Use leftover lemon juice to make a homemade lemonade concentrate, and then use that to mix with gin, vodka, cherries, or God knows what. You can make easy, simple, and quick cocktails or soft drinks. Dark, rainy, and cold outside? Freeze it until the sun comes out.
Simple, Super-Tangy Lemon Bars. Sounds good, right? What if I told you that the filling uses fresh lemon juice as well as lemon zest, which gives them twice the zing as you usually find the typical version? What if I also told you that they’re fairly simple to make, once you understand how to go about it? If you like lemon bars, you’re going to love this recipe.
Pollo Tonnato is slices of cold, poached chicken in a easy-to-make sauce consisting of canned tuna, mayo, lemon, capers, and olive oil. It’s a riff off an Italian summer dish: vitello tonatto. I like to garnish this dish with olives to really bring out the Mediterranean flavor.
Here’s a simple and easy lemon trifle recipe. It’s got layers of lemon curd, lemon pudding, whipped cream, and a rich, delicious butter cake.
It’s Creamy Chicken Thyme! Here’s a recipe for skinless, boneless, lemon-and-garlicky chicken breasts – pan fried and then baked – with mushrooms and egg noodles, under a creamy Pinot Grigio sauce.
Margaritas Congeladas de Danilo, (Dan’s Frozen Margaritas) uses a homemade sour mix made from freshly squeezed lemon and lime juice. A really good tequila is important, but I think it’s the Cointreau that kicks this recipe into “world’s best” league. A great blender will whip this into a fabulous frozen cocktail with minimal effort.
This is a recipe for freaking delicious lemon curd pistachio sundaes with vanilla ice cream.
It’s a simple bit of everyday kitchencraft that requires very little how-to know-how.