Favourite Citrus Recipes

Here are my favourite citrus recipes! Every year when winter arrives, I fall in love with lemons, limes, grapefruit, oranges and pomelos all over again! Here’s a list of all my favourite citrus recipes and resources that I’ve created and shared over the years.

Read more: How to Peel and Eat a Honey Pomelo, 5 Common Winter Citrus Varieties, Citrus Salad with Honey Vinaigrette, How to Segment Citrus Fruits

Watch my Citrus Series: 7 Videos showcasing Citrus

Recipes & Techniques

Below are my favourite recipes that include all common citrus fruits: oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit and pomelo!

Citrus in Baking & Desserts

Juicy and sometimes tart, sweet citrus is always a fresh and flavourful option for dessert. Citrus is generous – you have both zest and juice to rely on for flavour in your baked treats. My favourite for baking is the classic lemon, but I’ll gladly enjoy a touch of orange with chocolate or squash too! What’s your favourite way to bake with citrus?

1. Lemon Curd
2. Easy Lemon Bars
3. Blueberry Lime Labneh European Style Cheesecake
4. Luscious Lime Bars
5. Lemon Lavender Cookies with Lemon Icing
6. Layered Orange Mousse Parfaits
7. French Toast with Orange Zest
8. Honey Orange Ricotta Dip
9. Mandarin Orange Sauce
10. Homemade Orange Gelatin
11. Berry & Lemon Muffins
12. Orange Pumpkin Loaf
13. Grapefruit Parfait

Citrus Salads

Fruit filled citrus salads offer amazing freshness at the end of a heavy meal and can also be enjoyed as a whole meal or snack all on their own. Drizzle a unique vinaigrette dressing, add feta, toasted nuts/seeds or garnish with chopped fresh herbs to take your citrus salads to the next level. Here are a few of my absolute favourites that I turn to often!

1. Orange and Mint Salad with Honey Lime Drizzle
2. Fresh Citrus Salad with Honey Vinaigrette
3. Orange and Wheat Salad with Maple Vinaigrette
4. Blood Orange and Tangerine Salad with Goat Cheese and Pecans
5. Tangerine and Blood Orange Salad
6. Mandarin Orange Spinach Salad
7. Orange and Celery Salad
8. Fennel and Orange Salad
9. Southwestern Bean and Pepper Salsa or Salad
10. Lime, Corn & Cilantro Quinoa
11. Guacamole with fresh lime juice

How to Citrus: Tips & Techniques

Learning to love (and segment) citrus doesn’t take much more than a little patience. Read below for some key tips and tricks for segmenting all our favourite citrus fruits as well as how to get the MOST juice out of your limes and lemons (even if they’re frozen – That’s right, you can freeze limes and lemons!!)

• How to Select, Store & Freeze Lemons and Limes
• How to Peel & Segment a Honey Pomelo
• How to Segment Citrus Fruit
• 5 Common Citrus Varieties Available in Winter
• 4 Tips on Getting the Most Juice from Limes & Lemons

More Citrus Inspired Recipes

There you have it, some of my favourite lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit and pomelo recipes.  What are some of your favourites?

Getty Stewart is an engaging speaker and writer providing tasty recipes, time-saving tips, and helpful kitchen ideas to make home cooking easy and enjoyable. She is a Professional Home Economist, author of Manitoba’s best-selling Prairie Fruit Cookbook, Founder of Fruit Share, mom and veggie gardener.