7,271 lemony recipes

Sole fillets topped with a vibrant sauce of fresh ginger, lemon juice, fried garlic, toasted sesame seeds, and soy sauce, steamed in banana leaf or foil packets. A bright, aromatic Asian-style fish dish.

There are so many kinds of pesto, basil, sun-dried tomatoes, cilantro... how about some freshly home-made asparagus pesto, the refreshing and tasty flavor is a perfect sauce to toss with some pasta.

Sour cream apple pie folds tart apples into a vanilla custard, then bakes under a buttery almond topping. Tangy, creamy, crunchy on top, and refreshingly free of heavy spices.

Fruit-glazed cheesecake: a dense, velvety baked cheesecake made with cream cheese and cottage cheese, finished with fresh strawberries. Slow-cooled in the oven for a crack-free top.

Pumpkin roll cake spiced with ginger and cinnamon, filled with a vanilla cream cheese frosting. A classic fall dessert that slices into beautiful spirals.

Tender zucchini bundt cake spiced with cinnamon and studded with nuts, crowned with tangy lemon cream cheese frosting. Elegant from-scratch dessert for summer gatherings.

This is a little different than the usual coleslaw, but very good and easy to prepare. Prepare ingredients ahead of time, then put salad together whenever you wish.

Mushroom turnovers in a cream cheese pastry with a sauteed mushroom-cream filling and optional sherry. An elegant make-ahead appetizer that freezes well before baking.

Munich cheesecake with a shortcrust base, vanilla bean cream cheese filling, poppy seed-raisin layer, and brown sugar streusel topping broiled until crisp.

Baked cheesecake with sweetened condensed milk, lemon and a sour cream top, finished with cherry pie filling on a graham cracker crust. Creamy, no-water-bath cheesecake.

Elegant apple pie with port wine filling and sharp cheddar pastry crust. Apples simmer in port, apple juice, and lemon zest until just tender. Lattice top shows off the ruby-tinted filling.

Blanquette of veal is a classic French white stew with tender veal, cauliflower, and a silky sour cream and lemon sauce. Bistro comfort served over rice or noodles.

Spanakorizo is a classic Greek spinach and rice dish simmered with tomato, onion, fresh mint, parsley, and a whisper of nutmeg. Vegetarian, comforting, finished with hard-cooked eggs and lemon.

Classic tabbouleh salad with bulgur wheat, fresh parsley, mint, tomatoes, scallions, and a lemon-oil dressing. A refreshing Lebanese grain salad served cold on lettuce.

Cream cheese snowflake cookies with lemon zest, topped with powdered sugar icing and edible glitter. Delicate, buttery Christmas cutout cookies that sparkle.

Savory poached carp simmered in a sweet-tart broth of red onion, white wine vinegar, and lemon, served hot or chilled as a traditional jelled fish with beet horseradish.