Delightful butterfly cupcakes make a welcome addition to morning lunch or afternoon especially when guests pop around. The kids always go gaga over them.

Gremolata is a tangy chopped herb condiment typically made of lemon zest, garlic, and parsley that is used as a traditional accompaniment to the Milanese braised veal shank dish osso buco alla milanese.

Lemon oatmeal cookies are energy-packed, budget-friendly, easy to make, take anywhere snacks that really do travel exceptionally well. They are brilliant to have in the car as travel snacks to help combat road fatigue and road hypnosis and the carnage it creates or to simply enjoy along with a cup of your favorite beverage (coffee, tea, milk etc) during a coffee break.

Lemon meltaways are a budget friendly fast and simple to make comforting treat equally welcome in lunch boxes or when accompanying beverages such as coffee, tea, milk, Milo, hot chocolate etc. My personal favorites being cappuccino and lemon grass or rosehip tea.

This is the most decadent ice cream we have made all summer. It has the real taste of summer with the lemonade, and is creamy and smooth as an ice cream should be.

Preparing cake from Santiago.

This salad is light and refreshing and great on the waist line perfect for a hot summer day on some whole grain freshetta bread.

It just wouldn’t be Easter without hot cross buns and rather than dishing the same fare year after year try a few variations on the original hot cross buns style. These lemon currant hot cross buns provide an unmistakable and welcome change all the while remaining true to the more traditional hot cross buns themes. I guess you could say the best of both worlds.