What's your favourite summer meal that's a crowd pleaser with the whole family?

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Summer is finally here and that means barbecues, alfresco breakfasts and picnics in the sun. Whether it’s delicious brioche burgers or a pasta salad to feed the five thousand, we want to know your favourite summer meal that's a crowd pleaser with the whole family.

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Vegan here:

Mushroom risotto
Garlic Ciabatta
Green Salad

Tandoori Chick Pea Confit
Aubergine, Mint and Tahini Salad
Flatbreads

So many choices but I think I will have to go with a bbq with marinaded chicken, burgers and great salad using all the produce from the allotment. Friends around and lots of pimps.

We never invite pimps I have to say 😂

My mum makes this amazing chicken dish with peppers, mange tout, cashew nuts and a honey dressing. Served at room temperature. We usually do it with the Avoca potato salad.

I've recently started making chicken kievs from scratch & they've been going down well with the family! Great meal to get mucky while making (especially dipping the chicken in the egg & breadcrumbs!) - perfect eaten in the garden with a lovely fresh salad!

Chicken thighs on the BBQ in some fresh rolls, easy quick and tasty.

Home made After Eight chocolate cheesecake

lamb & pistachio kofta with homemade tzatziki & Greek salad.

Lots of Mediterranean nibbles:
Flatbreads
Olives
Dips
Salads
Grilled prawns
Sun-dried tomatoes

I'd love this recipe, if she's willing to share it.

Pasta mixed with pesto, chopped sun-dried tomatoes, shredded baby spinach, mini mozzarella balls and toasted pine nuts.

Bulgur wheat salad

Grilled halloumi, roasted vegetables (peppers, sweet potato, courgette, red onion and fennel) and fresh crusty bread.

Pulled beef brisket cooked in mustard in the slow cooker, served in rolls

Veggie burgers with lots of cheese and chips
Halloumi
Ice lollies

When we've been invited to BBQs and asked to take a dish - a big bowl of pesto potatoes or potato salad has always been popular. Pesto stirred through a big bowl of pasta is another good one for a big crowd. I like to make a veggie option of BBQ veg skewers (courgette, mushroom, baby toms, onion, peppers and also great with halloumi added too). One of the salads I like to make which is a bit unusual is darker lettuces or spinach with thin slices of fennel and segments of orange. It's simple yet different and delicious.

Current favourite is pork and apple burgers with barbecued corn cobs! So yummy and something that everyone will eat!

Leg of lamb with rosemary and garlic, roasted jersey royals with parmesan and thyme and roasted peppers and salad. Then raspberries and strawberries.

Roast butternut squash into slices,with a topping of pine nuts,red onion,spring onions,parsley and feta mix.

Our fav just now is pulled pork in pittas with big bowl of salad and roasted corn on the cob.

Port trifle:
Sponge cake and raspberries layered in a glass bowl
Pour port over, rather than the usual sherry
Custard (I just buy a pot of the posh chilled stuff)
Cream
Flaked almonds, toasted
Make a port reduction from port and sugar, boiled until it thickens. Cool then drizzle over the trifle.

For a main, I like either a veggie lasagne or homemade quiche, served with garlic and rosemary little baked new potatoes and salad.

We love a cold picnic in the summer. I make sandwiches (usually chicken/sweetcorn/mayo and ham, cheese and sweet mustard) on nice bread/brioche baps, and cut them quite small so they are like finger food. We also have potato salad and panzanella with meat and cheese, crackers and raw carrots/peppers with hummus and loads of chopped up fruit. My kids eat loads when we do this, and there’s usually leftovers for the next day too. Man I’m hungry now.

WhyIRayLiotta what’s panzanella?

Cajun chicken kebabs in pittas with lots of garlic sauce. Always a winner.