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RECIPE

FLATTENED CHICKEN AND GRILLED ROMAINE WITH PARSLEY-LEMON SAUCE

This recipe is the perfect summer twist on your weekly roast dinner, just swap out the roast veg for salad and you’ve got yourself a tasty and healthy summer roast! The lemony zings mixed with the nuts and parsley bring out incredible flavours which will be sure to tingle your tastebuds.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 chicken, backbone removed and chicken flattened • 4 cloves of garlic, chopped • Salt & freshly ground black pepper • 1oz. grated parmesan (about ¼ cup) • ¼ c. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley • ¼ c. toasted hazelnuts or almonds, chopped • 1tsp. lemon zest & 2 tbsp. lemon juice • 4 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, divided • 2 romaine hearts, halved lengthwise

METHOD

1. Preheat grill to medium-high set up for direct and indirect grilling 2. Loosen skin of chicken and spread garlic underneath. Season with salt and pepper. 3. Grill over direct heat, breast side down, covered, until golden-brown and charred, 5-7 minutes. 4. Flip and grill over indirect heat, covered, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 165 degrees Fahrenheit.

5. Meanwhile, combine parmesan, parsley, hazelnuts, lemon zest and juice, and 3 tbsp of oil in a bow. Season with salt and pepper. 5. Brush romaine with remaining oil. Season with salt and pepper. Grill over direct heat, turning once until charred and wilted, 1-3 minutes. 6. Serve the chicken and romaine topped with the parsleylemon sauce.

WINE MATCH

Chardonnay is the perfect pairing to any lemon chicken dish. Chardonnay is high in acidity – just like lemons, and it even has citrusy flavours. Food and wine that is high in acidity make the mouth salivate so the two pair extremely well together. Whilst Chardonnay is the perfect match, be careful when picking on and make sure you stay away from the oaky, buttery ones like Rombauer. Sauvignon Blanc is also an obvious choice for grilled lemon dishes, and it will also compliment the romaine perfectly.

MOVIE REVIEW ALBUM REVIEW BOOK REVIEW

MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU

This is the second film in the ‘Minions’ franchise following the breakout success of the yellow pillow shaped characters when they first appeared in ‘Despicable Me’ back in 2010 and their own film ‘Minions’ in 2015.

This new Minion outing from Illumination is released on July 1st and sees lead character and villain Felonious Gru transported back to his youth and details how he tries to join a group of supervillains called the Vicious 6 after they oust their leader, the legendary fighter Wild Knuckles.

When the interview turns disastrous, Gru and his Minions go on the run with the Vicious 6 hot on their tails. Luckily, he finds an unlikely source for guidance, Wild Knuckles himself, and soon discovers that even bad guys need a little help from their friends.

The film reprises ‘Office’ actor Steve Carrell as Gru, Alan Arkin as Wild Knuckles and Brit Comedian Russell Brand as Dr Nefario. As its set in the 1970’s there are lots of nostalgic nods to the era that parents and grandparents taking kids to see over the summer will appreciate!

Having already achieved a 7.5 on IMDB before its official release this film is set to be another box office smash for Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures. The first ‘Minions’ netted $1.6bn in worldwide making it the 10th highest grossing film of all time. Let’s see if they can break that record.

BEYONCE RENAISSANCE

Beyonce is set to release her new album ‘Renaissance’ on July 29th and almost broke the internet when she let slip to fans in June that it was on the way!

This is the artist’s sixth studio album and comes after a long break; her last album ‘Lemonade’ was released back in 2016.

Not many details have been shared about the new release yet although Beyonce’s recent Vogue cover shoot (pictured here) gives a firm nod to the seventies and disco era, so fans are expecting it to have more of a dance vibe than her previous RnB led songs and albums. It is also widely tipped that Ryan Tedder who cowrote her hit ‘Halo’ is back on board for this new album alongside Raphael Saadiq, who has crafted hits for Mary J Blige and John Legend, among others. Beyonce said in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar that she had begun working on new music. “With all the isolation and injustice over the past year, I think we are all ready to escape, travel, love, and laugh again,” she said. “I feel a renaissance emerging, and I want to be part of nurturing that escape in any way possible. I’ve been in the studio for a year and a half. Sometimes it takes a year for me to personally search through thousands of sounds to find just the right kick or snare. One chorus can have up to 200 stacked harmonies. There’s nothing like the amount of love, passion, and healing that I feel in the recording studio. After 31 years, it feels just as exciting as it did when I was nine years old. Yes, the music is coming!”

We can’t wait to hear what the new album will be like.

THE IT GIRL

Sussex born Ruth Ware, the Number 1 New York Times bestselling author of ‘One by One’ and ‘The Turn of the Key’ returns this July with a haunting mystery novel following a woman on the search for answers after her best friend’s murder.

April Coutts-Cliveden was the first-person Hannah Jones ever met at Oxford University. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate ‘It girl’, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends - Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily - during their first term. By the end of the second term, April was dead.

Now, a decade later, Hannah and Will are expecting their first child, and the man convicted of killing April, former Oxford porter John Neville, has died in prison. Relieved to have finally put the past behind her, Hannah’s world is rocked when a young journalist comes knocking and presents new evidence that Neville may have been innocent.

As Hannah reconnects with old friends and delves deeper into the mystery of April’s death, she realises that the friends she thought she knew all have something to hide, including a murder.

You won’t be able to put down this scintillating page turner of a novel by Ruth Ware. Great summer holiday reading.