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Pasta prepared in any quick and easy way - spaghetti or pasta of choice anointed with with garlic slivers, carefully sauteed in best olive oil and sprinkled with freshly grated Parmesan or Asiago cheese is ready in a snap. This is light, quick and highly digestible - perfect for sizzling summer days.
Raki5 at 3:30PM on 06/09/08
I'm suffering right with you.... yesterday for a late lunch I had a vodka smoothie... fresh strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries, some vodka, and lots of ice, threw everything in the blender and voila!
Oh you wanted food ideas... hmmm...is ice cream a food?
Southern_bella at 3:36PM on 06/09/08
Last night my husband made a delicious steak salad -- mixed greens, tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, sprouts and avocado, tossed with a light balsamic vinaigrette. He grilled a small flank steak on our little indoor stovetop grill -- it was heaven! Light and refreshing, but the steak gave it enough ooomph to be really satisfying.
CookiePie at 3:39PM on 06/09/08
ok here's my real contribution, I made this last week, it's fairly quick, tastes light and refreshing and I think it's a perfect meal for a hot day!
I'll just post the link rather than take up room with the recipe.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_70294,00.html
Southern_bella at 3:45PM on 06/09/08
Ceviche!
kathryn at 3:49PM on 06/09/08
Pesto on pasta. Sure you have to cook the pasta but it requires no attention.
Fresh strawberries and whipped cream for dessert.
charm city cupcake at 4:04PM on 06/09/08
It was 100 over the weekend here but I live in Florida. So what happened today?? We had HAIL! Holy Hanna...
We had leftovers. Thank God microwave ovens don't heat up the house!
chiff0nade at 7:36PM on 06/09/08
couscous and radish salad with lemony fish
czeledon at 7:39PM on 06/09/08
Thanks for all the great ideas...stay cool!
jlbrach at 7:44PM on 06/09/08
How about a cool soba noodle salad?
madebymelis at 7:50PM on 06/09/08
Hot days and nights call for spicy food! Tonight I am cooking up some spicy tacos, with cool avocado and lots of cold beer!
pemabuk at 7:55PM on 06/09/08
No ideas, none. It was 48 degrees when we went to lunch at 1:30.
islandexile at 9:06PM on 06/09/08
Spicy vegetable stir fry is always nice - get that pan good and hot and you're done in a couple of minutes. Serve over rice from the Chinese food joint around the corner, if you're lazy like me!
producestories at 9:13PM on 06/09/08
It's been so hot here for the last week or so, the humidity is discusting. It's sad we are inside all winter then June comes and it's so humid all of a sudden. So I've been making salads and made some shrimp & avacado spring rolls with rice wrappers. Nice and cold, tomorrow maybe some grilled fish. The worse part is I cook in a restaurant and it will prob. be 90 or so in the kitchen for lunch service. Fun wow!!!!
joanpieroni2 at 10:16PM on 06/09/08
I made a big salad for dinner tonight - leftover chicken breast, sundried tomatoes, marinated artichoke hearts, and mushrooms on a bed of lettuce and drizzled with olive oil and Parmesan cheese. It was light yet satisfying, and it didn't require a lot of work. Dessert was a handful of animal crackers dipped into a jar of Nutella, but that would have happened regardless of the weather!
poke87 at 11:17PM on 06/09/08
I didn't have it last night but sometimes ice cream for dinner is all that will cut it in this weather.
HeartofGlass at 9:49AM on 06/10/08
TAKE OUT!!!
simon at 11:10AM on 06/10/08
Shred some chicken from the local rotisserie place over fresh tomatoes and spinach, dressed with some balsamic. Cool sliced watermelon for dessert.
savecara at 11:16AM on 06/10/08
If you have the time, poach a whole chicken: you'll need a large stockpot filled with about 6 quarts of water. Add a couple bay leaves, a tablespoon of black peppercorns, whatever fresh herbs you like and a tablespoon of sea salt. Bring it to a boil and add a 3-3.5 pound chicken (keep it submerged by putting a plate on it if necessary). Let simmer for about 15 minutes. Then turn off the burner and let the chicken sit for 3 hours in the hot liquid. At the end of the 3 hours, remove the chicken and let cool. Then shred the meat from the bones, discarding skin and fat.
The end result will be a cooked chicken that you can use for a variety of salads with minimal house heating. The leftover cooking liquid can be strained, cooled and frozen for use in less warm weather!
Amandarama at 11:47AM on 06/10/08
Gazpacho in the blender, or ceviche. Both are very easy to make.
Mischiefdish at 12:29PM on 06/10/08
Planning to make the following items:
* Chicken wings (broiled in toaster oven) with spices
* Cannellini beans and roasted red/yellow peppers salad
* Sauteed spinach and eringi (king oyster) salad with garlic
and a huge huge huge glass of water or seltzer :-)
aa1158 at 5:28PM on 06/10/08
My favorite simple summer meal is a grilled chicken paillard (marinated in lemon juice, olive oil, shallots, S, and P) topped with a salad of baby arugula, goat cheese, some halved baby heirloom tomatoes, and a light vinegarette. I put it on a pretty plate and have a glass of white wine, and it almost makes me forget how God-awful the heat is!
Granted, I've also been known to eat ice cream out of the container on the couch when it's too hot to cook...I am a classy lady.
nosillak at 2:47PM on 06/26/08