Lemon

This brunch cocktail uses 8 celery stalks so, if you ignore the vodka, it’s basically spa water.

These Persian potato fritters are miraculously crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside, and taste best dipped in a quick ‘n’ zesty yogurt. 

If the joy of frolicking in a field of flowers could be captured in a cookie, it would be these crackly, chewy lavender-lemon crinkle cookies.

When life gives you lemons, make Mina Stone's irresistibly moist and zesty olive oil cake. 

Hits of crème fraîche, lemon zest, and dill will guarantee you a rich and zingy shrimp toast. 

Lemon, green chiles, and sesame seeds add intrigue to these simple, extra-snappy cucumber pickles.

The only thing better than a tomato salad? Tomato salad with a lemony, oniony roast chicken on top.

Beans cozy up with spring alliums and plenty of olive oil.

Silky and comforting yet light and spring-y, this tortellini and spinach soup is the perfect winter-to-spring meal.

Make the most of vitamin C-son.

Don't throw those empty shells away!

Move aside, succulents.

The zest and juice of lime and lemon deliver a simple but powerful flavor-packed punch to this everyday staple.

Other reasons include: whiskey, lemon, and that foamy top. 

Making tart, tangy ingredients the star is one of the simplest (and most delicious) ways to brighten up your cooking.

A weeknight pasta that utilizes simple pantry ingredients in a luxurious way. 

A soul-warming, cozy but complex toddy to get you through the cold winter nights.

A soothing green tea toddy you can drink on its own–or spike with mezcal.

With custardy insides and charred exteriors, these sweet potatoes are everything you always wish roasted sweet potatoes could be. A crunchy mixture of toasted nuts and seeds provides pops of texture and spice, and a cooling lemony yogurt sauce cuts through the richness. 

A mega-moist olive oil loaf cake from Ochre Bakery that’s bright and lemony.

These roasted turnips are dressed in a sweet, salty, slightly spicy togarashi-spiked sauce that keeps you coming back for more.

This limeade is addictive and will make your mouth pucker.

Everyone questioned why the world needed another veggie burger recipe until they saw how easy and Monday-nightable this one is.

When it comes to grilling chicken breasts, it's skin-on, bone-in all the way. The meat stays juicier, and you get the bonus of crispy skin.