefruits almost year round. When I eat the grapefruits, which is fairly regular, I typically eat a good amount of the seeds with the fruit for nutrition, though I do get tired of them after a while.

Is there any recommendation as far as what to do with grapefruit seeds that might break the monotony of just eating them raw? Any way to prepare them or mix them into something… I've put them into smoothies which works fine, but I'm trying to see if there is anything more creative out there that I haven't considered.

Best Answer

My first reaction was to think that grapefruit seeds have cyanide, don't they? Nope, that's apples, apricots and peaches.

I did find an application you might find interesting: Grapefruit Seed Extract

Self-made pure GSE processed without solvents is prepared by grinding the grapefruit seed and juiceless pulp, then mixing with glycerin.

A few sites suggest that it's not quite that simple, but a Google Search for "grapefruit seed extract homemade" will give you quite a bit of reading material.

If you try this, I hope you let us know how it goes!