The Times: Easy lemon, potato and chicken traybake by Hannah Evans

When life gives you lemons, you are in luck. But if no-one has handed over a bag of yellow citrus fruit, Hannah Evans’ easy lemon recipes in the Times magazine are the best excuse we can think of to go and buy your own. And whilst lemonade is always a good call, there are many, many more options for this most versatile and flavoursome ingredient.

Hannah’s 2 step lemon, potato and chicken traybake, photographed so beautifully by Romas Foord in a Netherton prospector roasting tray, really is easy peasy, lemon squeezy.

This image, shot by Romas Foord is our favourite picture of the Netherton Roasting tray. Find him on Instagram here.

And have you ever wondered about the phrase advocating lemonade making? That now ubiquitous call to optimism and positivity. Apparently, according to Wikipedia, it was first appeared in print in 1909, attributed to writer Elbert Hubbard who wrote; "A genius is a man who takes the lemons that Fate hands him and starts a lemonade-stand with them." He also used it in a 1915 obituary he penned and published for dwarf actor Marshall Pinckney Wilder. The obituary, entitled The King of Jesters, praises Wilder's optimistic attitude and achievements in the face of his disabilities: "He proved the eternal paradox of things. He cashed in on his disabilities. He picked up the lemons that Fate had sent him and started a lemonade-stand.”

We do however strongly advocate making your own lemonade, as it is now so difficult to buy commercially produced lemonade without artificial sweeteners. This recipe for really easy lemonade from BBC Good Food couldn’t be simpler.

Here we have a short taster of Hannah's lemon recipes. Click here to read The times article in full.