Limes

I love the taste of freshly squeezed lime. Whether it's in plain water, sparkling water or soda -- a splash of lime makes all the difference. Here are some recipes that focus on my love of limes. Enjoy!

Pic from the blog The Kitchn

Okay, this seems quite unbelievable. But apparently it's not and apparently they thought the same thing before trying this out and then posting it on The Kitchn. But this little lime nugget above is
"2 Minute (Microwaved) Lime Cheesecake." Two minutes? Yeah right. But take a look at the recipe and see for yourself. I think they're really telling the truth!

pic from 101 Cookbooks

This is "Lime, Grapefruit and Ginger Juice," from 101 Cookbooks. Doesn't this look soo tasty and refreshing? Perfect for a warm spring day (those are coming our way, aren't they?). This how she describes it (and since I haven't made it yet I'm quoting her directly):

If you're looking for a jolt something bright, invigorating, spicy and citrusy - this is just the thing. It's a pick-me-up minus the caffeine. You steep grated ginger in a bit of sugared water, and then strain it into a lime & grapefruit juice blend. I like to sip it out of a tiny cordial glass with a big ice cube or mix it with sparkling water as an afternoon refresher. It has a good amount of kick, and you can feel it going down - in a good way.

That sounds soo good right now. I need some ruby reds with my limes so I can make this. I usually have fresh ginger on hand so I just need the grapefruits. Mmmmmm.....

Okay, onto the next recipe. I love salsa. And I usually add some fresh squeezed lime to mine just to taste more of it. It's so perfect with salsa. Mmmm... lime and salsa and good chips. Life is pretty good when you can have all three! The Pioneer Woman blogs about making "Restaurant Style Salsa" and I have to say it looks amazing.

Pic from Pioneer Woman Cooks

For the last recipe I chose one that is a bit different. I'm sure we can all find our own tequila-lime chicken recipe or a slow roasted pork that uses lime. But this - well, I've never seen this before so I thought I'd share. 

Pic from Smitten Kitchen

 I'm eating as much cabbage as I can before the wee one arrives since after the birth of C I had to cut out cabbage for almost an entire year (it made her too gassy - i know, TMI). Anyway, Smitten Kitchen gives us this: "Cabbage and Lime Salad with Roasted Peanuts."  I love her first paragraph about this salad. It made me laugh:

I know that on the surface, peering in from your side of the computer screen, this looks like a pile of shredded cabbage, a poorly lit one (look, it was late, okay?). But from my site, from my seat right here, this is pretty much the best thing ever, a yearly event I like to call First Slaw of the Season.

She goes on to say...

Right, so, about the slaw: Lime. Peanuts. Red and green cabbage. Slivers of spinach. The lime is awesome, although I really have to advise against the whole lime segments they suggest in the original recipe (which I omit here) as we lovelovelove lime around here and it was still too much lime, by far. Peanuts are wonderful, even better if you can find some of those giant Virginia peanuts I sometimes see at stores (these, sadly, were not). The spinach is definitely a little odd in the slaw department; it is not the most stable lettuce thus not the kind of thing I’d want to eat hours after it had been tossed with dressing but in this, it works. And it makes the salad even prettier, which in my book counts too.

 

If you have any great lime recipes -- please share.

Enjoy!