Lemon Recipes to Brighten Your Life

  
Fresh Lemons are one of my absolute favorite things to cook and bake with. Lemons are used as accents for many, many recipes to add zest and flavor.  Those types of recipes exist in abundance.  The recipes I am sharing with you today are recipes which really accent the delicious flavors of Lemon!
There is a mix of savory and sweet goodies, something for every palate and every lemon lover. If you are like me, you can never get enough of lemon flavours!
Perhaps you have a bowl of lemons on the countertop staying you in the face begging to be used.  Maybe you are lucky enough to have a tree in your garden that you can just pop out the door to and pick a few. Whatever your reason, these recipes I am sharing here today are guaranteed to please!  These are my best and brightest!
SAVORY RECIPES  

Sticky Lemon & Ginger Chicken Stir Fry 

Deliciously spiced chicken bits, and crunchy vegetables in a sticky lemon and ginger sauce. 

Quick and easy to make and oh so delicious! Something tasty to make on those nights when you are really pressed for time! VIEW RECIPE 

Sticky Lemon Chicken

This is a very simple recipe here today, using only a few ingredients . . . but it has BIG flavor . . . and juiciness.  Just look at that succulent juiciness . . . it's a very good thing. Honey, lemon and oregano . . . it's the Holy Trinity of chicken deliciousness.  Trust me. Quick, easy and some of the most delicious chicken you could ever want to eat! What more could you ask for! VIEW RECIPE  

Roast Chicken with Lemon & Garlic

A well roasted chicken is a beautiful thing to behold . . .  moist and tender, almost succulent, with a crisp and flavourful skin.  I think of all the roasts, it is one of my favourites. Garlic and lemon work with chicken to form a trinity of delicious flavours. In this instance, the chicken itself is filled with four peeled and bruised garlic cloves, a small onion peeled and quartered, one half lemon and its juice, and a nice sprig of fresh thyme.  Simple.VIEW RECIPE 

Turkey Meatballs and Lemon Rice

 tasty tender turkey meatballs, with a lovely veg and lemon flavoured rice pilaf.  Colourful and delicious.  All you need is a salad on the side.   I am a huge fan of ground turkey and I love, Love, LOVE this delicious all in one entree! VIEW RECIPE

Ina's Skillet Roasted Lemon Chicken 

This tasty recipe was adapted from the Ina Garten cookbook entitled Cooking For Jeffrey. This is somewhat of an unusual recipe.  It is so delicious. You begin by spatchcocking a chicken and making a herbed olive oil.   

Sliced lemon and onion, along with some garlic are placed in a deep oven proof skillet and the butterflied chicken is placed on top, after brushing it throroughly on the underside with some of the herbed olive oil mixture. You squeeze the juice of a whole lemon over top of the chicken, cover the dish tightly with foil and then let it rest for a time.  The end result is moist, delicious lemony chicken. Scrumptious! I'd expect nothing less from Ina.VIEW RECIPE 

Lemon Sauced Salmon Patties 

Simple salmon patties. Flaked and mashed tinned salmon, mixed with some breadcrumbs, milk, egg, parsley, grated onion (I use my micro plane grater) and seasoning, mixed together and spooned into well buttered muffin cups. Served with a rich creamy and delicious lemon sauce. The two together are bliss. A store cupboard family favorite.VIEW RECIPE 

Creamy Lemon Rice 

Don't let the bad photograph put you off from making this fabulous side dish!  It is a dish I made often for a lucious side dish when I worked at the manor. 
Its very easy to make and goes perfectly with chicken, fish, pork, veal, etc. 
This may not look like much  . . . its just rice after all, but don't let the simplicity of it fool you into thinking it isn't very special!  This is a fabulous side dish! VIEW RECIPE  

Lemon & Green Olive Pasta

Lemon & Green Olive Pasta is a delicious riff on a traditional Italian Pasta Dish called Spaghetti Aglio e Olio. Spaghetti Aglio e Olio is a simple Italian dish of garlic, olive oil, parsley, and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese tossed with cooked pasta. 
This dish differs in that the pan sauce includes buttery Castelvetrano Olives and crispy lemon bread crumbs. A garnish of more bread crumbs and cheese finishes it off.  It is also filled with lots of chopped fresh parsley, garlic and torn basil. 
In short it is yummo!! VIEW RECIPE 

Pasta with Lemon Cream Sauce, Asparagus & Peas 

Delicious pasta with a light sauce with vegetables. The vegetables are cooked until just crispy tender and the whole thing is a wonderful symphony of textures and flavours that really please. Adapted from a recipe in Cooking Light magazine.   Quite simply delicious.VIEW RECIPE

Lemon Linguine

This lush recipe uses simple ingredients . . . liguine, fresh lemon, cream, parmesan cheese . . . some seasoning, fresh parsley as a garnish.

From Nigella, so you know that its really good.  Simple and tasty!VIEW RECIPE 
SWEET RECIPES

Buttermilk Lemon Puddings 

One of my favorite lemon desserts has always been Buttermilk Lemon Puddings.  These are delicious lemon puddings which upon baking, just like magic, separate into two distinct layers  . . .  one a lush lemon custard and the other a fabulously tart lemon cake. 
This is a dessert I used to make fairly often when entertaining at the Manor down south.  I think lemon is a common love of ladies. 
These are very simple to make. The recipe serves two people generously, but can easily be multiplied to serve more.VIEW RECIPE 

Lemon Kisses 

This is THE perfect lemon cookie.  These cookies are crisp, buttery and full on lemony!  Wowzah wowzah!   Pucker up because these cookies are going to slap you with a lovely lemon kiss! 
They are so simple to make  and bake as well.  The recipe is one I adapted from a little BBC Good Food Book, entitled Easy Baking Recipes.  
Two crisp buttery cookies, sandwiched together with lemon curd and drizzled with a lemon drizzle icing.  Scrumptious!VIEW RECIPE  

Lemon Curd Cookies.  There lush and buttery shortbread cookies are flavoured through and through with lemon from the inside out. Crispy edged and dimpled with lemon curd centres, they are real lemon winners! 
These delicious lemon cookies are the lemon lover's ultimate dream!  If you love lemon as much as I do, you are sure to love these! 
VIEW RECIPE 

Double Lemon Drizzle Loaf 

This is a a Lemon Drizzle Cake that is quite different to all of the rest that I have seen out there. Its a lovely moist loaf, filled with LOTS of lovely lemon flavors.  
Flavors from the pureed cooked lemon in the loaf, to that candied lemon syrup sinking into the cake and lightly coating the surface.  Not to mention that lovely lemon icing drizzle.  Its fabulously tasty!VIEW RECIPE 

Lush Lemon Pound Cake

This is a fabulously delicious old fashioned lemon pound cake. If you are a fan of lemon and of cake, prepare yourself to fall in love! 
This easy pound cake recipe uses simple ingredients that most of us always  have in our kitchens and packs a triple lemon wallop!  With plenty of lemon zest, lemon juice and lemon extract, it scores a hat-trick of lush lemon flavours every single time you bake it!
 This is a delicious lemon pound cake which is wonderfully moist and flavourful.  The texture in this is pound cake beautiful!  It also boasts a lush lemon drizzle finish. What's not to love about this!VIEW RECIPE 
 

Coconut & Lemon Cake 

This is a basic layer sponge cake recipe which uses coconut milk and  a bit of coconut oil as well . . .  for plenty of coconut flavor and moistness. 

The lemon in the cake batter comes from the use of the juice of one lemon. There are more coconut and lemon flavors in the frosting/filling.  A bit of coconut oil and the zest and juice of one lemon goes into the butter cream. Its also filled with some lemon curd.A final flourish of flaked coconut garnishes the top for a fabulous finish!VIEW RECIPE 

Mary Berry's Lemon Drizzle Cake

Nothing beats a nice thick slice of a Lemon Drizzle Cake with a hot cuppa on a cold drizzly day.  And when you are talking about Mary Berry's Lemon Drizzle Cake you know you are talking about the best Lemon Drizzle cake ever!  This is one of those cakes that improves upon standing. If you can leave it overnight without cutting into it so much the better.  Its hard to do that though coz its just so darned good. I always want to cut into it right away!VIEW RECIPE 

Lemon Friands

About four bites of the most heavenly little cakes in the world . . . just four . . . little . . . buttery . . . bites . . .These delicate little almond cakes topped with a delicious swirl of lemon curd are absolutely delightful! These would be great for an afternoon tea party, or . . . just because! Simply wonderful!! VIEW RECIPE

Lemon Ginger Biscotti 

Lemon Ginger Biscotti.  If you love Biscotti, these fabulously flavoured Biscotti are destined to take place as one of your favorite versions!!  
These beautiful crisp biscotti are flavoured with plenty of lemon beginning with rubbing lemon zest and sugar together to release the natural oils of the lemon zest. More lemon flavor comes from the use of Lemon Extract, as well as vanilla. Vanilla and lemon are perfect partners . . .  but . . . . add ginger to the mix, and you have a true marriage made in heaven! Crisp and moreish with plenty of lemon and ginger sparkVIEW RECIPE

Lemon Splits

I discovered these Lemon Splits in the grocery shop in the UK several years or so ago. What they are is plain Welsh Cakes, without the spice and raisins, put together with a layer of lemon curd in the middle.  My goodness but they are some tasty.I decided to create my own version of them at home. Incredibly edibly moreish and so simple to make.These are fabulous enjoyed with a hot cuppa! Very traditional.VIEW RECIPE  

Lush & Creamy Lemon Mousse

You are going to fall in love with this beautifully lush and creamy Lemon Mousse Recipe I am sharing. Not only is it very easy and quick to make, using only three ingredients, but it is incredibly delicious! Whisk together, spoon into glasses and serve with a crisp biscuit on the side and dessert is served! VIEW RECIPE    

Easy Lemon Refrigerator Dessert

This is kind of like a whipped cheesecake.  I should have had fresh fruit to serve with it, but alas, I forgot to pick it up at the shops, so on this particular day we just had jam on top, which was also very delicious.No matter what you choose to serve on top, you are sure to love this simple and easy dessert!VIEW RECIPE 

Lemon Cream Danish

Three words.  Lemon.  Cream.  Danish. All butter puff pastry.  Cut into squares and spread with a Greek Yoghurt and vanilla mixture.  Full fat of course.  (and why not?)   Drizzled with lemon curd . . .  swirled down into the yogurt mixture.   Edges folded over.   Edges sprinkled with demerara sugar for some crunch and then baked until puffed, golden brown, and flakey . . .Need I say more?VIEW RECIPE 

Lemon Puddle Cake

Picture a deliciously light, baked lemon batter, with a tingly lemon curd at the bottom. Now smother it with pouring cream, or a dollop of creme fraiche . . . One word. Delicious.VIEW RECIPE 

Frozen Lemon Souffle 

These were incredibly popular single serving sized desserts when I worked at the Manor.  For luncheons or for dinner parties, always well received.
I loved making them because not only were they simple and easy to make, but you could make them well ahead of time, simply taking them out of the freezer about 15 minutes before I was ready to serve them. Garnished with a tiny bit of frozen fruit, they always went down well with the guests.
This is the perfect dinner party dessert.  Light and lush.
VIEW RECIPE 
And there you have it, just enough lemon savories and desserts to get you started on a lemon journey for today.  This is by no means the full extent of all the lemon recipes I have shared on here over the past eleven years but it is enough to whet your appetites for lemon I think!
Moving into my new house today.  With any luck my next post will be coming from within the walls of my new home! My fingers are crossed!
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