Cool It!

Updated on July 23, 2011
A.B. asks from Pittsburgh, PA
19 answers

Ok, it's officially too hot to cook.

What are some of your favorite, healthful, "no stove necessary" meals?

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I love these! I'd say we're set for the next few weeks. Thanks, mamas!

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B.C.

answers from Norfolk on

I boiled water long enough to make a big bowl of macaroni salad that should last us through the weekend.
Salads
fruit
dips
cereal
sandwiches
take out
microwave can heat a few things up without heating up the whole house.

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T.M.

answers from Reading on

Tonight is fresh from the garden Bruschetta with fresh mozzarella on toasted french bread. We will have a side of fried zuchini to go with it. Mmmmmmm, mmmmm, mmmm!!! I can't wait for dinner now!

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A.G.

answers from Houston on

BIG elaborate salads, or Sandwiches

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A.G.

answers from Boston on

Tonight its fruit with a cool whip/yogurt dip and chips with salsa

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R.R.

answers from Los Angeles on

Salads or sandwiches, with fresh fruit for dessert, and ice cold lemonade! : )

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M.M.

answers from Los Angeles on

*Roisserie chicken w/potatoe or macaroni salad (p/u at grocery store)
*Cereal for dinner
*Stawberry/spinach/feta salad w/raspberry vinagrette dressing
*Tacos (ground beef made in early morning before it gets hot), nuke tortillas, chopped tomatoes/lettuce/onions, salsa)
*Bake potatoe bar (bake them in microwave, serve w/sour cream,
salsa, chives etc)
*Taco salad (grd beef made in early a.m. on stovetop), add to bag of
salad, can of drained corn, chopped olives, chopped tomatoes,
crushes dorito chips, thousand island dressing, chopped onions
*hamburgers (cook pre-made patties on grill outside - I have grill right
outside door, run out to turn on, cover, run inside, set timer, run out to
flip, run back inside air conditioned outside. I don't sit outside "manning
the bbq in 100 degree heat. voila :)
*chilled soup w/french bread
*brkfast 4 dinner: overeasy eggs, nuked hashbrowns, toast not too hot :)
Woo hoo I'm hungry for dinner now! :)

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C.O.

answers from Washington DC on

send my husband out to the deck to BBQ burgers...

BLT with chips....have the bacon already cooked and warm it in the microwave...

Spinach salad....

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M.L.

answers from Houston on

slow cookers, pasta salad, grilled chicken, fancy sandwiches or roll ups, fresh salsa/pico de gallo served over rice...

grilling, but we have a goerge foreman so it's inside!

cereal... seriously the other night we were so tired and hot and sticky, we had cereal, it was awesome.

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J.B.

answers from Boston on

Tonight I'm grilling pizza.

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F.H.

answers from Phoenix on

I love how people say "outside grilling" when its 110 outside. Thats what I want to do, stand over a hot grill! LOL! I have asked this question several times if you want to look over my prior questions. Our latest fav is tostadas, just heat up the beans in the micro. We also eat different kinds of salads, sandwiches with fruit and some skillet meals. we'll also do breakfast items. and I have a george foreman grill that we use inside for grilled items. Good luck.

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J.L.

answers from Los Angeles on

Salad with cold deli meats on the side and crunchy bread. Fruit salad and yoghurt.

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S.H.

answers from Honolulu on

Salad.
Outside grilling.
cereal for any meal. LOL
Sandwiches

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T.M.

answers from Philadelphia on

My husband is about to grill steaks and corn. This weather is terrible!!!

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L.B.

answers from Biloxi on

Pasta salad with fresh veggies and fruit on the side.

It was all I ate for a week last month when the AC was on the fritz and temp was in triple digits.

A rotisserie chicken - you don't have to cook it - and it chops up nicely to add to that pasta salad.

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P.S.

answers from Houston on

Spinach leaves tossed w/mango, blueberries and feta cheese and drizzled w/raspberry balsamic vinegar. Serve w/a tuna fish sandwhich.

Even my meat and potatoes husband can be filled up w/that!

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T.K.

answers from Dallas on

last night i made a greek salad topped with thin sliced cold beef

Baby mixed greens
black olives
sliced red onions
feta
tomatoes
vinigrette

and topped with a pretty piece of cold leftover steak that I thin sliced on an angle. It was pretty, healthy, quick, cool, and staisfying. I served with parmesan focaccia bought at the grocery store.

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M.W.

answers from Philadelphia on

Gazpacho!! So yummy, healthy, and cool.

Also - tomatoes and cucumbers in "garlic expressions" dressing. Delicious!!

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M.M.

answers from Philadelphia on

Egg/Tuna salad; great both mixed together

Crock Pot: burger w/Fiesta Party Dip Mix Seasoning (Tastefully Simple), or pop a beef or pork roast in there, or a few turkey breasts or chicken breasts...

Same Crock Pot idea with Vidalia Onion Dressing, Pomegranate Chipotle Sauce, Ole Ole Fiesta Sauce, many of our sauces/seasonings... LOVE the Crock Pot in the summer!

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L.F.

answers from San Francisco on

I LOVE cold cous cous(sp?) salad with fresh basil, tomatoes and motzarella cheese balls. Super filling and just right for summer!

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