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Got limes? We’ve got recipes. This mighty citrus fruit is one of the best ingredients to add to your cooking. Almost any recipe is better with a squeeze of fresh lime juice! It brightens the flavors and adds an unmistakable zingy nuance. They’re a staple in Mexican, Latin American and Southeast Asian cuisines.

If you’ve got lots of limes, the sky’s the limit! Make homemade limeade, a sweet tart tangy treat that’s positively delightful, or whip up a margarita if you love cocktails. Lime is perfect in dressings, sauces and vinaigrettes, or make it into a main dish dinner that will feed the whole family. These are some of our favorite recipes around, so…let’s get started!

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Related: Lime vs Lemon: What’s the Difference?

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20 Fresh Lime Recipes: Limeade & More!

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Here’s how to make refreshingly tangy limeade! This homemade drink uses less sugar than store-bought and gets more real, sweet tart flavor.

  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 8 (8 to 9 cups) 1x
  • Category: Drink
  • Method: Squeezed
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Vegan

Ingredients

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  • 1 ¼ cups lime juice (9 to 10 limes)*
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 7 cups water, divided
  • Ice
  • Fresh mint, for garnish (optional)

Instructions

  1. Juice the limes.
  2. Add the sugar and 1 cup warm water to a large pitcher and stir until it is dissolved.
  3. Add 6 cups cold water and lime juice. Add ice and serve.

Notes

*To make it by the glass: Squeeze 2.5 tablespoons lime juice into a glass (1 large lime or 2 small). Add 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons warm water and stir until it dissolves. Add 1 cup cold water and a handful of ice. 

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Alex & Sonja

Hi! We’re Alex & Sonja Overhiser, authors of the acclaimed cookbooks A Couple Cooks and Pretty Simple Cooking—and a real life couple who cooks together. We founded the A Couple Cooks website in 2010 to share seasonal recipes and the joy of home cooking. Now, we’ve got over 3,000 well-tested recipes, including Mediterranean diet, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, smoothies, cocktails, and more!

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  1. William says:

    This was a very helpful website I now have no limes left so they won’t go rotten.