Limes can add the zing and zest to our favorite recipes! This small fruit adds tangy flavors and fragrance to foods and cocktails. Add the irresistible flavor of citrus. Grow a lime tree in your yard and enjoy the addictive flavors!
Bearss limes, also known as Persian limes, are among the best to use in recipes. These limes are the perfect size, and squeezing them for juice is a breeze! Use them for grilling, as a garnish, baking, in soups, cocktails, juices, and much more!
Lime Recipes: Our Top Ten!
These ten lime recipes are a few of our favorites. What are yours?
- Make Coconut, Lime, and Macadamia Cookies: We love cookies, especially these! To make these delicious cookies you will need two tablespoons of fresh lime juice and one tablespoon of grated lime rind. Click here to see the entire recipe!
- Make Cucumber-Chili-Lime Ice Pops: Cool off with an ice pop! To make this refreshing treat you will want to combine the essential ingredients of cucumber, lime juice, salt and ground red pepper in a food processor or blender. Full recipe here!
- Make Cilantro Lime Jalapeño Lemonade: Sip away with this lemonade drink with a spicy kick! You will need one sliced lime in addition to lemon juice, cilantro, water, and a thinly sliced jalapeño pepper.
- Make Green Beans with Lime: This simple and flavorful dish requires one teaspoon of grated lime rind and a tablespoon of fresh lime juice. This is the perfect side dish to grilled salmon.
- Make a Haymarket cocktail: Add 1 ½ tablespoons of fresh lime juice and a 1-inch piece of cucumber to give this beer cocktail a refreshing twist! A Pale Ale is the preferred beer.
- Make Cucumber-Lime Granita: You will need to add one tablespoon grated lime rind to make this refreshing semi-frozen desert. Click here for the full recipe!
- Make Preserved Lime Tabbouleh Salad: Brine-cooked lime lends a salty-tart flavor to this dish with Kalamata olives. This is a refreshing salad for the dog days of summer!
- Make Cherry Limeade Sorbet: Enjoy this sweet, tart and refreshing sorbet with a slice of lime! The perfect tree for cooling off!
- Make a Honey-Lime Vinaigrette: This healthy salad dressing is easy to make! Combine lime zest and lime juice with oil, shallots, honey and salt and shake it well. Excellent as a dressing for mixed greens and is a tasty marinade for grilled chicken, shrimp, or tofu.
- Make a Moscow Mule cocktail: These refreshing cocktails are made with combination of vodka, ginger, and tangy lime juice! Serve in a copper mug (or any glass) over crushed ice and a lime wedge.
Why Wait! Buy a Lime Tree at Fruit Producing Age
Save money and a trip to the produce aisle. Homegrown limes taste better and you can grow them with nothing suspicious. Moon Valley Nurseries grows lime trees at fruit producing age! Visit your nearest nursery location and select the perfect tree for an edible garden. Let us know if you tried any of these recipes!
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