Lime

Test kitchen manager Brad Leone will take this acai bowl over a smoothie any day.

Our readers can't stop making this festive cranberry pie.

This tangy and slightly tropical curd recipe makes a good layer cake or meringue pie filling. Or, you know, dip shortbread cookies into it. If gifting this, transfer it to a glass jar and make sure the lucky recipient knows to keep it chilled.

The spirit of a Key lime pie in the guise of a luscious cranberry curd. The contrast between the snappy press-in crust and the tart filling in this recipe is pure genius.

These flavorful marinated onions also make a great condiment for grilled steak.

Quick-cooking shrimp get a flavor boost from cilantro, beer, and lots of fresh lime.

If you like lox, bacon, or anchovies, you should thank salt—and time. That's all that it takes to turn supermarket limes into this pleasantly salt-tart-funky pantry staple, the sibling of preserved lemons.

A salad so easy you can actually have the kind of Summer 2016 people (okay, Drake) write songs about.

Look up harmony in the dictionary, and you'll find these 54 recipes—with lime and cilantro front and center.

This colorful salad packs a bit of heat by adding the jalapeño; it balances out the cooler flavors, but feel free to omit it.

Chiles and pineapple? Believe it or not, this sweet/spicy mix is insanely refreshing in drink form.

This herb-infused rocks drink is fresh, cooling, and thirst-quenching, perfect for day drinking.

Avocado—for dessert?!? Well, it is a fruit, after all.

The Dark ’n’ Stormy is a trademarked drink invented in Bermuda about a hundred years ago, but this slushy version is pretty impressive too.

There’s a simple structure behind all sours, a family of citrus-based cocktails. For a twist on the classic, try a Daiquiri, Up-Rocks.

Acidity helps preserve the alliums’ flavor; either vinegar or citrus juice would do the trick.

This dish of shatteringly crisp chicken skins tossed with peanuts, chiles, and lime is a riff on Chinese salt-and-pepper squid.

Suprêming citrus may be a labor of love, but there really is nothing more refreshing than taking a bite into one of these segments.

Be sure to pat the snapper fillets dry with paper towels to remove as much moisture as you can before slicing.

Our best, tastiest recipes featuring limes.

Out of tequila? Never fear: Using vodka instead makes this watermelon margarita recipe just as delicious.

The type of fish you use is less important than its quality. Black bass, striped bass, and fluke all translate well; ask your fish guy for what’s freshest.

This is a high-summer throw-together of a sauté to make when there are lots of snap beans at the market. Mix colors and types for the full effect.

In place of vinegar, finger limes give this mignonette its zing (pulp from regular limes works just as well).