Summer in Dublin

The weather has been really fantastic these last few days. Today the temperature climbed to a tropical  25 degrees Celsius - we're talking about Ireland, this just never happens here!!!! I've even heard of people taking pictures and movies of the blue sky and beautiful beaches full of people enjoying the sunshine, just to be able to prove to their kids a few years from now that the summer of 2013 really happened.....We are all enjoying it immensely and hoping that it will last at least another week.

With the hot weather upon us, we don't really feel like eating big warm meals and opt for BBQ's and light meals such as burritos, omelets and lots of salads.

Earlier today we had a lovely lunch: selection of Italian meats, French cheeses, olives, mozzarella and tomato salad, thick slices of French white boule with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. All washed down with a chilled Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. It was delicious! I've also made some some refreshing lemonade and salted caramel ice cream. I will post the recipe for the salted caramel ice cream later this week .

Delicious lemonade

Ingredients:

3/4 cup sugar

1 cup water

1 cup lemon juice

4 cups cold water

Make simple syrup by heating the sugar and water in a small saucepan until the sugar is dissolved completely. 

While the sugar is dissolving, extract the juice from about 6-7 lemons, enough for 1 cup of juice.

Mix the juice with the syrup, add the cold water. Refrigerate for about 1 hour. If the lemonade is a little to sweet for your taste, add a little more lemon juice.

Serve it with ice. Enjoy!!