Here are some summer treats we English enjoy. Some are old, some are new, but all are delicious! Why not try the Lemonade? Even better, be brave, adapt it for you, add a lime or an orange! Try the salad dressings and make them unique for you, then, let us know how good they are!
We love change, it makes life so interesting! Especially in the summer; when the garden is changing so rapidly!

Old Fashioned Lemonade

This is my Nan's Recipe for homemade lemonade, and on a summer day, there is nothing quite like it.

3 Pints Boiling Water,
4 Good Lemons,
½ teaspoon Citric Acid (optional, you can get this from your chemist, its adds ‘bite’!)
½ lb sugar (to taste, add your preferred amount)

Method:
Wash lemons, well. Some lemons are lightly covered in wax to ship so please do NOT omit this part! Cut in half and squeeze all well. Put squeezed juice into a large jug (large enough to hold the boiling water and juice. Make sure it is not melt -able!) Add citric acid, sugar and boiling water, stir VERY well. Allow to cool. You can add more washed lemon halves to the jug if you wish for a sharper flavour. Refrigerate and serve cold. Add ice cubes if liked.
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Salad

Small baby tomatoes,
Cucumber,
One Red onion,
One small lettuce
One Avocado diced and squirted with lemon juice to keep it from going brown.
You can add crispy bacon chopped fine to if you like, this is yummy if the salad is fresh and the bacon is hot!

For dressing 4 tablespoons each of Good extra virgin Olive oil and White Cider Vinegar, A tablespoon of Lemon Juice, black Pepper freshly ground, a half teaspoon, half teaspoon of salt crystals (I add 1 teaspoon, but you may prefer to be more health conscious!) Put all together and mix WELL.

Prepare you salad goods, you may add more of one thing, i.e. tomatoes’, I love them so I over add! I also add Celery too sometimes, what ever salad you like! Put it in a bowl washed and chopped, make up your dressing and add as much or as little of it as you prefer. The rest of the dressing can be stored covered in your fridge for up to one week. Viola! A great salad, one of our family favourites. Do make it fresh to serve, not only to stop you avocado from going brown, but also to stop the veggies from going soft. The fresher served the better!

I tend to experiment with salad dressings, so I have also tried it using Red cider vinegar which it’s good too. It is always worth trying different things and experimenting, you never know what you may cook up!
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Another dressing one of my sons loves that I made up was my spicy summer dressing:

Red organic Cider Vinegar, 4 tablespoons,
Hazelnut oil, 4 tablespoons,
1 tablespoon Lemon Juice,
Coriander 1 teaspoon,
Chilli powder, (Cayenne) 1 teaspoon,
Salt, one heap teaspoon (I always use salt crystals, not small grain in my dressings)
Pepper 5 shakes.

This is very good with a salad served with Lamb chops or chunks, roasted on the BBQ.

Mix well add to salad of choice.