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Here are 15 bright and sunny lemon recipes for cold winter days! There are sweet and savory recipes, perfect for any occasion.
It's cold and snowy here today! If the cold, gray days of winter are getting you down, brighten things up with these fresh lemon recipes. Lemon is one of our favorite flavors and it works all year long but we especially love it in the winter. I bought a big bag of lemons from the grocery store and can't wait to bake something delicious.
These are some of our favorite lemon recipes, including sweet and savory. Lemon pairs perfectly with chicken and makes a delightful salad dressing. And if you're in a baking mood, we've got many delicious options. Give them a try!
Ridiculously Easy Crustless Lemon Tart
What if you could make a gourmet dessert that's so ridiculously easy that it's... simply ridiculous? That's the story of this Crustless Lemon Tart! Of course, it doesn't hurt a bit that it's also ridiculously delicious, right?
Italian Lemon Curd Ricotta Crumb Cake (Torta Sbrisolona)
This Lemon Curd Ricotta Crumb Cake is a fabulous, four-layer Italian dessert. The crust and crumb topping are made from the same sweet, buttery dough, making it quick and easy; no special equipment is needed!
Ridiculously Easy Lemon Thyme Shortbread
This lemon thyme shortbread is not only ridiculously easy to make, but it's also crisp, buttery melt-in-your-mouth delicious!
Crinkly Crackly Lemon Sugar Cookies
These one-bowl, no-mixer, lemon sugar cookies have a melt-in-your-mouth texture, lots of crinkly cracks, super-crisp, sugar-coated exteriors and moist, chewy insides! There's also a burst of sunshiny lemon flavor with every bite!
Lemony Yogurt Dip with Spicy Herb Oil
Bright, fresh, and full of flavor, this Lemony Yogurt Dip with Spicy Herb Oil will be a hit at your next party!
Ridiculously Easy Lemon Sour Cream Tea Cake • One Bowl, No Mixer!
With a double layer fabulous lemon flavor, this moist, tender Lemon Sour Cream Tea Cake comes together quickly with just one bowl and no mixer needed!
French Lemon Tart (Tarte au Citron)
With a crisp, buttery coconut crust and a silky-smooth lemon filling that both come together in the microwave, this French Lemon Tart will be requested again and again!
Skillet Lemon Rosemary Chicken and Farro
With juicy, tender chicken, healthy farro and loads of fresh spinach, this hearty, delicious Lemon Rosemary Chicken and Farro is an easy meal in one pan!
Ridiculously Easy Lemon Buttermilk Cake
With a triple dose of lemon (in the cake, glaze and icing), this Ridiculously Easy Lemon Buttermilk Cake is also ridiculously delicious, definitely a lemon lover's dream come true!
Ridiculously Easy Lemon Curd Shortbread Tarts
Made with our easy microwave lemon curd, these buttery, crisp Ridiculously Easy Lemon Curd Shortbread Tarts will steal the show and bring rave reviews!
Avgolemono (Greek Chicken Pasta Soup)
This Avgolemono, a lemony Greek chicken pasta soup is healthy and hearty (lots of satisfying protein), creamy (no cream!) and so delicious!
Ridiculously Easy Lemon Poppy Seed Scones
Think scones are dry and/or difficult to make? Think again! These Lemon Poppy Seed Scones are moist, tender, melt-in-your-mouth delicious and RIDICULOUSLY EASY!
Lemon Dill Dressing, So Easy, So Delicious!
With bright, fresh flavor, this Lemon Dill Dressing is super easy to throw together and is delicious on greens and veggies as well as chicken, fish and shrimp!
Ridiculously Easy Microwave Lemon Curd
Making homemade lemon curd can be a complicated process. Not this Microwave Lemon Curd! It's silky smooth, bursting with bright lemon flavor and color and comes together in minutes!
Lemon Garlic Roasted Chicken and Potatoes
This dish is a winner everytime! Moist tender chicken with golden crisp potatoes and lots of fresh herbs!
Thought for the day:
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power
and the glory and the victory and the majesty,
for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours.
Yours is the kingdom, O Lord,
and You are exalted as head above all.
1 Chronicles 29:11
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