Perhaps not. What about fresh seafood, fruit and salads? Fresh fish is an excellent summer choice. Sea bass and mackerel with herbs served with fresh vegetables are a great choice.
You could serve other seafoods such as prawns, or lobster if the budget will stretch to it.
Barbecue is a summer favourite. Go for some high-quality beef if you are looking to impress. Try a succulent sirloin or rib eye of beef.
We have trawled the web and found a few websites that are just bursting with epicurean inspiration.
The Great British Chefs website has some terrific ideas for entertaining this summer – inside or out.
This is a great time of year for all you dessert lovers. With so much summer fruit around try Peach Melba, Eton Mess or Summer Pudding. You could also create a delicious jelly using Pimm’s and serve it with a palette-cleansing sorbet.
The key to a summer supper is to keep it light and ‘herby’. Try these summer recipes from the BBC Good Food website.
This website has a great list of ingredients that will give you the full flavour of summer. Savour the best the season offers if you are feeling adventurous in the kitchen.
And don’t forget other summer favourites like these soups, salads and trifles from Delia Smith.
We think that you will find plenty to tickle the palette with these choices. To work up an appetite why not come long and visit one of our show homes this summer?
