8,245 8 juice recipes

Lemon tea bread soaked with a tart powdered sugar glaze. Fresh lemon juice and zest in the loaf, more in the glaze. Bright, double-lemon, afternoon tea ready.

Chilled raspberry bisque, a cold fruit soup made with fresh raspberries stirred into a butter-flour cream sauce with lemon juice. Elegant and refreshing.

No-bake fig squares with crystallized ginger, nuts, lemon juice, and toasted coconut layered between thin fruit-and-nut paste. A naturally sweet confection with zero oven time.

Lemon poppy seed bundt cake that starts with yellow cake mix and gets a fresh lemon juice kick, crunchy poppy seeds, and a tangy glaze drizzle. A shortcut bakery cake that tastes from scratch.

A verylight side dish, cooking carrots using way is very healthy and nutritious.

Hollowed pineapple shells filled with fresh pineapple, strawberries, and bananas, topped with a tangy lime-rum dressing. A retro tropical fruit salad showpiece.

Lazy Aunt's Key lime pie: a classic 4-ingredient Florida dessert with sweetened condensed milk, key lime juice, egg yolks, and a meringue top. The original old-Florida recipe, no fuss required.

Cool, refreshing big-batch fruit salad with watermelon, cantaloupe, plums, nectarines, and grapes tossed in chilled mint-lime simple syrup. A summer party showstopper.

Microwave sweet potatoes glazed with orange juice, honey, and orange zest, topped with crunchy peanuts. A single-serving vegan side dish ready in under 10 minutes.

Tropical quesadillas filled with ripe banana, green chilies, and Monterey Jack cheese with a squeeze of lime. A sweet-savory snack or dessert ready in 15 minutes.

Chili cilantro dressing with green chilies, fresh cilantro, lime juice, garlic, and honey. A bright, spicy blender dressing ready in 10 minutes for salads, tacos, or grain bowls.

Baked bananas in a buttery caramel syrup scattered with raisins and pecans. A simple, old-fashioned dessert ready in 45 minutes, served warm with whipped cream.

Mock guacamole made with steamed asparagus and picante sauce instead of avocado. A low-fat, avocado-free dip with the same creamy green look and tangy flavor.

This recipe was given to me by a friend who is an ex-patriot now living in Playa del Carmen on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. I serve this with yellow rice and grilled avocado halves.

Set-it-and-forget-it slow cooker stew packs chicken, eggplant, potatoes, and beans into one hearty 8-hour meal that feeds a crowd.

Mexican shrimp cocktail with lime-poached shrimp, avocado, jalapeno, tomato, cilantro, and carrots in a concentrated lime-garlic broth. Served chilled on lettuce.