food for hot weather

pavlovs_dog

thanks to pink winged for reminding me about my own thread

bumped for benefit of all (and feel free to have a chortle at my expense )

Wizwoo

There was lovely recipe in the Good Food mag last summer / summer before for an omlette / frittata made with the sort of stuff you'd use in a Greek Salad i.e. black olives, feta, green pepper and baby toms. It was lovely - served with new pots cooked with fresh mint from the garden.

lynzpower

I came on here to start this thread myself lol, some great ideas here already.
I get so hot, so dense food is pretty much out for me really, no more bangers & mash served here as the weathers getting hotter!

Spanish omelette isnt bad for summer
Chicken thighs/ quarters marinaded with the jacket salad combo
grilled fish, pasta, or couscous
roasted veg galore then can go into couscous for luches at work

MOre ideas though please, I struggle to cook in summer!

zombiecazz

chicken and mushroom pilaf served with fresh apple and mint salsa

roast chicken tortilla wrap with honey and mustard dressing

lemon and prawn pasta

hm pork apple and blue cheese burgers with HM coleslaw

Nicoise salad with toasted HM olive and garlic bread

prawn, feta and baby tomato quiche with lemon yoghurt baby potato salad

Courgette omlette

fresh mint ice cream

raspberry tiramisu

fresh fruit salad with fresh mint syrup

Quite often don't get as far as pudding

annie-c

I'm still eating 'proper' meals but later in the evening and after a day of eating much lighter things. Doesn't exactly fit in with the 'breakfast like a King' rule, but works for me.

So today I had for breakfast a celery/carrot/apple juice, done in my 'new' juicer from freecycle, lunch was a lo-cal prawn sandwich and grapes, all day long I drank litres of sparkling water, and for tea now it is cooler, I has a massive thai prawn and vegetable curry with noodles, packed with fresh veg inc. courgette ribbons, pepper slices and torn-up oyster mushrooms..... all really cheap because the supermarkets don't want veg sitting around on the shelves rotting in this heat!

Lillibet_2

KTFrugal wrote:

The best summer food is a muffaletta, which is a whole loaf sandwich. You cut the bread across its middle, rather than from the top down and fill the middle with roasted veggies, cheese, olives etc, lots of dressing. Then you put the lid back on, put a plate on top and weigh it down with a big tin. All the juices run into the bread. To serve, slice like a pie.

This is a great way of using up extra roasted veggies from the bbq and can be endlessly varied according to your whims.

Having a blond moment....horizontally or vertically? Sorry, can't picture this:rolleyes:

Cheers;)

annie-c

horizontally? HEre's one:

http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/Muffaletta.htm

Jay-Jay_4

Can I just say ..... I HATE SALAD!!!!

....carry on....

annie-c

Jay-Jay wrote:

Can I just say ..... I HATE SALAD!!!!

....carry on....

lol... I'm not the biggest fan in the world either - it has to containg exciting veg to tempt me!!

jcr16

i hate salad also.

and gonna hate me for this, but the only time i eat lettuce is when it is in a big mac.i just don't like salad.