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Easy summer dinners

Summer is all about low-effort meals with maximum rewards. Because who wants to be stuck in the kitchen when the sun is shining?
Pan-fried sea bass in harissa butter
by Georgina Hayden

A super quick, weeknight dinner, using just a handful of ingredients. This recipe shows you how to cook the perfect sea bass fillet, which is then covered in a rich spicy butter.

Each serving provides 397 kcal, 19g protein, 1.8g carbohydrate (of which 1.1g sugars), 34g fat (of which 12g saturates), 1.3g fibre and 1.1g salt.

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