cool dinner ideas when its too hot outside - Page 2

Rooster · #11 (**permalink**) 06-26-2009, 06:36 PM

Yummy! Cold veggie soup= gaspacho. Easy way includes some italian salad dressing, of which I think I have A Lifetime Supply...

love free Bzs · #12 (**permalink**) 06-26-2009, 06:41 PM

I used the crock pot veg.stock , whole red potatoes, carrots and green beans and home made bread from the freezer with butter and garlic powder grilled on my little indoor grill. was going to make homemade chocolate pudding but that was too much heat LOL!!! so we had ice cream for dessert.

churn111 · #13 (**permalink**) 06-26-2009, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by LITSA

I will but it's getting moved to the recipe area where it should be.

Blessings and Hugs, "Angel"

Thank ya sweetie. Didn't even realize it wasn't in recipes. I'm a "new post" clicker and I often don't realize where things are.

Keep on with easy summer supper ideas.

nurse334 · #14 (**permalink**) 06-26-2009, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by CrazyCajun

I like chicken salad sandwiches, chilled watermelon and iced sweet tea, but I still cook a pot of gumbo mid July when it's steaming out side, LOL. Guess I'm a little immune to the heat considering where I live.

You are one crazy cajun lol growed

up in louisiana all my life and never did like gumbo in the summer I like it when it's just starting to get cold outside unless I'm really hungry for it then I order out shrimp and orka is my favorite

later Lisa

ncscgirl2005 · #15 (**permalink**) 07-02-2009, 09:14 AM

If I served cold sandwiches and fruit for dinner my DH would eat it and then ask what the next course is. LOL!!!!!

I hate cooking in the summer but that man swears up and down he needs a three course "Hearty" meal after a long day's work all year long.

I guess I can't blame him since he does eat his fair share of sandwiches for lunch and on the weekends.

I have been wanting to make Macaroni Salad with Tuna for dinner but not sure how receptive the family would be to it since they're used to eating "hearty" meals.

mommaof3 · #16 (**permalink**) 07-02-2009, 09:59 AM

Keep the kitchen cool and do some grilling outside! Our favorite is chicken kabobs- marinate chicken pieces in zesty italian dressing overnight, skewer, and grill with whatever veggies you like. (I like to skewer like veggies together, so they cook more evenly, and meat separately) Always good in any season I think.

ameeker · #17 (**permalink**) 07-02-2009, 04:46 PM

In the summer I like to get whatever is growing in the garden and eat with as little cooking as possible. My faves are semi-pickle salad, stuffed tomatoes, bruschetta and grilled zucchini. During the summer we use the grill A LOT, I have a special place in my heart for tin foil dinners. I also do things to cut the cooking time on things that have to be cooked, like I only boil corn on the cob 2-3 minutes, trust me on this one. I also like to do the shorter cooking time pastas, like gnocchi and angle hair (3-4 minutes tops). Often if I know it's going to be a scorcher, I'll do whatever cooking that can be done ahead before the sun comes up, like noodles or potatoes for a salad or something, bacon for a big fat BLT, or ground beef for tacos or nachos, or maybe honey nut chicken sticks (a RR recipe, which are GREAT cold). I also love a good bowl of coleslaw, it goes with everything and it stays crunchy for days. Yumm.... Another good way to keep the heat down is to use the broiler, it will cook most things in a just a few minutes, and then you shut it OFF before it heats up the kitchen. We use it for nachos, french bread pizzas, Mexican pizza, and pretty much any small snacky frozen food that needs a quick heat up before serving. I also like to use the crock pot, but I don't use that too often in the summer unless I need beer brats, a pot of chili or a batch of baked beans.