For the Love of Meyer Lemons: Video & A Little Giveaway
This giveaway has ended, thank you all for sharing your love of meyer lemons. Scroll to end of post to see winner.
We do love to share, but sometimes it’s really impossible to pass around a few baskets of citrus from our garden to all you kind folks. When we can, we do enjoy sending out a little bit of our Southern California sunshine to friends in the chilly parts of the country. A little box of citrus love can warm up even the coldest days during the Spring Season. We’ve given away some garden citrus before, but it’s been a while.
Because we love meyer lemons so much and we appreciate you all, we thought it’s time to share some of our garden meyer lemons. It’s not much, but for those of you who don’t get an opportunity to enjoy a really fresh meyer lemon, this little giveaway will bring a little warmth to the chilly part of your world.
And we made a little video, sharing a little glimpse of what’s sprouting up in the garden this month.
There’s just something special about meyer lemons. Their floral fragrance, their delicate beauty and vibrant flavors really add so many wonderful elements to cooking. One of our favorite articles on the many uses of meyer lemons always inspires us to continue cooking and creating new dishes with one of our favorite lemons. It’s so hard to not want to make everything on that list. When the conversation of meyer lemons comes around, everyone’s faces always seem to light up!
The Giveaway has ended, thank you all for sharing your love of meyer lemons! Congrats to Winner #288, Alexandra! Thanks to twitter for helping us be our random number generator.
For the love of meyer lemons, here’s the giveaway details:
- Giveaway only available to folks living in the continental United States. Winner will receive a box of fresh meyer lemons from our garden!
- Just leave a comment below and tell us what you would make if you won!
- You are welcome to have another entry if you want to tweet or facebook the giveaway. Just leave the link in another comment.
- Giveaway ends Sunday April 7th, 2013 at midnight pst. Check back here for the winner on Monday April 8th.
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my chilled italian limoncello with fresh basil…perfect for spring! <3
A fluffy whipped cream and lemon curd tart topped with raspberries and blueberries with a butter crumb crust! Makes my mouth water thinking about it!
I would make some lemon ice cream!
Lemon bars!
I would grill chicken thighs on the bone with skin. Make the skin really crispy and make a chunky meyer lemon salsa to go over them.
I would make lemon bars and some of my wife’s famous lemon dill dressing. The poor thing has had stomach issues and undergoes the knife again Monday, here’s to her being able to enjoy salads again soon!
Beautiful video, Guys! ( unbelievable, but we have a ridgeback and a boxer, too!) So, in addition to the standards ( lemon curd, lemon bars, lemon meringue pie… which are all delicious) I would make Housemade meyer lemon chevre topped with lavender honey; Morrocan chicken tagine with presereved meyers and olives; Neopolitan limoncello & wild thyme sorbetto in frozen meyer lemon cups; Housemade burrata with meyer lemon and prosciutto wrapped in grape leaves; and last but not least, Meyers & Rosemary infused Tito’s artisenal vodka ( aged 21 days) used in making amazing Foamy lemon rosemary martitnis…Yes, I think I will go and have one now!
Oh My! How lovely of a giveaway! I would make some lemon curd and also preserve some!
Lovely give a way! I would make many things – the smittenkitchen tart that uses the entire meyer lemon for the fililng, lemon curd, lemon cookies with lemon frosting, a lemon meringue pie in memory of my father, the list could go on for quite a while! I have a meyer lemon tree but I don’t seem to get them to the picking stage, it is, however, blooming with some lovely flowers now so I will have continued hope (even though I live in the Pacific Northwest).
This is such a neat giveaway! Thanks! I’d make some lemon sorbet.
I would make lemon blueberry bundt cake!
Oh my goodness! What a kind way to share your garden treasure!
I would host a White on Rice Thank You Party to introduce your blog to my cooking/gardening/photography minded friends!
We would begin the afternoon in the garden with Meyer Lemon Basil Lemonade where everyone would pick their own basil for their own drink. (Vodka optional!)
Next the group would settle down to lunch on the terrace with Meyer Lemon Chicken Piccatta served with Quinoa with Preserved Meyer Lemons and steamed asparagus.
Then we would make our way to the arbor for Meyer Lemon Chiffon Pie with a glass of Meyer Lemoncello!
As the afternoon ended I would send everyone home with a party favor bag filled with Meyer Lemon Snap Cookies and recipes cards for every dish and offer a heartfelt thanks to Diane and Todd for sending a box of California Sunshine to Alabama!
What a lovely giveaway. I would waste nothing. I would make limoncello, lemonade, tarts, I would grate the zest and freeze for later use.
No question, even if it is not extraordinary or unique: Meyer Limoncello.
Lemon curd, and lemon ice cream – both new-to-me. Thank you for the chance to win!
I’d start with lemon sorbet and then move on to lemon curd and lemon meringue pie. Lemon shrimp would be next washed down with either spiked lemonade or margaritas.