food for hot weather

Stratford_Bill · 22 July 2006 at 4:03PM

A lot of soupls can be served cold. Borsch (beetroot soup) is delicious cold and then there are gazpacho and vichycoise, the latter is ridiculously cheap to make (potatoes and leaks), and is the same stuff they are serving for a fortune in Maxim's of Paris.
Then after your cold soup, comes the main course - pigging out on the finest English strawberries.

pavlovs_dog · 1 May 2007 at 7:43PM

buuuuuuuump

anyone else feeling the heat yet

jinny · 2 May 2007 at 11:00AM

Hi there, Posted this receipe a while ago on a soup thread,

Take one elderly iceburg lettuce (mine was a morrisons yellow sticker) chopped up. Bring to boil with large chopped onion in a pint of water, with a ham stock cube. Simmer till soft, (looks awful at this stage like a pond). Add a mug, or small tin of peas then blend till really smooth, turns into a lovely green colour and tastes like pea n ham soup. You can chill this as well for a summer soup. add a swirl of yoghurt to serve

savingsara_2 · 2 May 2007 at 11:22AM

:eek: Oh dear, it's getting warmer and I never know what to do for our evening meal. Salad is OK sometimes, but it's harder work than cooking a proper meal!! More preparation anyways. And we always end up "picking" all night, which is no good for middle-aged waistlines! It defeats the object to me

We had hm chilli con carne with rice on Saturday, made enough for 4 but as there's only two of us there was leftovers! Added the half tin of baked beans sitting lonely in the fridge and we had it with pasta last night, with a bit of cheese sprinkled on top and some garlic bread.

Now what shall we have tonight.....

pavlovs_dog · 7 May 2008 at 11:29AM

thought i'd bump this in case its as hot where you are as it is here

spaghetti_monster · 7 May 2008 at 12:01PM

O yes!

What I'm eating right now is one of my latest favourite things:

A salad with large chunks of bread in, dressed only with a bit of salt and a good glug of olive oil. The bread soaks up the oil..mmmmm...
Tomatos are good with this (more juice!). Current salad (nearly finished...) has chunks of mozzarella and blue cheese
You can also stick the chunks in a very low oven for a bit to make them crispy. And it's a good way to use up bread too!

sandy2_2 · 7 May 2008 at 12:17PM

The only salad I'll eat is chicken caesar sald, I'll post recipe when I get back from Tapas run
edit recipe added
Sandys chicken ceasar salad
Cooked chicken meat cut into cubes, or smallish bits (depends on what you’re using eg rubber chicken) or you could use prawns instead of chicken

Salt and pepper
Slice or two of fried or toasted bread cut into smallish cubes or bought croutons
Crunchy type lettuce, not those floppy ones (sorry don’t know names)
Optional anchovy fillets if liked

Dressing
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Garlic clove peeled and squished
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Salt and pepper
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]3tbs plain greek yoghourt
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]dash or 2 of lemon juice
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]grated cheese technically it should be parmesan
method

grind 1 anchovy (if liked), garlic and some of salt and pepper into a paste, gradually add yoghourt and lemon juice to this until it has a consistency you like ofr the dressing, then stir in the cheese.
Tear up the lettuce leaves and place in a salad bowl, pour dressing over and mix, add in the chicken pieces and stir again.
Add in toasted or fried croutons
Serve decorated with anchovy fillets if you like them and some fresh warm bread

champys · 7 May 2008 at 12:22PM

We had a simple but pleasant barbecue with visiting friends 2 days ago. There is always some meat left over. So yesterday I made a lentil salad with the leftover bbq'd meat in it, cut fairly small. It makes a great meal for a summery day! And it takes any type of meat. Or, for vegetarians, you could make this with bits of cheese in it, and tomatoes.

To make the basic lentil salad, just cook some green lentils till done, drain them and dress (while still warm) with some olive oil, vinegar, a little dijon-style mustard, seasoning, and mix in a chopped onion or shallot and some finely minced garlic cloves. Leave to cool. Add the leftover meat and you can make other additions if you have them to hand (cucumber, tomato, red/green pepper etc). Serve as is or on salad leaves.

tiptoes · 7 May 2008 at 12:38PM

I enjoy salad but my DS and DD are not to keen, unless in come with loads of mayo and salt:eek:

Though tonight we are having Glazed Pork Kebabs and cous cous and salad for dinner.

I eat a lot of salad during the summer but try to make it more exciting by altering the ingredents in the salad, the dressings and different marinades on the meat or fish, that I serve with the salad.

Though I still have spag bol, Lasagne and moussaka, curries, HM quiche, HM pizza( as these can all be stretched) and you guested it all served with side salads and bread.

Though as I have been away from OS for a quiet a while due to various reason. I have know started cooking from scratch again and as its only myslef, Ds and Dd. When i cook I always end up with enough for tomorrow or a meal for the freezer

Bongedone · 7 May 2008 at 1:02PM

Roast chicken with salad and bread rolls tonight.

My salad is growing well on the balcony now and should be ready for 1st harvest next week.

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