Your Favorite "It's Too Hot" Meal?

_chiaroscuro · July 2013

Helpful answer: gazpacho.
My real first thought: rum.

michellechawner · July 2013

When it gets too hot we have super salads.

Salad, cut up any veggies you want, hard boiled eggs, some cut up ham....

Then we don't have to use the oven

mickeyullrich · July 2013

A salad from Panera :happy: !

AlongCame_Molly · July 2013

Chilled pasta salad with grape tomatoes, broccoli and drizzled with zesty Italian dressing. Delicious.

BeachIron · July 2013

Cold fried chicken, watermelon, maybe some cold mac & cheese or pasta salad, and beer. Yes, I'm from the South.

Chelle175 · July 2013

This is one of my favorites...no cooking involved, healthy and delish........

Crab, Corn, and Tomato Salad with Lemon-Basil Dressing

You can get the recipe from Cooking Light.com

RockinTerri · July 2013

Fruit salad

EmilyJackCO · July 2013

Caprese salad with prosciutto & peaches.

valerieschram · July 2013

If you like seafood, ceviche is great to make. I have made it with shrimp, tuna, and snapper. I like it on a tostada or with plantain chips.

Itsallbs15 · July 2013

Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich or bacon and eggs. A good salad is always a good for a hot day too.

NualaTW · July 2013

Salad w/lots of veggies (and I'll sometimes add some tuna packed in water or cold chicken if I have leftovers)

Also, I sometimes just have 1 cup of plain non-fat greek yogurt, 1 cup of sliced fruit (usually berries), 2 TBS of chopped walnuts, 1 TBS ground flaxseed, 1 TBS orange blossom honey. Very cool and refreshing.

ron2e · July 2013

Something with chilli. You think it's hot? You don't know nuthin' yet!!

SmallMimi · July 2013

Grilled chicken Kabobs with a variety of grilled veggies, salad

sewerchick93 · July 2013

okroshka (it's a russian cold soup)

the broth is made with water and sour cream (or kefir or greek yogurt), vinegar, dill and salt to taste.

to the broth is added diced potatoes, diced hard-boiled egg whites, diced cumcumber, green onions, and diced baby bologna

depending on your ingredients it can be 75-100 calories per cup of soup.

cwolfman13 · July 2013

Ceviche...

I use Halibut or Snapper...about 12 oz for 2-3 people depending on how hungry you are. "cook" in 2 oz of tequila and about 1.5 cups of fresh lime juice for about 4 hours. Drain...in mixing bowl add 1 Tbsp or so fresh orange juice, red onion, cilantro, a minced jalapeno (seeded), and a bit of s&p to taste. Serve with ice cold beer.

1princesswarrior · July 2013

Fruit smoothie with protein powder, I just take frozen fruit and mix it with vanilla protein powder and ice, sometimes add some Splenda.

Or protein powder milkshake: chocolate whey protein powder, pb2 or powdered peanut butter, 1 glass ice cold milk, ice, optional banana and almonds. Blend it together, stick in freezer for about 10 minutes and enjoy.

blgerig · July 2013

I made Shrimp salad last week! Even my salad-adverse husband liked it.

I used frozen shrimp so they just had to be thawed. Lettuce, whatever veggies you want to add (I did pepper, onion, carrot, sugar snap peas) all tossed in a peanut dressing with some siracha. I also added rice noodles which took about two minutes on the stove to boil.

melindasuefritz · July 2013

sandwiches
salads

pinalety · July 2013

Penne Pasta w/olive oil, onions, sundried tomatoes, and garlic + seasonings, place that on top of a bed of Romaine. I throw whatever leftover veggies with the pasta mix... then I add some dressing (goddess, or my homemade lower calorie version).
Yum! I'm having it tonight.

coffee_fiend · July 2013

I love frozen peanut butter & jellys! Put one together then stick it in a freezer for a couple hours.. so delicious.

nicolaturner1986 · July 2013

If we can't be bothered cooking we order Tandoori Chicken with Salad and Pitta from our local indian.

We don't mind cooking regardless of the weather so tomorrow we're having Fajitas which are quick, easy and filling :-)

I like making a roast chicken to go with Salad too, I use the Hairy Dieter's recipe - slice an onion into rings and place on baking tray and lay chicken onto the onion, push some Thyme under the chicken skin, squeeze a lemon over the chicken and put half the lemon inside the chicken and pop in the oven, 30 mins before the end place bacon over the chicken and pop back in the oven. - The chicken is always lovely and juicy when we do it this way (we never eat the skin either, its really calorific) :-)

x

ebgbjo · July 2013

Thank you everyone for the great suggestions. Will be adding many of them into my rotation.

RobTheGourmet · July 2013

I make 2 super easy things:

1. Cheaters gazpacho. Blend 1-2 cucumbers with a jar of salsa. Eat cold.
2. Cottage Cheese, Marinara sauce, fresh basil chopped, garlic and salt to taste. I call it diet Lasagne. Eat cold.

gazpacho, I agree is a must simply fantastic! however I would never sub a jar of salsa :X missing out on the finer things in life to use salsa in place of vine ripe tomato's for shame!

T0FatToB3S1ck · July 2013

When it's hot outside, I want to eat something either fast or cold. I don't eat what I cook for the family usually since I am the one trying to lose weight, not them. Fast for the kids would be grilled cheese and soup. That I can eat with them if I choose since the soup is 60 calories per cup and the grilled cheese is about 200 per sandwich. Cold would be again a sandwich of sorts with pickles, fruit or cereal. For the family. A cold meal would be subs. Usually when we do sandwiches or subs for dinner, we end up going out for a picnic.

NerdyTXChick · July 2013

I've been eating a lot of salads with parmesan and real bacon bits, and/or cottage cheese with fresh fruit — strawberries are my current favorite, but blueberries, a chopped pear or apple (with a dash of cinnamon), any fruit really is good. I also eat a lot of scrambled eggs with chopped tomatoes, peppers, green onion, spinach, or whatever veggies I have to throw in, along with cheese and bacon bits.