Slow-cooked jerk chicken menu

Let's slow it down and enjoy the last days of summer with a simple menu full of easy, seasonal favourites.

Updated April 29, 2025

(Photo: Roberto Caruso)

Celebrate the last days of summer with a simple feast, starring a messy sandwich, fresh corn and a triple-scoop of your favourite ice cream. Bonus: The slow cooker does the heavy lifting while the grill works on the appetizers, allowing you to spend some extra time outside with a batch of icy lager and limes.

Lager And Lime Blender Slushie, made with Corona or light lager beer, lime, sugar and ice, frozen then blended into a cocktail recipe

(Photo: Roberto Caruso)

Cocktail
Lager and lime slush
Chilled perfection. It's also an easy make-ahead, so when it's time for a five o'clocktail, all you need to do is give it a quick run through the blender.

Slices of grilled bread topped with fresh cherry tomatoes and basil next to a bowl of kosher salt, a carafe of olive oil and a bowl of basil for a post on an easy grilled bruschetta recipe

(Photo: Roberto Caruso)

Starter
Charred cherry tomato bruschetta and peach bruschetta
Grilled baguette paired with juicy, in-season fruit is the perfect way to get the meal started as you can crisp up the chicken and cook the corn on the grill.

Sriracha Aioli Grilled Corn next to a bowl of sliced limes

(Photo: Erik Putz)

Mains
Gourmet grilled corn and jerk chicken with mango slaw
Golden cobs of corn slathered with herbed butter and sloppy grilled chicken sandwiches make dinner a rustic, casual event that's packed with gourmet flavour.

A scoop of no-churn chocolate ice cream on a marble surface; the ice cream is made without a machine, with 1 cup 35% cream 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, such as Fry's; 1/2 300-mL can sweetened condensed milk for a post on an easy no-churn chocolate ice cream recipe

(Photo: Erik Putz)

Dessert
Ice cream
A triple scoop waffle cone is about as summery as it gets. Try our three-ingredient ice creams for a fun mix n' match ice cream bar after dinner. From cookie dough to toasted marshmallow — and cherry chip! — we have 31 flavours to choose from.

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