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25 Sweet and Savory Lemon Recipes to Brighten Up Your Kitchen
Written by CatherinePublished on Updated on 08/22/2024
Make the best use of those lemons to add delicious flavor to all of your meals. This collection of sweet and savory lemon recipes covers 25 delicious ways to incorporate this delicious citrus fruitinto your main dishes, sides, desserts, and even drinks!
Lemons are one of the most versatile ingredients to use in your kitchen. Not only are they delicious in a classic Lemonade, a splash of lemon juice or a sprinkling of zest can go a long way in adding flavor to the dishes produced in your kitchen. This collection of sweet and savory recipes not only use lemon, but feature it prominently, in all its tart and refreshing glory.
With these 25 recipes, you will never see a lemon go to waste again. Scroll through to find inspiration for those lemons or use the links below to skip ahead to sweet or savory meals if you’re up for something specific:
It is downright impossible to resist a lemon dessert, as far as I am concerned. This list of sweet lemon treats has all the classics like lemon cookies, muffins, quick bread, cakes, and tarts. I’ve also added my absolute favorite lemonade recipes, because lemons aren’t just for eating!
Lemon Crinkle Cookies
These soft and chewy Lemon Crinkle Cookies are the perfect cookie to enjoy with cup of tea! These sweet little bites are surprisingly easy to make and owe their bright, delicate flavour to fresh lemon juice.
This creamy and smooth Lemon Cheesecake is an easy, no bake recipe that's made with freshly squeezed lemon juice and zest! The cheesecake is the perfect balance between sweet and tart, with a light (but not overpowering) lemon zing.
These fluffy, easy to make Lemon Raspberry Muffins make the perfect breakfast or afternoon treat. These delicious lemon muffins are studded with fresh or frozen raspberries and drizzled with a lemony glaze for added flavor.
These low-carb Gluten-Free Keto Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins are fluffy and moist with a lovely lemony taste! These healthy muffins are made with almond flour making them grain-free and can be dairy-free too!
This delicious homemade lemonade recipe is so easy to make at home. Made with only 3 ingredients, this simple recipe is refreshing and perfect for a hot summer day!
Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
These fluffy, tender Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes are flavored with fresh lemon and studded with blueberries. These cupcakes are not only delicious, but easy to make too!
Deliciously moist Lemon Ricotta Cake is the perfect balance of sweet and tart! It’s light and fluffy texture and sweet lemony flavor goes perfectly with coffee and tea!
Lemon Blueberry Biscotti is the perfect cookie to dip into your coffee! These delicious treats are made with fresh lemon juice, dried blueberries, and little morsels of white chocolate.
Lemon adds such delicious flavor to meals. The collection below features lots of lemon flavor to elevate your dishes. We just love using lemon to flavor proteins for main dishes, to create a sauce or salad dressing, and so much more.
Oven Roasted Lemon Chicken Drumsticks
These Oven Roasted Lemon Chicken Drumsticks are so good and so easy to put together with simple ingredients. The drumsticks are marinated in a seasoned lemon and herb marinade that infuses delicious flavor and makes these drumsticks tender and juicy. This recipe is easy to do and makes a nice weeknight meal!
Freshly squeezed lemon juice brings a bright, fresh taste to this well-balanced Lemon Vinaigrette. It is a perfect balance between tart and sweet and incredibly easy to make!
This simple, creamy Lemon Parmesan Pasta with Spring Peas is springtime in a bowl! The lemony flavor and spring peas add a brightness to this dish that makes me think of sunshine.
Hi, I’m Cathy and welcome to Herbs & Flour! If you’re a home cook that loves to cook wholesome meals from scratch (as well as indulge your cravings from time to time), you have come to the right place! I hope you enjoy the recipes on Herbs & Flour and that you get as much joy out of making the dishes as I do! Read more>>
