To cool off in the sweltering heat we all love a beer on the beach but why not try this deliciously refreshing salad and cocktail for a change. 

Watermelon and Feta Salad

¼ of a watermelon chopped into bite size chunks

150 grms of salty feta

A handful of pitted kalamatta olives

1/2 a red onion thinly sliced into half moons

Fresh mint chopped

Juice of one lime

Extra virgin olive oil

Put watermelon on a large plate squeeze lime juice over, crumble the feta over and dot with olives mint and onion and drizzle with olive oil. For a different version and extra bite add thinly sliced radishes (in season in January) instead of red onion and scatter over the top.

Mojito

High ball glass

45ml white rum

½ lime cut into wedges

1 tbs brown sugar

8 mint leaves

Soda Water to fill glass

Ice

Place mint limes and sugar in the bottom of a glass and with a muddle stick if you have one or rolling pin, muddle the ingredients squeezing all the juice from the limes. Then fill the glass almost to the top with ice pour the rum over the ice and top up with soda. This drink takes me right back to the beach in Barcelona….Heavenly refreshing!