Popular Recipes for Summer for heatwaves or summer storms from 67goingon50

You won't go wrong with these refreshing and delicious dishes for high summer.

Don't forget: some recipes have historical prices

Platter of Pickled Vegetable Crudites:ultra-healthy crudités take only an hour to prep; they're crisp and crunchy people-pleasers with bold (in a good way) flavours

Chinese crudites: vegan; crisp raw veg for dipping; get the kids to help; they'll love it 

Devilled Eggs with Tuna, quite a twist  but in a good way; popular

Cornbread with chilli, niblets, & onions: guys' all time favourite; 1-bowl wonder; loaf or muffins; vegetarian or ham/ pastrami 

SALADS 

Spicy Glass Noodles with Mince:  spicy, sweet & refreshing cold Thai Larb; free of high-sugar simple carbs, full of high-fibre crunchy veg 

Simple Caesar Salad 

An old favourite that continues to please, anytime, anywhere. 

 2 main ingredients plus a simple or complex dressing  to die for.  Partly make-ahead, portable, Triple Duty

Mediterranean Tomatoes: So sensational, so easy, so Vegan. Turns supermarket toms into gourmet treats! 

MAINS

67's spicy Mini Spiced Beef Koftas: 

                            spicy, herby, meaty, low-fat/carb/preservative

Beef Mini-Koftas
'Everyone loved these! And they looked really good.' Tasters



Cold poached chicken with ginger & green onion sauce
Make ahead, cooks perfectly using little heat

 Utterly delectable, chicken enhanced by a trio of soy, oyster & ginger & garlic sauces.  

Vegetarian Spinach Roulade

Elicits many ooh's & ah's: guys and die-hard carnivores love it 

Almost-instant Tuna Salad Italian Style:

With or without bread, ultra-healthy & satisfying

Crispy chicken wings with peanut ginger sauce: Wallet friendly...

Packed with enticing flavour, these Peanut Ginger Chicken Wings are a real change from standard flavours and will fast become a favourite

TREATS 

Chocolate Walnut Butter Squares: Canadian treats which go down a bomb in hot weather: wonderful mix of lower-sugar, higher fibre textures & flavours 

 Peach & Cherry Jalousie: 

Surprising how hot pastry & summer fruits are so popular during heatwaves

Alcohol-soaked soft fruit in puff pastry (with no-alcohol opt)
'Very good!' 'subtle but unmistakeable taste of whiskey & cinnamon'

Fruity sponge: a can of fruit cocktail + a simple sponge recipe produces a scrummy & impressive hot dessert for topping with ice cream.  So simple, the kids can do it.

These recipes have  been developed by B M Lee/ Bright Sun Enterprises and may not be reproduced without the author's written permission.