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Summer Recipes #

Simple and quick – here are our favourite recipes for Mallorca's hottest season.

Summer, sun and fish & chips? Not a good idea! When temperatures peak in summer, our bodies need (and crave) things that are light and easy to prepare.

Salads, gazpachos, grilled fish and vegetables – that's more like it! Fresh produce from your local market is all you need to replenish vitamins and minerals lost through transpiration.

AM Tip: Watch your calories! Our bodies do not need to produce as much internal heat in summer, which means: it doesn't need the same amount of food to keep it fuelled.

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These foods are like ice cubes for the body #

According to the Traditional Chinese Medicine, cucumbers, tomatoes, mint and water melon all help to cool you down.

Coconut milk quenches your thirst and, say Ayurvedic experts, helps reduce heat in hands and feet.

Beat the heat with yoghurt and buttermilk. They are rich in minerals and probiotic lactobacilli that keep you safe against the nastier kind of summer-loving bacteria (those that might give you the runs…)

Spices will make you sweat more profusely, but don't consider this a downside. Transpiration cools the body! Try chillies, ginger and pepper.

And don't forget to drink enough. How much? Hard to say, as everybody is different. So, best check out yourself: your pee should have an almost clear colour – the colour of wheat straw, some say. If it's yellow, grab your water bottle!

For more tips of how to survive Mallorca's summer heat, See More>>