Tag: BBQ

Maria’s Restaurant – Praia de Garrão Poente – Portugal

Maria’s Restaurant – Praia de Garrão Poente – Portugal

Maria’s is my favourite beach restaurant in Portugal and you can read about it on my Top Restaurants in the Algarve Round-Up.  Maria’s on a Sunday is always one of my favourite days of the year.  It’s such an amazing atmosphere, lunch in the sun, the Outsiders 

Watermelon, Feta & Mint Salad

Watermelon, Feta & Mint Salad

Tonight, out in Portugal we were having family over for a BBQ and, being the food blogger in the family, I was in charge of creating the menu.  After having seen my Roasted Peach, Feta & Pistachio Salad and my Grilled Halloumi, Green Bean & 

Garlic Butter Shrimp

Garlic Butter Shrimp

This garlic shrimp recipe takes minutes to cook and it’s such a fun way to eat – communal style from a big pan! You start by melting the butter over a low heat in a large pan until it has fully melted.

Berry & Mint Fruit Salad with a Honey Lime Dressing

Berry & Mint Fruit Salad with a Honey Lime Dressing

Ok, so this is hardly a recipe (throw some fruit in a bowl, scatter over some mint, sprinkle over a secret dressing and it’s done) but it looked so spectacular and went down so well when I served it at a recent BBQ that I 

Grilled Halloumi, Caramelised Shallots, Green Bean & Pine Nut Salad with a Lime Dressing

Grilled Halloumi, Caramelised Shallots, Green Bean & Pine Nut Salad with a Lime Dressing

So, after the Roasted Peach, Feta & Pistachio Salad,  the second salad that I decided on for our BBQ lunch was this Grilled Halloumi Salad.  Halloumi is always a crowd pleaser and I think it should be at every BBQ, although if you can’t eat 

Lime & Garlic Salmon Skewers

Lime & Garlic Salmon Skewers

Finally it seems Summer has arrived in England – which means more BBQ time!  I was heading back home to see my parents tonight and we decided it was time to fire up the barbie and have dinner outside.   We had some salmon in the 

Easy Guacamole

Easy Guacamole

Heading home for Father’s Day, the plan was for my brother and I to cook lunch for my dad – hopefully a BBQ, but in England you always need a backup plan in case the weather doesn’t cooperate. Luckily, the weather looked as if it 

Kerry’s Bday BBQ

Kerry’s Bday BBQ

This weekend saw Kerry’s Birthday BBQ, so Dan and I headed back to Essex to share in the celebrations.  The weather wasn’t amazing but the rain held off so we were all outside in the garden.  It was lovely to see Tom and Kerry’s new 

Family BBQ

Family BBQ

The weather today was much better than expected and Dan had some of his extended family over so we all decided to do a BBQ at his mum’s house in St Albans. Having said before that Dan doesn’t cook, he does in fact do a mean 

Puglia (Day 3)

Puglia (Day 3)

Catch up on… Puglia First Night, Puglia Day 1, Puglia Day 2, Puglia Day 4 Another stunningly beautiful day to wake up to this morning… …so we decided to make the most of the sunshine and drive to a nearby beach as we knew that this afternoon 

BBQ times 2

BBQ times 2

The weather today was so much nicer than forecasted that we were invited to a couple of impromptu barbeques.  Today was a BBQ times 2 kind of day.  One at my auntie’s house and one at Dan’s sister’s flat.  Luckily they were a lunch event and a 

Hampstead Heath & A Balcony BBQ

Hampstead Heath & A Balcony BBQ

It was a sunny Sunday morning so we decided to get outside.  Dinner was going to be a BBQ at Dan’s brother’s house in Tufnell Park so we decided to head up that way and spend the day on Hampstead Heath.  We packed a picnic