favorite summer meal
During the summer I find I look forward to the simplest of meals- a grilled hot dog with fixins, great potato salad and coleslaw, and fruit pie. What is your favorite meal during the summer months?
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25 Comments:
Avocado tacos - cubes of perfectly ripe avocado w/ lime juice, salt, and pickled jalapenos in a warmed corn tortilla - are my favorite summer lunch. They take around five minutes to make, are super-delicious, and don't require heating up the kitchen.
producestories at 9:31AM on 06/21/07
A green chili cheeseburger hot from the grill on a toasted bun with an ear of freshly picked sweet corn and sliced home grown tomatos.
Colorado Jim at 9:34AM on 06/21/07
grilled corn on the cob really reminds me of summer.
corn, red onion, and basil salad made with fresh corn.
and vine ripened tomatoes!
okay. i'm hungry now.
french tart at 10:02AM on 06/21/07
fresh tomatoes with a splash of balsamic vinegar or some nice melon with a little proscuitto. or best yet, an ice cold fresh fruit salad with black pepper! yummy
huney_bumper at 10:24AM on 06/21/07
I agree with the whole hamburger/hot dog on a grill idea - nothing says summer outside more (to me) than flames, some meat and grilled vegetables (although I sometimes opt for the more pedestrian Ruffles bag!).
Inside summer meals? I love fresh, fruity, goat-cheesey salads - maybe with shrimp or tuna.
rbryants at 10:41AM on 06/21/07
Shrimp louie made with baby shrimp, chopped avocado and celery, minced scallions and garlic. For the dressing, mix Hellman's mayonnaise with lemon juice, S&P, and a healthy dose of Louisiana hot sauce. Chill well and serve on a bed of summer greens, or stuff the mixture into a homegrown vine-ripened tomato. Yummy and refreshing!
hatlady at 11:03AM on 06/21/07
Food I look forward to in summer: black raspberry ice cream with chocolate sprinkes, corn on the cob, Jersey tomatoes, anything grilled, and blueberry vodka lemonades. All preferably consumed while on a porch or terrace overlooking the ocean!
K at 12:33PM on 06/21/07
Grilled anything sounds great just about now! Back before I stopped eating meat, I used to enjoy a picnic of half a cold chicken salad sandwich and fresh potato chips.
hereandthe at 12:39PM on 06/21/07
The ripest reddest tomato you can find, seeded and chopped, marinated for a few hours with minced garlic, a splash of the best olive oil and maybe a drop of vinegar, then served on hot pasta, garnished with cubes of fresh mozzarella and a chiffonade of basil.
Lippy at 1:32PM on 06/21/07
Just picked corn on the cob and sliced vine ripened tomato. Grilled steak with potato salad. I'm seeing scrawny corn on the cob in the store lately and wondering where it came from, and why they picked it so early . . . Ooooh, fresh peaches for dessert!
ride&cook at 2:52PM on 06/21/07
does anyone else know the southern traditional wilted lettuce salad? My favorite part of summer with silverqueen corn and something from the grill...
Kbear919 at 3:31PM on 06/21/07
Mmmmmm! I'm with Loopy! His tomato-and-pasta dish *does* sound summery!
hatlady at 4:45PM on 06/21/07
funny, i made the same exact pasta dish that Lippy talked of last night..yum..that is my favorite summer pasta
spaghetti at 5:38PM on 06/21/07
Crisp veggie salad, grilled corn on the cob & iced tea. Followed by a walk to an ice cream shop or a homemade s'more.
JEP at 6:02PM on 06/21/07
I second all the thoughts of ice cream. Mine would be spicy lemon & rosemary roasted chicken and new potatoes, followed by soft vanilla ice-cream & plump raisins.
GTO at 6:45PM on 06/21/07
Fresh-baked bread with a peppery salad, definitely, and fruit cobblers. Mmmm.
Christina at 10:15PM on 06/21/07
roll out the brown paper, and hand out the mallets and the nutcrackers. Summertime with a pile of steamed blue crabs and lots of cold beer is where it's at here on Chesapeake Bay.
DaveFaris at 10:47PM on 06/21/07
Grilled chicken thighs bone in, potato salad, cuke and tomato salad with onion, fresh cake with strawberries and sangria
JerzeeTomato at 1:16AM on 06/22/07
Chicken or steak grilled on the barbie, home made ice cream, potato salad, fresh sliced tomatoes, bowls of sliced melon, especially canteloupe, wonderful red cherries that I eat until I'm sick, peaches, nectarines. It's so nice to see the fruit of summer after a long winter.
lpennin104 at 3:57AM on 06/22/07
sorbet, sushi, cold soba. Mangoes.
winny at 7:37AM on 06/22/07
A nice thick steak done rare, boiled salt potatoes, and corn on the cob with lots of butter....my favorite summer meal.
Another favorite summer treat is a ripe tomato sandwich with mayo on squishy white bread with just a pinch of salt & pepper.....the tomato has to be warm from the garden....heaven on earth!
btw Kbear919 - my mom here up north used to make wilted lettuce salad with warm bacon dressing all the time....I haven't had that in years.
mepolo at 9:21AM on 06/22/07
Fresh-from-the-garden tomato & basil Caprese salad...plain and simple!
sheldel at 11:32AM on 06/22/07
tomato sandwiches
corn sauteed with peppers and young garlic
summer berries with lashings of cream
icy cold milkshakes....heaven!
flakevanille at 2:50PM on 06/22/07
GRILL FOOD, of course! Bell peppers, Vidalia onions, mushrooms, zucchini, cherry tomatoes, marinated in olive oil/balsamic and tons of fresh herbs....chicken or steak skewers....watermelon/red onionfeta/olive/parsley/mint/lime juice salad....corn on the cob with parmesan...and strawberry shortcake!
à la mode at 3:01PM on 06/26/07
When it's really hot outside and in I prefer not to cook and I like to stay hydrated. I end up eating a lot of salads and a lot of fruit. Although I like barbecued meat, I find that meat takes a lot of energy to digest and makes me sleepier on hot summer days so I make grilled meat an occasional treat.
ABT at 4:58PM on 06/27/07