Summer has arrived! And everyone from five to fifty and beyond agrees that the best way to beat the heat is an ice cream treat. Keep cool with Metro’s line of Merit Selection ice cream in six rich flavours: Maple Walnut, Caramel Tornado, Raspberry Swirl, French Vanilla, Chocolate Chunk and Mochaccino.

The cone — plain, sugar, jumbo sugar or coloured flat-bottomed — is the classic way of serving ice cream. But why limit yourself to that? With a little imagination, you can make your own ice cream sandwiches. All you need is your favourite ice cream and cookies. Let the ice cream soften a little, then flatten a scoop between two cookies, wrap the sandwich in plastic wrap and stick it in the freezer for a few minutes. A simple summer treat!

Dreaming of ice cream extravaganzas? For dessert, set out assorted flavours of ice cream along with fresh fruit, nuts, chocolate chips, various sweets. Give everybody an empty bowl and let them create their own individual masterpieces. Sweet memories are made of this!

A summer day without ice cream is unthinkable, downright unnatural! So make sure that you get your 1-scoop minimum daily requirement. Ah! Sweet summer!