Swap plain wooden skewers with fresh rosemary stalks. They'll infuse any kebabs with a fragrant flavour. Create holes strips of meat with a wooden skewer first, then thread the meat onto the rosemary stalk. Drizzle well with olive oil, or marinate if preferred, before grilling as usual.

Makes about 2 litres.

500ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
80-150ml sugar (to suit your taste)
30ml finely shredded basil leaves

Mix all the ingredients together with 1,5 litres of water. Chill the lemonade until ready to serve. Strain the juice before serving. if you would prefer not to have the herb pieces in the drink.

A Berry Cooler
About 3 litres of juice.

Mix about 2 litres berry juice, 1 litre ginger ale or lemonade and 125ml sliced strawberries together with ice cubes.

Iced Red Tea
Makes 8 cups

4 cups boiling water
8 regular size red tea or red zinger tea bags
2 cups cold water
1/2 cup sugar

Pour 4 cups boiling water over tea bags. Cover and steep for 5 minutes. Remove tea bags from water, squeeze gently. Add 2 cups cold water and 1/2 cup sugar, stirring until sugar dissolves. Serve over ice.

A few drinks for your brunch.

Croutons with mascarpone cheese and basil pesto
Green tapenade to be served with spanish bread
Mini rosemary kebabs
Basil lemonade
A berry cooler
Iced red tea
Sweet potato chips
Parmesan sweet potatoes

Classic sweet & sour chicken
Chicken roll & spinach omelette
Chilled raw carrot orange & ginger soup
Baked potatoes with tarragon
Butternut and nut lasagne
Oriental chicken cakes
Fold over pizza
Vanilla french toast with berries
Butterfly cakes
French Onion Soup
Chocolate mousse