Brighten Up Your Day With These 15 Plant-Based Citrus Recipes For Summer!

There’s nothing quite like the tart and refreshing bite of citrusy food. Its zing is a delight on the taste buds. Citrus is incredibly versatile and high in Vitamin C!  It’s an excellent way to cool down on a hot day. We went through the Food Monster App and found 15 fresh and bright citrus recipes with oranges, lemons, and more, as the stars.

1. Orange Turmeric Scones 

With a generous topping of purple wild blueberries against flaky orange dough, these Orange Turmeric Scones are as beautiful to look at as they are tasty! Enjoy one with your favorite cup of tea or coffee.

2. Sesame Citrus Dressing

3. Orange Creamsicle Smoothie

This Orange Creamsicle Smoothie is packed with vitamin C from using a generous amount of oranges and lots of vitamins and minerals from the banana and dates. A perfect smoothie to help repair sun damages when the summer arrives.

4. Sunshine Lemon Ice Cream Cake

This Sunshine Lemon Ice Cream Cake will brighten up your day no matter the season – it’s that delicious. The rich, chewy date crust is topped with a luxuriously creamy banana coconut cake that’s accented with hints of fresh lemons and a pinch of ginger.

5. Easy and Zesty Lemon Drizzle Cupcakes

These beautiful Easy and Zesty Lemon Drizzle Cupcakes are surprisingly quick and easy to make. They use a simple white cake as a base that is augmented with a liberal amount of lemon juice and zest and then topped with a velvety buttercream frosting. They look like a fresh, sunny, spring day and they taste even better.

6. One-Pan White Wine and Preserved Lemon Pasta 

This One-Pan White Wine and Preserved Lemon Pasta is quick, easy, and packed full of green veggies. The preserved lemon provides an unexpected tart-salty kick and the white wine amps up the flavor. It’s the perfect meal for weeknights or date nights in spring.

7. Lemon ‘Parmesan’ Pasta

8. Flu Fighter Immunity-Boosting Lemon Ginger Turmeric Tonic

Heads up; this Flu Fighter Immunity-Boosting Lemon Ginger Turmeric Tonic is strong. Be prepared, but it’s packed with vital nutrients and vitamins to keep your immunity in tip-top shape.

9. Grapefruit Peach Sangria 

The star of your summer will definitely be this super refreshing Grapefruit Peach Sangria. Along with this delicious white wine is fresh grapefruit juice, sliced grapefruit, peaches, mint, and lots of lemons and limes, topped off with a cup of bubbly seltzer. Give it a big stir and this will be the best sangria you’ve ever had! This light, refreshing sangria is perfect, especially on a hot summer day.

10. Citrus Corncakes With Kumquat Syrup 

These sunny and sweet Citrus Corncakes With Kumquat Syrup will brighten your morning. In this recipe, a cup of orange juice adds a pop of citrus to these cornmeal pancakes. A generous drizzle of the kumquat syrup brings sweetness without being overpowering. Enjoy these pancakes for breakfast, brunch, or even dessert.

11. Creamy White Bean Hummus With Kumquat

Tired of eating the same ol’ hummus you always buy? Sounds like you need to try this Roasted Kumquat and White Bean Hummus! It’s creamy, nutritious, and super versatile. In this particular recipe, the delicious dip is topped with roasted fruit for a colorful and tasty variation.

12. Pomelo Salad With Roasted Coconut

13. 5-Ingredient Avocado Key Lime Pie Popsicles 

These 5-Ingredient Avocado Key Lime Pie Popsicles are a fun treat to fix for a quick snack or a fun dessert that you can feel good about giving the little ones. What’s the secret behind their unmistakably ice cream-like texture? The lime and syrup combination makes the perfect flavor balance in these and you won’t even think about the fact that it’s avocado you’re eating.

14. Raw Matcha Lime Cheesecake 

This Raw Matcha Lime Cheesecake may look impressive, but it’s incredibly easy to make – we won’t tell if you don’t. Its date and pistachio crust is topped with a luxurious matcha and lime cheesecake filling. Garnish with a few limes, if you’re feeling really fancy.

15. Ginger Citrus Tofu Salad With Buckwheat Soba Noodles

This is a calcium-rich, Ginger Citrus Tofu Salad With Buckwheat Soba Noodles, great for lunch, dinner, or even as a snack. Each serving offers 31% of your daily recommended calcium, and is full of great plant protein, fiber, and a host of vitamins and minerals. If you sit outside in the sun you will also get your vitamin D!

For more citrus, check out these Bright and Cheery Citrus Recipes!

Learn How to Cook Plant-Based Meals at Home

Reducing your meat intake and incorporating more plant-based foods into your diet is known to Support various health benefits, including reducing chronic inflammation, improving heart health, enhancing mental well-being, achieving fitness goals, meeting nutritional needs, managing allergies, and promoting gut health, among others. Dairy consumption also has been linked to many health problems, including acne, hormonal imbalance, cancer,  prostate cancer, and has many side effects.

For those of you interested in eating more plant-based, we highly recommend grabbing our favorite plant-based cookbooks and downloading the Food Monster App — with over 20,000 delicious recipes, it is the largest plant-based recipe resource to help reduce your environmental footprint, save animals, and get healthy! And, while you are at it, we encourage you to also learn about the environmental and health benefits of a plant-based diet.

Here are some great resources to get you started:

• Weekly Vegan Meal Plans
• Plant-Based Health Resources
• Plant-Based Food & Recipes
• Plant-Based Nutrition Resources
• The Ultimate Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition
• Budget-Friendly Plant-Based Recipes
• High Protein Plant-Based Recipes
• Plant-Based Meal Prep
• Plant-Based Cookbooks 

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