OS Summer Cooking

PasturesNew

Foods I eat in summer that don't need cooking: Tinned tuna, corned beef, tomatoes, sliced pepper, cherry tomatoes, grated raw carrots.

As you say you're on a diet, I didn't mention: potato salad using tinned spuds, cheese/onion quiche bought from a shop, cheese/salad cream sandwiches, crisps.

Little cooking required would include boiled eggs, which I make in a microwave so it's "not like cooking". Cous cous is also little cooking required - just pour on boiling water and wait.

Tink2

Tiglath wrote: »

We eat a lot of salad, especially Greek salad as I don't like lettuce-type things except spinach, with additional protein like salmon or hardboiled eggs. I even have salad for breakfast when I feel like it.

What's in a Greek salad?

Mrs_Bones wrote: »

Do you eat fish? Fresh fish is nice but if you don't want to cook tin salmon or pilchards etc goes with a salad. Also lots of different cheeses with various pickles. Hard boiled eggs don't exactly take much cooking but are nice either as egg mayo or with something like tomatoes. I eat a lot of things like crustless quiche but off course they need cooking. Most supermarkets sell pate which you could have with toast or salad again. Filled pitta pockets.

Yeah we eat fish as we are pescetarian

PasturesNew wrote: »

Foods I eat in summer that don't need cooking: Tinned tuna, corned beef, tomatoes, sliced pepper, cherry tomatoes, grated raw carrots.

As you say you're on a diet, I didn't mention: potato salad using tinned spuds, cheese/onion quiche bought from a shop, cheese/salad cream sandwiches, crisps.

Little cooking required would include boiled eggs, which I make in a microwave so it's "not like cooking". Cous cous is also little cooking required - just pour on boiling water and wait.

Hard boiled egg in the microwave? :eek:

Cloudydaze

PasturesNew wrote: »

Little cooking required would include boiled eggs, which I make in a microwave so it's "not like cooking".

Really? How do you do them in a microwave? Im really into boiled eggs at the moment!

PasturesNew

Tink2 wrote: »

Hard boiled egg in the microwave? :eek:

Yes, you can try it by wrapping the egg in foil and dropping it into a small bowl/mug of water ... but I've not done that.

I've got a gadget for it - put a bit of water in, put the egg into the gadget, screw it up, nuke for 4.5 minutes on half power for a boiled egg for dipping, or 6 minutes for a hard boiled egg.

The inside of the gadget is metal, the outside plastic.

It's brilliant - I've got two ... one does one egg, the other does four.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22microwave+egg+boiler%22&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=I2mLU43eOY-O7QbP7IFA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAw&biw=1149&bih=539

moomoomama27

I eat lots of salad all year round, but love ceaser salad and tuna/egg salad.

Lots of summer fruits, strawberries etc..

Tink2

PasturesNew wrote: »

Yes, you can try it by wrapping the egg in foil and dropping it into a small bowl/mug of water ... but I've not done that.

I've got a gadget for it - put a bit of water in, put the egg into the gadget, screw it up, nuke for 4.5 minutes on half power for a boiled egg for dipping, or 6 minutes for a hard boiled egg.

The inside of the gadget is metal, the outside plastic.

It's brilliant - I've got two ... one does one egg, the other does four.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22microwave+egg+boiler%22&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=I2mLU43eOY-O7QbP7IFA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAw&biw=1149&bih=539

Oh wow! Need to be getting one of these!

Tiglath

Greek salad (for me) is tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, red onion and feta, with some basic olive oil/balsamic dressing. I add olives when it's just me. Fresh mint and/or coriander if you have it is lovely.

System

Hummus is nice, with flat bread or pitta bread. You can make it at home if you have a kitchen blender.

PasturesNew

avogadro wrote: »

Hummus is nice, with flat bread or pitta bread. You can make it at home if you have a kitchen blender.

It's also about 1000 calories if you make half a mug of it and dip bready stuff into it until it's gone.... and the OP said "diet".

Tink2

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's also about 1000 calories if you make half a mug of it and dip bready stuff into it until it's gone.... and the OP said "diet".

Yeah but anything goes as long as I can fit it in