Grey winter days call for something bright, and no one uses citrus like Ina Garten. From lemony roast chicken to vibrant desserts and orange-spiked vegetables, these recipes wake up winter cooking. Here are my favorite Ina lemon, orange, and grapefruit dishes to help you power through the last stretch of cold weather.
Tag: lemon
Ina Garten’s Parmesan Chicken: A Weeknight Classic
Ina Garten’s Parmesan Chicken is a timeless weeknight dinner: crisp, golden chicken cutlets pan-fried in butter and olive oil, paired with a bright arugula salad and lemon vinaigrette. It’s simple, balanced, and just special enough to keep in regular rotation.
Gingerbread with Lemon Sauce: A Bright, Spiced Holiday Dessert
This warmly spiced gingerbread, from Toni Tipton-Martin, is sweetened with molasses, brown sugar, then finished with a bright lemon butter sauce and bourbon Chantilly cream. Even better, leftovers transform beautifully into a trifle-style dessert.
Chewy Molasses Cookie Sandwiches with Lemon Buttercream
These perfectly spiced molasses cookies with crisp edges and soft centers, paired with a light lemon buttercream are a new take on my grandma’s recipe. These holiday cookie sandwiches balance warm spices and bright citrus for an unforgettable seasonal treat.
Crispy Mushroom Arayes with Lemon-Thyme Crème Fraîche
These Mushroom Arayes are a meatless twist on the traditional spiced-meat pita. The filling combines caramelized onions, sautéed mushrooms, herbs, and lemon, then gets crisped inside fluffy pita and finished with a tangy lemon-thyme crème fraîche. Crispy, creamy, and utterly irresistible.
The Secret to Creamy Lemon-Miso Dressing: Aquafaba Magic
This Creamy Lemon–Miso Dressing, from Samin Nosrat’s Good Things is bright, tangy, and unbelievably versatile. The recipe uses aquafaba (chickpea liquid) to create a rich, mayo-like base flavored with lemon, garlic, miso, and spices. You’ll want to drizzle it on everything.
Cool, Crisp & Colorful: Ina Garten’s Israeli Vegetable Salad
This Israeli Vegetable Salad is the ultimate no-cook summer dish. A bed of garlicky hummus with a touch of Sriracha is topped with juicy heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, red pepper, and onion. Finished with mint and lemon vinaigrette, it’s perfect with pita or crackers.
The Ultimate Summer Dessert: Lemon Cake with Strawberries & Mascarpone
This was inspired by the dessert we enjoyed at Verjus is Paris the night we ran into Ina and Jeffrey but we’ve turned the volume up for this not-too-sweet layered showstopper.