Check out Mrs Crunch’s barbecue recipes and smoking deals for the summer of garden grills

SIT back and soak up the sun – it looks like summer has finally arrived.

That means you have got a couple of months to pack in as many barbecues and picnics as possible.

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Get grilling with my smoking deals for hot coals, or pull out your brightest picnic blanket to match the most exotic outdoor dishes.

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Beer & honey BBQ skewers

(Serves four)

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YOU NEED:

2 cloves garlic, crushed

150ml beer, we recommend Black Sheep ale

100ml honey

1 tsp Dijon mustard

2 tbsp soy sauce

12 chicken thighs, cut into quarters

METHOD: Mix all the ingredients for the marinade together. Add the diced chicken, cover and then refrigerate overnight.

The following day, place the chicken on to soaked wooden skewers and barbecue until they are thoroughly cooked through. Serve with salad.

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Halloumi kebabs with mixed pepper rice

(Serves four)

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YOU NEED:

1 green pepper

1 red pepper

1 yellow pepper

500g halloumi

1 red onion, cut into wedges

2 courgettes, which you have cut into 2cm chunks

3 tbsp pesto

2 tbsp olive oil

2 packets long-grain rice, microwaveable.

METHOD: For each pepper, finely chop one half and cut the other half into chunks.

Toss the pepper chunks, halloumi, red onion wedges and courgettes in with the pesto sauce then thread on to eight skewers.

Heat the oil and fry all the finely chopped peppers for five minutes until they have softened.

Add the rice and cook for a further five minutes until it is piping hot.

Meanwhile, grill the kebabs for six to eight minutes, turning frequently, until the edges begin to char.

Serve two cooked kebabs per portion along with the pepper rice.

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Chicken, coconut & mango salad

(Serves four)

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YOU NEED:

120g vermicelli noodles

100ml toasted sesame oil

4 limes, juiced

1 tbsp clear honey

300g chicken breast

1 tsp groundnut oil

60g desiccated coconut

1 bunch fresh coriander, roughly chopped

1 mango, peeled, stoned and sliced into matchsticks

1 red chilli

½ cucumber

1 red pepper

1 little gem lettuce.

METHOD: Cook the vermicelli as per the pack instructions and allow to cool. Make the dressing by whisking the sesame oil, lime juice and honey together until they combine, and season to taste.

Rub the chicken with groundnut oil, season on both sides then sear on a smoking hot griddle until cooked through and no pink meat remains. Allow to rest then slice on an angle.

Place the vermicelli, coconut, coriander, mango, chilli, cucumber, red pepper and lettuce on a serving plate and toss to combine.

Drizzle over the dressing and arrange the chicken on top of the salad to serve.

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Grill seekers

THERE’S two for £5 on barbecue dishes from Morrisons, including British Maple BBQ Pork Belly Slices, 400g, and British Sweet & Smoky BBQ Chicken Drumsticks & Thighs, 800g, £3 each.

Mix and match two for £4 on Smokey Chipotle Mini Hot Dogs and Posh Dog Hickory Smoke Hot Dogs, £2.39 each from the Co-Op.

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Spice up your life with Birchwood Farm 6 Salt & Pepper Beef Sliders, 360g, £1.99 from Lidl.

Save a third on Moy Park Sweet Chilli Chicken Thighs, 600g, at , now £2.66.

At Iceland get Birds Eye 12 Original Beef Burgers with Onion, 680g, for £4.20 or two packs for £6.

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At Waitrose get three packs of barbecue meat for £10, including Waitrose British Hot & Spicy Chicken Wings, 700g, £4, and Waitrose Cajun Spiced Chicken Escalopes, 272g, £4.

From Asda tuck into a Butcher’s Selection Beer and BBQ British Whole Chicken, £5.

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Save 50p on Sainsbury’s British Taste the Difference Ultimate Beef Burgers, now £2.50. Or relish a third off Old El Paso Squeezy Guacamole, 250g, now £1.32 from .

Roll with it – Iceland has two packs of six Kingsmill 50/50 rolls for £1, or 75p each.

Posh picnics

WAVE goodbye to curly sandwiches and bags of crisps – today’s picnics have gone global.

Morrisons Prawns with a Creamy Coconut Sauce, £3.34, are a great picnic catch.

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Go totally tropical with the Co-Op’s Coconut and Mango Chicken Kebab, 130g, £3.

Put some heat in your coleslaw with Morrisons The Best Mexican Spiced Chipotle Chilli Coleslaw, 270g, £1.34.

Go for a dip on your picnic with Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Feta & Mint Yoghurt, or Thai Spiced Edamame Dip, £1.80 each.

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Try Waitrose’s World Deli range, with four items for the price of three, including Sweet Potato Falafels, £3, and Avocado Smash, £2.50.

Move over mackerel and make way for Morrisons The Best Dill & Orange Trout, 180g, £4.36.

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From the Tesco Deli range get three dishes for £5 including Italian-style Mushroom Arancina, £2.30, or King Prawns and Slow Roasted Tomatoes, £2.50.

Or, for a posh pud with a funky twist, dip your spoon into Layered Watermelon & Lime Jelly, 160g, £1.39 from the Co-Op.