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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.