Ok, I'll admit now that I've not really got into the summer thing this year. I know it's a great time to eat salads and fresh tasting foods, the perfect season for cool cocktails - all to be enjoyed on your patio/balcony/local park.
Summer has been weird here in England. It got off to a rocky start and with intermittent showers between the sun so it's been hard to get into the swing of the season. Of course it doesn't help that I'm not much of a summer girl to begin with!
I'm one of those lucky people who can wander around a supermarket with an empty tummy without grabbing everything in sight - I like to have a good think about what I
actually want to eat so can easily spend a lot of time perusing the aisles until something catches my eye and triggers that "yes!
That is my dinner!" moment...which is what happened today when I spotted some beetroot. It can be a summer-y veg if you use it in
coleslaw but has that lovely earthy flavour you want to team with parsnips and carrots and eat all Autumn long.