INGREDIENTS
1 cup mixed berries
1 cup lemonade or lemon soft drink
cup cranberry juice
750 ml sparkling white wine

METHOD
1 Mix the berries, lemonade and cranberry juice. Pour this into ice-lolly moulds and freeze overnight. 
2 To serve, place the ice lollies in glasses and fill up with sparkling wine. 
3 Stir to infuse the lollies in the wine.

 Switch up your flavours and make blueberry, cucumber and mint lollies to accompany your vodka drinks
this summer

GRILLED PEACH AND HALLOUMI STEAKS 
Prep time 10 min
Cook time 10 min
Serves 4

INGREDIENTS
4-6 nectarines
2 blocks halloumi cheese
3 tbsp honey
3 tbsp olive oil

METHOD
1 Slice each nectarine into 12 wedges. Cut the halloumi into 8 slices.
2 In a pan on high heat, fry the nectarine wedges in honey for 3 minutes to soften.
3 Heat up a griddle pan and brush with oil. Grill the halloumi slices until char lines have formed on them.
4 To build your steak, layer 3-4 slices of nectarine in between 2 halloumi slices. Repeat with remaining ingredients. This may be served as a snack with a dip and crackers, in a grilled sandwich or as a burger. 

To melt cheese completely, place your steaks in the oven for 5–8 minutes on 180 °C

Pineapple and chilli fried rice boats
Prep time 20 min
Cook time 15 min
Serves 4

INGREDIENTS
3 cups cooked basmati rice
3 tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove, diced
2 red chillies, deseeded and finely sliced, plus extra for serving 
2 eggs, beaten, optional 
2 pineapples, halved and hulled.
Reserve the 4 shells for serving. 
To serve
Hulled pineapple, diced
4 fried eggs 
Handful mint
Coconut flakes

METHOD
1 Cook the rice according to packet instructions. In a pan on medium to high heat, heat the oil, garlic and chillies.
2 Once it starts to sizzle, add 1 cup of cooked rice at a time. 
Fry for 3 minutes before adding more. At this stage add the 2 beaten eggs for an egg fried rice dish.
3 Once all the rice is fried and crispy, spoon it into the pineapple bowls and serve with diced pineapple, a fried egg on each boat, mint and coconut flakes.

Fry the egg with paprika for a spicy egg white

For more summer fruit recipes, page through the December issue of Livingspace.