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Top 20 Most Creative Lemon Recipes

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The Top 20 Most Creative Lemon Recipes range from pizza and custard, to soups and salads. There’s definitely a lemon recipe here for everyone. Four peeled Meyer lemons with the skins next to them, on a cutting board.

I think my favorite thing about winter is that with it comes citrus season! And when life gives you lemons . . .

Inspiration

What? Make lemonade? Why only lemonade? I love lemonade, but you could certainly also make something else, right?

How about: “When life gives you lemons, make Lemon Flan.” Or “When life gives you lemons, make Fried Lemon Caesar Salad?”

And why are lemons used in the English language with a negative connotation? Sure they’re sour and acidic, but is that a reason to call something — like a car for example that doesn’t run well — a lemon?

Let me tell you, if you add some sweetness and other flavors to lemon, you can create extraordinary masterpieces in the kitchen.

Meyer lemons are my favorite . . .

What makes Meyer lemons so special?

  • The skin of a Meyer lemon is quite thin and soft. You know how sometimes you cut into citrus, and there’s a thick white area between the skin and the fruit? That’s called the pith, and Meyer lemons only have a thin layer of this. Both of these things mean that the size of a Meyer lemon is probably about the size of the fruit inside the skin.
  • Meyer lemons are extremely juicy, sweeter and less acidic than other lemons.
  • The color of the skin and fruit is often an orange-yellow. Sometimes they even look like oranges.

I have more than a couple dozen super creative lemon recipes to share with you today.

Click on the images or titles below them for the oh-so-creative lemon recipes . . .

Top view of Meyer Lemon Basil Pizza on a white platter.

1. Lemon-Basil PizzaLemon-Basil Salad Dressing in a jar surrounded by basil leaves and lemon slices.

2. Meyer Lemon Basil Salad Dressing

One Lemon Coconut Muffin in a pretty floral paper cup on a purple placemat.

3. Lemon-Coconut MuffinsWhipped Lemon-Vanilla Butter in a blue-rimmed bowl with lemon slices in the background.

4. Whipped Meyer Lemon Vanilla Butter

Kotosoupa chicken lemon soup in a bright red bowl surrounded by lemon wedges on a wooden background.

5. Kotosoupa – Greek Chicken Lemon SoupCandied Meyer Lemon Peels, finely chopped in a white bowl on a purple cloth with two lemons in the background.

6. Candied Meyer Lemon Peel

Fried Lemon Caesar Salad on a red plate.

7. Fried Lemon Caesar Salad

Lemon Garlic Roasted Croutons in a ceramic baking dish with the top of a lemon with stem

8. Marinated Lemon-Garlic Croutons

Close up, unsliced half of Gluten-Free Meyer Lemon Cake with Olive Oil.

9. Gluten-Free Meyer Lemon Olive Oil Cake

slice of meyer lemon flan on white plate

10. Meyer Lemon FlanMom's Meyer Lemonade in a jar on a wooden table with 3 lemons next to it, on a wooden table.

11. My Mom’s Meyer Lemonade

One scoop of Lemon-Lavender Frozen Custard in a yellow bowl on a yellow and white checked cloth.

12. Lemon-Lavender Frozen Custard 

purple bowl iwth puréed kohlrabi soup, with a drizzle of oil

13. Coconut Kohlrabi Lemon Soup

Gluten-Free Pink Lemonade-Coconut Bars cut into squares with a lemon slice on each one, with powdered sugar being sifted on top.

14. Pink Lemonade Bars

Skillet Braised Chicken Recipe with Caramelized Lemon-Shallot Sauce in cast iron pan with lemon slices.

15. Skillet Braised Chicken Recipe with Lemon-Shallot Sauce

one square slice of Vanilla-Meyer Lemon Hot Milk Cake on a white plate with blue flowers, with icing dripping down the sides.

16. Vanilla Meyer Lemon Hot Milk Cake

Meyer Lemon-Thyme Spaghetti in a blue-rimmed, ceramic bowl with fresh thyme sprigs and lemon wedges.

17. Meyer Lemon Thyme Spaghetti

Smoky Paprika Lemon Herb Chicken Under a Brick with fresh herbs and lemon slices in a black pan.

18. Smoky Paprika Lemon Chicken Under a Brick

a cream colored bowl of Smoky Lemon Vegetable Quinoa

19. Smoky Lemon Vegetable Quinoa

Chipotle-Lemon Guacamole in a round terra cotta dish

20. Lemon Chipotle Guacamole

I hope you enjoy these super creative lemon recipes!
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Comments

  1. Christina says

    OMG! Do you ever sleep? Or do you sleep-cook (instead of sleep-walk)? Absolutely fantastic collection of lemon recipes, Valentina and #14 is not the only fab picture, they all are! Great job!

    Reply

    • valentina says

      Christina, THANK YOU! No sleep-cooking for me. Wouldn’t be nearly as much fun. (Just sleep-posting. ;-)) xo

      Reply

  3. Coco says

    Can’t choose just one. I want to try them ALL, Valentina!
    I’m nuts about lemons. Throwing zest away feels like
    sacrilege. I always save it for cakes, etc.
    Have a bit of the sniffles. That Greek soup might be
    the right medicine for me now. xo

    Reply

    • valentina says

      Thanks so much, Cathy! My lemon tree only produces about 8 lemons a year, so it’s always empty. 😉

      Reply

  8. David @ Spiced says

    Lemon on a pizza!? Now you’ve got my attention! I love pizza, and I love lemons, but I’ve never combined the two. I’m also loving the idea of a lemon twist on guacamole. Perfect for sunny days in the backyard!

    Reply

    • valentina says

      Sunny days in the yard. Sounds lovely! Thanks for checking out my lemon collection, David. 🙂 ~Valentina

      Reply

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