These 26 Creative Lemon Recipes range from an amazing appetizers and soothing soups, to scrumptious sides and delectable desserts. All of them make the flavor of lemon shine. There are so many ways to use lemons and there's definitely a recipe here for everyone.
One of my favorite things about winter is that with it comes citrus season, and my little Meyer lemon tree always becomes heavy with fruit.
And when life gives you lemons . . . well, of course there's lemonade -- but, there are so many more amazing uses for lemons in recipes.
How about: "When life gives you lemons, make Lemon Flan." Or "When life gives you lemons, make Fried Lemon Caesar Salad?"
There are so many creative things to do with lemons in the kitchen, and I love working them into all sorts of sweet and savory recipes.
Meyer lemons are my favorite, but these recipes can be made with most lemon varieties.
Creative Lemon Appetizers
Creative Lemon Main Courses
Skillet Chicken with Lemon Shallot Sauce
Spatchcock Chicken Under a Brick with Lemon-Paprika Butter
Chilean Sea Bass with Lemon-Caper Sauce
Simple Honey-Lemon Roasted Chicken
Creative Lemon Side Dishes
Steamed Artichokes & Lemon Beurre Blanc
Creative Soups with Lemon
Greek Lemon Chicken Soup (Kotosoupa)
Creative Salads and Salad Dressings with Lemon
Fioretto Cauliflower Salad with Lemon
Creative Lemon Desserts
Olive Oil Lemon Cake (Gluten-Free)
Lemon Frozen Custard with Lavender
Sweet Basil Cheesecake with Lemon Crust
I hope you love all of these delicious and creative lemon recipes as much as my family and I do!
David
Lemon is my favorite of most flavors. Thanks for all these fabulous ideas!
Patricia
OMG, So inpirational! I have about 8 ripe lemons on my tree now, so what to choose??! Thank you for sharing your talents Valentina.
valentina
Awww, thank you so much Patricia. It's my lemon tree that inspires me. 🙂 xo
Marissa
Lucky you with a lemon tree! So many beautiful recipes - first up to try for me is the Fried Lemon Caesar. Looks incredible!
valentina
Thank you, Marissa. Hope you love the salad. Stay well! 🙂 ~Valentina
David Scott Allen
As I said before (or I should have said), this is a wonderful collection of pucker-up recipes!
valentina
Thanks, David. "Pucker-up." Love it! 🙂 ~Valentina
Jill Colonna
Great collection of stunning lemon recipes, Valentina. I still haven’t tried a Meyer lemon but we get the Menton lemons here in France.
2pots2cook
This is great! We expect to enjoy fresh lemons in a week or two and this t is such an inspiring post bursting with lemons! Thank you so much!