Marie Curie celebrates 75th anniversary with yellow-inspired recipes for Summer 2023

Often seen as the colour of sunshine and creating positive feelings - its cheerful yellow-hue is just one of the reasons end of life charity Marie Curie adopted the daffodil emblem in 1986 as its resilient, life-affirming symbol, with a bright and joyful colour.

To mark the SPAR partnership with Marie Curie, the community retailer and six leading grocery brands are donating £35,000 to the charity while launching its Go Yellow campaign in stores across the country. By purchasing a selection of products from 20th July to 9th August, including Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cereal and Lipton Peach Ice Tea, shoppers will help to give back to Marie Curie as part of the initiative. Just look in SPAR stores across the country for the Go Yellow Every Pack, Gives Back signs.

Founded in 1948, Marie Curie has been there for the past 75 years for millions of people affected by terminal illness and those dealing with dying, death, and bereavement.

Partnering with with the organisation since 2017, SPAR team members and customers alike across the United Kingdom have given their time and money generously through a whole raft of fundraising initiatives and product donations, to raise nearly £3 million to date.

Thanks to the fundraising efforts from SPAR stores around the UK, over 125,000 hours of nursing care where patients and families have been expert care and support has been granted thanks to the stores and customers' incredible generosity.

So, if you want to bring some yellow into your cooking, SPAR has put together some delicious dishes to make you smile this summer:

LEMON DRIZZLE CAKE

A Great British favourite, this cake is perfect for a summery sweet treat, bringing a refreshing taste of sunshine to your teatime.

Ingredients:

• 450g granulated sugar
• 5 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 2 1/2 lemons' juice and zest (finely grated)
• 225g butter, softened, more for greasing baking pan
• 1 pinch salt
• 4 large 3ggs
• 275g all-purpose flour

METHOD:

1. Grease and line your load pan with parchment paper.
2. Set your oven temperature to 160 degrees C and let it preheat.
3. Mixt he baking powder, lemon zest, flour, and salt in a medium bowl.
4. In the bowl, beat together the butter and 1/2 of the sugar for three minutes, or until light and fluffy. After adding each egg until thoroughly mixed, add the milk and beat again, scraping down the bowl's edges as required (the mixture will appear curdles, but that's okay). After incorporating the flour mixture, pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and flatten the top.
5. Bake for about 40 minutes, or until a wooden skewer/fork comes out clean when inserted in the middle of the cake and the topping is golden brown and springy.
6. After 10 minutes of cooling, carefully pull the cake of the pan using the paper overhang. Remove the parchment paper. Move the cake to a wire rack and let it cook completely.
7. Add the remaining sugar to a small bowl. Add enough lemon juice to form a runny paste.
8. Pour evenly over the cake, then let it soak in. Cut into slices after letting cool.

MEDITERRANEAN LEMON CHICKEN

Bringing sunshine and zest to any dinner table, this beautiful summer supper delivers the flavours of the Med to your family in a simple one pot dish!

Ingredients:

• 1 lemon
• 2 tsp dried oregano
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1/4 tsp salt