Drinks For Hot Days

It's been a hot few weeks and if you're getting bored of your usual refreshments here are a few ideas to make things a bit more fun and that are perfect for summer entertaining. 

Pop strawberries in to your ice cube tray for these summery additions to your drink.   

Top tip:  To get super clear ice to show up the fruit use boiled water!

 

Lots of ice, lemonade, with a sprig of lavender...bliss!

Add fresh sprigs of mint in to ice cube trays...

 

Or pomegranate...

 

 

Ice lollies over Prosecco....

 

Let us know how you get on. 

Fashion Friday: Summer Green

We are in for another hot weekend and this outfit is perfect for evening cocktails.

It's a combination of sale and new season which includes my favourite designer Malene Birger, a snippet of Vivienne Westwood's new collection, a bargain sale bag from Whistles and some classic comfy 'wear with anything' shoes from Carvela.    

Malene Birger Earrings | £39
Malene Birger Trousers | £94
Vivienne Westwood Top | £190
Whistles Clutch | £75
Carvela at John Lewis Shoes | £59

What will you be wearing this weekend?

Recipe: Summer Inspired Citrus Salmon

Nothing screams summer cooking like our citrus infused salmon.  Here is our quick, easy and mouth-wateringly good recipe (even if we say so ourselves!).  

Quick, easy and healthy, what more can I say.  

Recipe for 2

 

Ingredients:

2x Salmon Fillets

2x Oranges

1x Lemon

4x Sprigs of Mint

Herb Butter

Method:  

1.  Cut your oranges and lemon in half, squeeze some of the juices over your salmon and rub in to the fish

2.  Flash cook the salmon for 1 minute on each side in a griddle pan/BBQ with a dash of olive oil

3.  On the very hot griddle/BBQ lay the 2 halved oranges and one half of lemon in the middle of the oranges (juicy side up).  So basically - orange-lemon-orange.

4.  Lay 2 mint sprigs on top of the fruit and push them in to the juicy section

5.  Lay the salmon on top of the fruit to cook and infuse the flavours

6.  Pop a small amount of herb butter on top of the salmon so it melts in to the fish for added flavour

7.  Cook until the fish is flakey

Alternatively...

If you haven't got a griddle pan/BBQ, you can follow the steps above but wrap the prepared salmon in foil and pop it in the oven to cook for 20 minutes at 180.   

To Finish...

Serve with a summer salad and glass of chilled Rose.

What's your favourite summer dish?

Idyllic Acrylic: The Perfect Patio Ware

The Jubilee weekend is finally here and hopefully the weather will stay dry and sunny for all our street parties, garden parties and afternoon tea's!  

In preparation for some Al Fresco fun, Butterfly Lane has just taken delivery of the most stunning patio ware ever made...in our humble opinion!  From the world's style capital, Milano, this glorious range looks like your most prized crystal table ware (strictly forbidden outside of course), but is in fact plastic...and fantastic!  Perfect for your outdoor dining!  

As a special Jubilee treat for all the lovely Butterfly Lane readers we are offering 15% off the whole range!  The offer ends at midnight on Tuesday 5 June.  As our online boutique has not launched just yet (thank you all for your patience!), please email us on info@butterflylane.co.uk for information on how to buy and quote JUBILEE.  

Champagne Flute £10, Wine Glass £10, Water Glass £7, Coffee Cup £8 (remember to deduct 15% for our Jubilee offer)

Salad Bowl £35, Little Bowl £12, Salad Servers £11, Cake Stand £35

Also available from the collection:  Cake Slice £11, Jug £30.

Hope you love the collection as much as we do and we hope you have a wonderful Jubilee weekend.  

Love Butterfly Lane...X