I’m looking for your best meals that require little to no cooking for days when turning on any kind of heat source sounds miserable.
Ina Garten has a Brussel Sprout Slaw and Turkey sandwich. It’s so simple and tastes so much better than it sounds. Plus, it is easy to change it up with additions. I also think of gazpacho, but adding some chickpeas or other beans to make it extra filling. Adding feta is delicious too.
What do you all do to eat well when it is sweltering outside?
I just made this for dinner the other night. The only cooking you have to do is quinoa, and that doesn’t take very long. Make sure you use the “natural” peanut butter with just peanuts and salt in it, the kind with all the extra additives will NOT mix together properly.
- Tacos with leftover meat-stuff and homemade mexican cabbage ‘slaw’.
- My better half love a simple sandwich of heirloom tomato with a little adobo (salt) and swiss cheese.
- Kawaj: https://leitesculinaria.com/136522/recipes-eggplant-stew-kawaj.html
While the last one requires cooking, it doesn’t turn on the oven and is a great way to use eggplants when they come in season. We only use 1 teaspoon salt, and will use canned tomatoes if we don’t have fresh. Also, I usually throw in a red bell pepper (or orange or yellow) because my paprika is standard instead of sweet and it wants a little sweetness.
Kiddos love grape jelly meatballs.
Bag of 25 to 40 frozen meat balls
12oz jar Heinz chili sauce
Half jar of welches grape jelly
Stir together in a crockpot for 4+ hours on low stir occasionally.Serve over rice.
At first I was disgusted by the thought of grape jelly and meat balls but after thinking about it for a while I could see how the flavors might work. I think half a jar with a pre made sauce that’s already quite sweet is too much but I might try using it as a sweetener in homemade sauce. I still don’t expect much but at least I am curious now.
But a 4+ hour dish isn’t no/low cooking and would heat up the house noticably during summer.
This is the classic party/ tailgate meatball recipe. I, too, thought grape jelly was offputting combined with chili sauce and mustard, but it is really good. Yes it can get pretty sweet, but that’s easily adjusted. Also a crockpot doesn’t put out nearly as much heat as turning on the oven. And I consider this as low cooking because it’s basically dump it all in, turn it on, and ignore it the rest of the time.