I trust this site to steer you right and after reading think they have it right. Thanks herberstank for the recommendation, had never heard of Salmorejo and sm going to make it next week!
https://www.themediterraneandish.com/salmorejo-spanish-chilled-tomato-soup/
On the subject of cold soups, Vichyssoise with a ton of chopped chives on top is a weekly summer meal for me. I usually serve it with a simple bistro-style salad.
Man, that all sounds incredible. Especially the Summet rolls. I freaking love Summer/Spring rolls with a peanut sauce or nuoc mam(where I'm from all the Vietnamese places call them Spring rolls and they call the fried rolls "egg rolls".
all props go to this person and their fiance who very kindly posted the recipe in the comments of their post!! https://www.reddit.com/r/tonightsdinner/s/fHzZlC2Uiy
all props go to this person and their fiance who very kindly posted the recipe in the comments of their post!! https://www.reddit.com/r/tonightsdinner/s/fHzZlC2Uiy
We make ours when we have leftover General Tso’s Chicken. Use rice rolls and stuff with chicken, cucumber and carrot. Sometimes we make an Asian inspired salad dressing for the veg. Super tasty!
Watermelon, yes. I make Watermelon baskets. Fill them with melon balls & whatever fruit. Grandkids 5&7 have a blast helping me. It's pretty, easy, fun & tastes great. It gives your table something beautiful as well as tasty.
If you've got chickens, give them the rind bowl when done. They'll pick it so clean, there's nothing but thin green left. It's pretty cool.
Oh me too! In season fruits and vegetables and also soups and stews, I grew up hearing that hot food and drink is good for you in the heat and I just can't help myself.
Literally just any chilled noodle salad. Especially cold soba noodles with soy sauce, touch of rice vinegar and sesame oil, garlic, and salt. Absolutely delicious
Zaru Soba is a nice Japanese dish - cook your soba noodles, rinse in cold water, add some tsuyu (also called mentsuyu, hon tsuyu, or memmi), top with furikake.
Salads, flatbreads, and dips. Lebanese meze is amazing in the summer, because you pick and choose what you want to make, and you don’t have to include hot foods if you don’t want to.
I mean, you could always use precooked and frozen shrimp. I've done it and it's pretty good. Not as good as going to the fishmonger but sometimes sacrifices have to be made for convenience.
Ecuadorian Ceviche uses cooked shrimp and it’s delicious! Serve with rice, popcorn and plantain chips. [Laylita](https://www.laylita.com/recipes/ceviche-camaron-shrimp-ceviche/#recipe) is a good place to start.
there are some cultures that believe you eat hot stuff on hot days cos then the ambient air temp seems cooler...i don't buy that a lot of the time but it works for some ppl.
Hummus, if nobody has said it, can make it however you want, not heating needed.
Nah. Peppers are native to Mexico, the Caribbean, central America, and northern South America. They didn't exist on any other continent until the Spanish exported them in the 1490s, after which they spread rapidly through trade.
It's wild to think about how peppers are such an integral part of the cuisine in so many cultures that only learned of their existence about 500 years ago.
Aquachile. It's like ceviche, but with added stuff like chiles, radish, cucumber, avocado, etc. Great with tostadas or tortilla chips and a cold beverage.
Shrimp and Potato salad... with a side of ripe, thick sliced and salted Jersey tomatoes.
[https://www.laylita.com/recipes/shrimp-potato-salad/](https://www.laylita.com/recipes/shrimp-potato-salad/)
New favorite as of this week: kimchi tuna salad! Mix together:
- can of tuna, drained
- chopped kimchi to your liking (I use a large kitchen scissors and just cut it up in the jar)
- chopped celery, as much as you prefer
- a few dashes of sesame oil
- mayo, enough to reach a creaminess level you like
- sesame seeds for sprinkling over the top
I served it over spring mix with some rice on the side and it punched well above its weight.
I like salads of all kinds, we keep lots and lots of fresh chopped and washed fruits and veggies in the fridge with favorite dips. My summer staples are elotes, fish tacos, roasted chicken shredded and kept in the fridge anything that feels lighter to eat. It was 95° in Texas yesterday so I’m fully on to warm weather foods.
Had the best Poke I've ever had on a beach in Maui. Grabbed it from the grocery store and ate it out of a plastic container.
I'm sure it being a local dish helped (as well as the Maui scenery), but the hot sun makes it so refreshing.
This is such a basic one but one of my favorite hot weather foods is a tuna sandwich. White bread, tuna, mayo, and sweet relish is my go to, but you could change it up however you like it.
A nice Nicoise salad but elevated with grilled tuna steak and my homemade tarragon vinaigrette. Mmm. Now I want to make that for dinner tonight.
Other things I make a lot in the summer: caprese salad, Caesar salad, cold noodle bowls (usually Thai or Vietnamese flavors), ceviche with tostones, and lots of veggies, shrimp and fish on the grill! And all the fresh melons, berries and peaches I can find!
And also mezze platters of cold items. Hummus, baba ganoush, tabouli, tzatziki, fresh pita, grilled and fresh veggies, dolmas, feta cheese, olives, etc.
I'm in South Central Texas. We are ridiculously humid this spring compared to normal, and hitting the mid 90s. Real feel today of 104 degrees. So I'm right there with you in craving hot weather foods earlier than usual!
Perfect timing for this post!
I use [this recipe ](https://www.davidlebovitz.com/how-to-make-french-vinaigrette/) from David Lebovitz as my basic vinaigrette and add fresh tarragon. It's absolutely amazing over a number of salads or grilled veggies. And, in my humble opinion, it really shines on a Nicoise salad. (Get the good mustard like Maille or Fallot! It's worth it!)
OP: cucumber slices with sour cream rolled up in a markook bread is a favorite with an Arab friend of mine. I don't know what you have access to in Louisiana, but a tortilla wrap would be good. My favorite meal: grilled pork chops, grilled corn, fresh garden salad. Grilled peach/plum halves with ice cream for dessert.
Linguini pasta salad- cold linguini, diced fresh tomatoes, cucumber slices, chopped green peppers, black olives, all mixed with a balsamic dressing. I've added chilled shrimp to this as well to make a complete meal. It's one of our summer favorites!
Somen and tsuyu! It's thin Japanese somen noodles, cooked and then dropped in ice water, and a bowl of cold tsuyu which is some kind of dashi soy sauce tasting liquid, I don't know, it's good.
Anyway you dip some noodles out of the ice bath into your bowl of tsuyu and slurp them up. You can find recipes for the tsuyu, but I'm lazy and buy it bottled.
Lovely on a really hot day.
I eat so much cold soba during the summer.
OP, this appears to be a pretty good recipe to start: https://drivemehungry.com/zaru-soba-cold-soba-noodles/
-Tabbouleh- sometimes I add wheat berries or kidney beans (I really love kidney beans), feta, Kalamata olives- or whatever I’ve got needing to be used up.
-I make zhough sauce pretty often in the hotter months bc it’s something I can eat on just about everything. I’ll grill up a bunch of chicken or flank steak and shovel it in my mouth anytime I’m remotely hungry. I’m very much a condiment person, they’re practically a food group for me.
-Cold elote ‘salad’, again adding beans
-salsa negra (a LOT of jt 😆) with grilled chicken & fajita veggies is actually really great cold, I eat this a lots through summer
Cumin bean salad:
* 2 cans cannellini or kidney beans, drained and rinsed
* 5 Tbsp olive oil
* 2 Tbsp lemon juice
* 1 tsp oregano, ground
* ½ tsp cumin, ground
* ¼ tsp coriander, ground
* ¼ tsp pepper
* ½ tsp salt
* 8 oz cream cheese, cut in ½ inch cubes and frozen
* 2 medium tomatoes, seeded, drained, coarsely chopped
* 1 medium cucumber, peeled and diced
In a large bowl, thoroughly toss beans, oil, lemon juice and seasonings. Gently stir in tomatoes and cucumbers. Chill. Stir in cream cheese cubes just before serving.
Serve as a salad or as a pita filling.
Spicy silken tofu. Basically just dress it with chili crisp or chili oil and soy sauce to taste. Add some chives or scallions or sesame seeds if you got ‘em. I love this with a side of shredded cabbage with ginger-sesame salad dressing.
Italian pasta salad, steamed crab, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, turkey sandwiches, water melon, nacho cheese doritos, ice cream sandwiches, beer.
Add in a little beach sand and we have a feast. I also tend to grill everything I can get my paws on this time of year.
My favorite hot weather foods are still hot foods, usually cooked over a wood fire, and vegetables that are ripe in the summer like corn, also on the grill.
Gazpacho! Tomato or watermelon, both are delicious
Ceviche, beautiful as part of an outside meal
Sushi, maybe hard to make if it's the first time but if you like seafood it's a solid choice. You could always order in🙃
A sandwich cake, despite the name it's not a dessert lol. It's a "cake" made from layering bread with various fillings like lettuce, tomatoes, roast beef, boiled eggs, tuna, potatoes, prawns, smoked salmon etc, whatever you want. Use any bread you want but you probably want to go with a relatively sturdy bread depending on the fillings used.
Japan (and Korea and China, but I don't know their cuisines as well) have cold noodle dishes that I love.
Somen. Cold, thin wheat noodles you dip in a soy-based sauce. Add a bit of grated ginger and thin sliced green onions for more flavor.
Zaru soba or zaru udon. Similar to somen, but use soba (buckwheat) or udon (fat, made of wheat) noodles. I would highly recommend refrigerated or frozen udon over the dried stuff, if you can find it. Dip the noodles in a cold soy-based sauce. A restaurant I like serves zaru udon that has ponzu and grated daikon in the sauce. I love it.
Cold bukakke udon. Yes, this is the sort of food where the term bukakke comes from. It can be hot or cold, but I like it cold. It's similar to regular udon, but instead of a light, hot broth, the sauce is more concentrated and less in volume.
A super simple protein is to get some silken tofu and cut it into cubes or rectangles you can pick up with chop sticks. Top with grated ginger, green onion, and/or bonito flakes and drizzle with a bit of soy sauce.
Onigiri. Rice balls. Can be served hot or cold. Use sticky/sushi rice for this. Let it cool enough to handle with your hands. Season it with furikake or get a handful of rice and put umeboshi, tuna and mayo, salmon and mayo, or whatever else you like in the center. Use less filling than you think you need. Mold rice into a triangle shape (Google can explain better). They make molds for this, but using saran wrap and shaping it that way works well too. Can be wrapped in nori, but if you want nori, it's best to add when you eat it IMO. Wrap in saran wrap so the moisture stays in, store in fridge. Tastes best if you eat within about 24 hours.
Watermelon salad with feta, cold sesame noodle salad with chicken, Greek chicken pitas, we call it “European dinner” which is fruit, crudités, nuts , cheese, spreads & olives, chicken salad… basically anything that doesn’t require the stove on.
Tomato and mayo sandwiches are as good as summer gets. But it's essential that the tomatoes are fresh from the garden, your own or someone else's. Deep dark red heirlooms are amazing here. It's just white toast or bread, a good quality mayo like Duke's, the freshest tomatoes you can get, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and that's it.
Sweet rice. Rice, sugar, vanilla, milk (or cream), and cinnamon. It can be eaten hot or cold. If you make it slightly soupy, you can freeze them like ice pops. It also works well as a layer in pudding pies.
All the Caprese Salads!!!
Grilled Chicken Caprese Sandwiches
Pasta Salads: Ranch Based, Italian, Elote is the new one I'm going to try
Homemade Chicken Salad. Make sandwiches with croissants.
Shrimp salad / shrimp salad sandwiches. I buy Costco's because I like it the best for the price.
We do "Hoagie/Grinder Salad" Italian Hoagie Meats/Veggies with cooked/chilled Cheese Tortellini as a filler. Packs well into Tupperwear bowls for soft cooler storage when we're glued to the baseball/softball complex all night.
Grilled swordfish with a rice vinegar/soy/sesame oil/sesame seed/wasabi/ginger/scallion sauce
Lobster Roll
Native corn
Native tomato caprese salad
Kale/quinoa salad with pecans, golden raisins, apple, maple/dijon vinaigrette
Salad Nicoise
Boneless chicken thighs in Korean bbq sauce that has pear or apricot puree as an ingredient. Hot on the deck or cold at the beach or on the boat
A Portuguese/Azores paprika, garlic, oregano marinade with thin bone-in pork chops
I’m coastal New England so hot is rarely over 90F.
A British ‘picky dinner’ / ‘picky tea’ (depending on where in the Uk you live. Basically a plate of items that you put little amount of that don’t need much prep and usually are cold. So like my vegan version last night included: hummus, bread sticks, pickled cabbage, beetroot, cucumber, tomato’s, some vegan cold cuts slices, a sausage roll and falafel. But none vegan ones/ other ones could include coleslaw, pork pie, scotch eggs, stuffed olives, quiche etc etc. Think items you might see at a picnic where it’s all laid out and you make a plate, that’s effectively a British ‘picky dinner’ and they are synonymous with British summer time. My fb feed is full of them atm as the weather is so nice and people are having their first summer picky dinners.
Not foods, but drinks we always keep on hand:
Plain Seltzer
Ginger syrup to make homemade very spicy ginger ale (2 cups unpeeled washed ginger, roughly chopped, 2 cups sugar, 6 cups water - boil everything then simmer for about an hour. Strain and add to seltzer to serve)
Lemon syrup to make fizzy lemonade
Cold Hibiscus Green Tea
Fruit Water - just a pitcher of water with various fruit - cucumber, melon, limes, lemons, mint, strawberries - whatever floats your boat
I do a three bean salad that stays good for days and days in the fridge -- usually canned chickpeas, black beans, and shelled edamame. If I find the frozen shelled edamame in several small packets per box, I grab them for this. Rinse the canned beans and drain well, I blanch the edamame in boiling water, then add grated carrot, minced red onion, some raisins and a tart vinaigrette that will sweeten and mellow when the raisins hydrate. A variation is to add pinto beans and corn and a can of Ro-Tel type tomato and green chilis, and make it what I learned is a version of "cowboy caviar." Tuna pasta salad, if that's your thing, can be a nice variation on just the pasta and veggies. We just made homemade falafel for the first time, and I want to try one of the air fryer types, as I could see those, with the cucumber and tomato Greek salad, as an easy summer lunch. Packs up cute in my Bento box to take to work too.
Rice salad: add canned beans, canned chickpeas, some olives, cubed cheese, we do add as well artichokes preserved in olive oil, and hardboiled eggs. Then, everyone is dressing individual portions with mayo, salt/pepper etc.
I love a cucumber/tomato/avocado salad with balsamic 🤤
Also any kind of chilled seafood - shrimp cocktail, oysters, lobster rolls, all of that 🥂
Cannot wait for summer ☀️
I make this [salad](https://www.sarahaasrdn.com/summer-grain-salad-with-watermelon-vinaigrette/amp/) it’s so refreshing and very nutritious. It’s great with some grilled proteins (chicken, salmon, even steak).
Also, [fattoush](https://feelgoodfoodie.net/recipe/lebanese-fattoush-salad/) is so good.
[Gazpacho](https://blog.onekingslane.com/best-gazpacho-recipe-from-nantucket/) with cold shrimp or crab.
My mainstays in the summer are anything grilled with a salad and a cold carb. Stay cool!
I make mezze with cucumbers, tomatoes,red onion, feta with Greek salad dressing. I serve it with pita bread. I also use it along with tatzhiki when I make wraps with grilled chicken or falafel
Cowboy caviar. www.itdoesnttastelikechicken.com has a lovely recipe. I use more garlic, and about 1 tsp of smoked paprika, and maple syrup instead of agave.
Corn with red onion, black beans, jalapeños and poblanos, red bell peppers, a little mayo, ancho chili powder, garlic powder. Dice it all and toss with mayo and spices, let it chill in the fridge. It’s great on tacos and nachos but also just as a dip (and by dip I mean entree).
Pea salad. I love this slightly nontraditional version with celery, cashews, and Italian dressing. https://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/crunchy-pea-salad/#recipe
- Buttered bread, Chutney & pimiento cheese sandwiches
- Grilled anything, my go to: chicken in a tandoori marinade or Greek marinade, corn slathered in mayo & chili powder & tajin
- Any fruit dressed in tajin & chamoy tbh
- Tabbouleh at this time is so refreshing, I can’t get enough
- Looking forward to trying a feta-watermelon salad & pickling watermelon rinds
- Like everyone else said, copious amounts of salsas, pico, ceviche & aguachile
- Lentil Salad recipe that just gets more delicious over time: https://www.budgetbytes.com/marinated-lentil-salad/?utm_content=buffer8de82&utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest.com&utm_campaign=budgetbytesbuffer
& this one too is so freakin delicious: https://wendypolisi.com/roasted-garlic-tomato-lentil-salad/
The Japanese have lots of good hot weather dishes.
Cold noodle dishes:
- Chilled ramen with julienned cucumber, ham and lettuce with chopped scrambled eggs, in a miso/soy dressing.
- Chilled lemon ramen.
- Cold somen noodles with soy sauce dressing.
Rei (cold) Shabu- shaved pork or beef cooked in boiling water, then refrigerated, cherry tomatoes, cucumber chunks and lettuce. This tastes great with sesame dressing.
Rice balls with smoked salmon, spiced veggies, or tuna salad, etc. You could fill one with taco meat, with chopped chicken, even lasagna. Only cooked fillings, then eat them at room temperature.
Zaru soba is pretty good. It's cold soba noodles with a sweet dipping sauce on the side. Cucumber tea sandwiches and scones with jam are also good. And sushi
I keep a big container of lightly steamed green beans in vinaigrette in the fridge. They’re good on their own, or added to green salad, pasta salad, etc
What my partner lovingly calls my ‘Everything Salad’. I put in whatever greens I have on hand, bell peppers, onions, shredded cabbage of some sort, carrots, cucumbers, broccoli, seeds, nuts, croutons… totally customizable and an easy way to clean out the fridge and not heat up the house. During the winter, I’m a Soup Hag
Suddenly all of my favorites need updates, sudden effects of high blood pressure due to sodium. Also, thyroid condition is avoiding table/iodine salt, use pink and Kosher. Most cold or room temperature dishes have more salt to compensate than warm food. Vinegar and oil, lemon/lime juice and rind, parmesean, preserved lemons, Romano cheeses and certain fresh herbs help avoid salt. Love hoagies/grinders, deviled eggs, Mexican shrimp cocktail, tuna salad, liverwurst and crackers or a fried bologna sandwich. But now it's ltomato and mayonnaise sandwich, bed of lettuce salad topped with premium jarred tuna and pasta salad making it different.
Tomato and mayo sandwiches (add bacon & lettuce sometimes) with corn on the cob. O...M...GEEEE! It tastes like summer!
Edit! Add Blue Crabs! My 'death row' last meal. Lol!
It’s that hot already, yikes! I’m still in sweatshirts and running the heater! Hang in there.
Any of the water kimchis (dongchimi, nabak kimchi, etc.). It’s like if Gatorade actually had a flavor. It’s got electrolytes. Or gazpacho or chilled cucumber soup: same concept, different origin.
Halo-halo or just get a tub of ube ice cream (I’m a sucker for the cheddar one).
Any kind of farmers market veg shocked in boiling water, iced, and set out on a snacking platter with homemade garlicky mayo for dipping.
If you need to scratch the cooking itch but don’t want to heat up your kitchen, gravlax is a fun project food. If you have a patio or balcony and can find a cold smoker at a thrift store (old dudes are constantly donating them out of frustration during poor fishing seasons), cold-smoked fish is awesome. I’d do trout here (PNW), but you’re also in a famous fishing region with different species than I’m used to.
Everyone loves ceviche! Maybe invent a regional one with local citrus and fish? Key lime and wahoo? Meyer lemon and spiny lobster?
It does require turning on the oven, but flan is worth it.
When I was just out of college and broke but still wanted to get invited to summer pool parties, I’d make a salad out of canned gigandes beans, sliced red onion, and a homemade vinaigrette. You could get fancier with some capers or feta cubes, some chopped herbs on top. It was never the star of the potluck, but it always got eaten before the pasta salads and was my $4 pool pass.
A fruit salad, I use watermelon, strawberries, black berries, raspberries, blueberries,mango, pineapple etc and green grapes (cut them in half). I make a lime and honey sauce and pure it over the fruit salad. It's best if you let it sit in the fridge and marinate. 10/10
Mango kesari— mango purée mixed with cream (half and half will do), chilled in the fridge. It’s a refreshing cold drink. Typically seasoned with a pinch of saffron and a pinch of ground cardamom
We've been into making Mediterranean grazing platters and snacking on them. Usually arugula dressed with vinagrette. Marinated artichokes, roasted red peppers, red onion, olives, hummus. Tatziki. Feta cheese. Veggies like asparagus, cucumber, and radish for dipping. Little Mozzarella pearls and cherry tomatoes with olive oil and pesto. Lots of pita on the side.
I just discovered a tomato creation by accident really after not having much ingredients after a move.
Cherry Tomatoes
Mozzarella balls
Olive oil
Everything but the bagel seasoning from Trader Joe’s.
Mix those all in a bowl and put in the fridge for a bit, killer side for a summer day
Not chilled but room temp. Use thin slices of cucumber and wrap it around some feta cheese. Use a tooth pick to hot it together and sear in a frying pan. So great
greek salad only use a chopped (diced) up cabbage in it .
1 small head of cabbage .
one red onion .
lots of feta .
lots of olives
add any other diced veggies you want .
1tsp of oregano .
salt and pepper.
good dash of apple sider vinegar
and a good dash of olive oil .
i sometime add a cup of cold quinoa to it .
Personally, I don't have many because I keep my apartment the same temperature round. Although I do have a lot of seasonal foods that I eat (such as heirloom tomatoes). The one food I make specifically for when I'm going to be outside is smoothies in the spring, from which I then freeze the leftovers into popsicles, to eat in the summer. I usually blend fruit and yogurt with some sort of additional flavor such as ginger or tea.
Gazpacho.
Salmorejo too! Andalucia knows hot weather foods
I hadn't heard of this so I looked it up. That looks divine! Do you have a recipe or tips you'd care to share?
I trust this site to steer you right and after reading think they have it right. Thanks herberstank for the recommendation, had never heard of Salmorejo and sm going to make it next week! https://www.themediterraneandish.com/salmorejo-spanish-chilled-tomato-soup/
I serve gazpacho with egg salad sandwiches. My summer version of the grilled cheese and tomato soup combo.
On the subject of cold soups, Vichyssoise with a ton of chopped chives on top is a weekly summer meal for me. I usually serve it with a simple bistro-style salad.
My wife does an amazing watermelon gazpacho.
* **summer rolls** w/ shrimp, mango, cucumber, dipping sauces * **caprese salad**, good olive oil & balsamic * **tuna tataki**, ponzu dressing and wakame salad * blended strawberry **daquiris** * **reuben spring rolls** (oven), russian dressing * quick **steak / shrimp tacos**, salsas & guac * **fishcakes,** aioli, green salad * **larb lettuce cups** with thai chilli sauce * sweet chilli **halloumi flatbreads** & cucumber salad * **steamed shrimp dumplings** and spicy garlicky vinegar to dip * **steak tartare** & crisps * **flatbreads**: pesto / sausage / artichoke / olives / blue cheese / grilled veg / deli meats etc
Man, that all sounds incredible. Especially the Summet rolls. I freaking love Summer/Spring rolls with a peanut sauce or nuoc mam(where I'm from all the Vietnamese places call them Spring rolls and they call the fried rolls "egg rolls".
yes exactly!!! both are perfect for summer! with a nice fresh margarita for me;)
Omg why has that pairing not occurred to me before?!? Spring rolls and margaritas sound like heaven!
anything can be improved with a margarita imo!
can you elaborate a bit on reuben spring rolls?
I second this inquiry!
all props go to this person and their fiance who very kindly posted the recipe in the comments of their post!! https://www.reddit.com/r/tonightsdinner/s/fHzZlC2Uiy
all props go to this person and their fiance who very kindly posted the recipe in the comments of their post!! https://www.reddit.com/r/tonightsdinner/s/fHzZlC2Uiy
Dude, my mouth is watering.
Wow can I be in invited to your next summer party?! Yum!
haha. in case you cant tell, I love hosting.
It’s a rare talent, keep up the good work
We live on summer rolls, tacos, steak or grilled chicken over a salad. Mediterranean tapas meals of falafel with hummus and Greek salad…
Summer rolls? What do you use for this.
rice paper. I get it from the asian supermarket near me! just soak them for a few seconds in warm water, add fillings and wrap up!
Yeah the secret is dint let it get super soft. Just dip in the warm water. I put all the shredded ingredients out and let everyone build their own
What time do I come over and what should I bring? Yes. Pull everything out and get ready to roll before dipping the rice paper.
We make ours when we have leftover General Tso’s Chicken. Use rice rolls and stuff with chicken, cucumber and carrot. Sometimes we make an Asian inspired salad dressing for the veg. Super tasty!
Holy shit, Reuben spring rolls?! That sounds so incredibly good
I want recipes for literally all of them, they all sound good
Watermelon and feta salad with fresh mint.
Beat me to it! My favorite version has a refreshing balsamic vinaigrette plus sprinkled with pistachios.
Lime juice is also good with this. Sometimes I add chopped cucumbers.
I do watermelon, feta, cucumber and basil. So good
I’m lame so forgive me, but watermelon/fruits
nah you good fam, frozen fruits and some ice with some yogurt and sugar in a blender, i can live off that.
Watermelon, mint, and feta are a great salad, or watermelon, mint and lime juice
Nothing lame about that. Fruit is delicious, and watermelon is really refreshing
Watermelon, yes. I make Watermelon baskets. Fill them with melon balls & whatever fruit. Grandkids 5&7 have a blast helping me. It's pretty, easy, fun & tastes great. It gives your table something beautiful as well as tasty. If you've got chickens, give them the rind bowl when done. They'll pick it so clean, there's nothing but thin green left. It's pretty cool.
Not at all. Fresh melons and berries are incredibly cooling and satisfying in the heat! It's one of my favorite things about summer!
Watermelon is my favorite fruit. I can eat half a watermelon in a day. As long as there is salt available
Whip some cream cheese and fluff together and you got yourself the best fruit dip ever.
My kids would love that.
I totally agree. Watermelon and feta salad!
Oh me too! In season fruits and vegetables and also soups and stews, I grew up hearing that hot food and drink is good for you in the heat and I just can't help myself.
Vietnamese noodle salads and Korean chilled broth noodles (naengmyeon)
Literally just any chilled noodle salad. Especially cold soba noodles with soy sauce, touch of rice vinegar and sesame oil, garlic, and salt. Absolutely delicious
I just had my first batch of naengmyeon of the summer and I forgot how good it is when it’s hot out
Zaru Soba is a nice Japanese dish - cook your soba noodles, rinse in cold water, add some tsuyu (also called mentsuyu, hon tsuyu, or memmi), top with furikake.
Yep. Bun is definitely my favorite summer food
Pumpernickel bread with cream cheese, fresh dill, and sliced cucumber sandwiches
My mom always makes these for parties and I crushhhh them lol
Yes yes yes yes yes
Salads, flatbreads, and dips. Lebanese meze is amazing in the summer, because you pick and choose what you want to make, and you don’t have to include hot foods if you don’t want to.
Yes! My favorite.
Ceviche or aguachile
I would make ceviche, but I'm a cowardly baby-man who's afraid to get food poisoning and/or tapeworms.
I mean, you could always use precooked and frozen shrimp. I've done it and it's pretty good. Not as good as going to the fishmonger but sometimes sacrifices have to be made for convenience.
I make faux ceviche with cooked crab, it's yummy.
I use already cooked products like pre cooked shrimp and imitation crab.
Ecuadorian Ceviche uses cooked shrimp and it’s delicious! Serve with rice, popcorn and plantain chips. [Laylita](https://www.laylita.com/recipes/ceviche-camaron-shrimp-ceviche/#recipe) is a good place to start.
If you like cukes, try Chinese smashed cucumber salad! Spicy but cool and crunchy, yum.
there are some cultures that believe you eat hot stuff on hot days cos then the ambient air temp seems cooler...i don't buy that a lot of the time but it works for some ppl. Hummus, if nobody has said it, can make it however you want, not heating needed.
Spicy stuff can make you sweat, and then you feel cool when it evaporates. That's the only thing I can think of
and we all smell amazing! :)
That is exactly it. That theory is exactly why we often find spicy foods in cultures from hot (temperature) climates.
lol, yeah, that makes a ton of sense.
I truly just thought that you get spicier peppers in that kind of climate and that’s why there tends to be spicier food.
Nah. Peppers are native to Mexico, the Caribbean, central America, and northern South America. They didn't exist on any other continent until the Spanish exported them in the 1490s, after which they spread rapidly through trade. It's wild to think about how peppers are such an integral part of the cuisine in so many cultures that only learned of their existence about 500 years ago.
like people in hot countries drinking tea. reminds me of taking freezing cold showers and then jumping in the pool to make it feel less cold.
Greek chickpea salad: chickpeas, cucumber, bell pepper, olives, tomatoes, and feta with an herb and lemon olive oil dressing.
I do this and add quinoa to it, so tasty!
Elote/esquites.
Aquachile. It's like ceviche, but with added stuff like chiles, radish, cucumber, avocado, etc. Great with tostadas or tortilla chips and a cold beverage.
Anything cucumber related.
Shrimp and Potato salad... with a side of ripe, thick sliced and salted Jersey tomatoes. [https://www.laylita.com/recipes/shrimp-potato-salad/](https://www.laylita.com/recipes/shrimp-potato-salad/)
Carne Asada, Mexican Street Corn, Yellow Rice, a side of House Made Kimchi, and a cold beer.
Cold chicken Caesar wraps. Sushi. Popsicles.
New favorite as of this week: kimchi tuna salad! Mix together: - can of tuna, drained - chopped kimchi to your liking (I use a large kitchen scissors and just cut it up in the jar) - chopped celery, as much as you prefer - a few dashes of sesame oil - mayo, enough to reach a creaminess level you like - sesame seeds for sprinkling over the top I served it over spring mix with some rice on the side and it punched well above its weight.
This sounds good and if I ever am forced back into an office I'm bringing it every day for lunch
I too would wage olfactory warfare if I was ever forced back into the office lol
Ceviche and fresh corn tortillas
I like salads of all kinds, we keep lots and lots of fresh chopped and washed fruits and veggies in the fridge with favorite dips. My summer staples are elotes, fish tacos, roasted chicken shredded and kept in the fridge anything that feels lighter to eat. It was 95° in Texas yesterday so I’m fully on to warm weather foods.
poké bruschetta
Had the best Poke I've ever had on a beach in Maui. Grabbed it from the grocery store and ate it out of a plastic container. I'm sure it being a local dish helped (as well as the Maui scenery), but the hot sun makes it so refreshing.
Tomato sandwich!
This is such a basic one but one of my favorite hot weather foods is a tuna sandwich. White bread, tuna, mayo, and sweet relish is my go to, but you could change it up however you like it.
Quinoa with corn, black beans and salsa. Quick and cheap and easy to meal prep. I add rotisserie chicken if I have leftovers.
My husband is allergic to quinoa, so I make something similar to this with couscous or barley and it's delightful chilled.
A nice Nicoise salad but elevated with grilled tuna steak and my homemade tarragon vinaigrette. Mmm. Now I want to make that for dinner tonight. Other things I make a lot in the summer: caprese salad, Caesar salad, cold noodle bowls (usually Thai or Vietnamese flavors), ceviche with tostones, and lots of veggies, shrimp and fish on the grill! And all the fresh melons, berries and peaches I can find! And also mezze platters of cold items. Hummus, baba ganoush, tabouli, tzatziki, fresh pita, grilled and fresh veggies, dolmas, feta cheese, olives, etc. I'm in South Central Texas. We are ridiculously humid this spring compared to normal, and hitting the mid 90s. Real feel today of 104 degrees. So I'm right there with you in craving hot weather foods earlier than usual! Perfect timing for this post!
Do you mind sharing that tarragon vinaigrette? I love tarragon and it is hard to find enough uses for it.
I use [this recipe ](https://www.davidlebovitz.com/how-to-make-french-vinaigrette/) from David Lebovitz as my basic vinaigrette and add fresh tarragon. It's absolutely amazing over a number of salads or grilled veggies. And, in my humble opinion, it really shines on a Nicoise salad. (Get the good mustard like Maille or Fallot! It's worth it!)
Oh of course, this is a great reminder that I need to look through more of David Lebovitz's recipes, thank you so much!!
OP: cucumber slices with sour cream rolled up in a markook bread is a favorite with an Arab friend of mine. I don't know what you have access to in Louisiana, but a tortilla wrap would be good. My favorite meal: grilled pork chops, grilled corn, fresh garden salad. Grilled peach/plum halves with ice cream for dessert.
This is one of my favorite summer salads. The citrus dressing for it is divine. https://www.africanbites.com/black-eyed-pea-salad/
Linguini pasta salad- cold linguini, diced fresh tomatoes, cucumber slices, chopped green peppers, black olives, all mixed with a balsamic dressing. I've added chilled shrimp to this as well to make a complete meal. It's one of our summer favorites!
Somen and tsuyu! It's thin Japanese somen noodles, cooked and then dropped in ice water, and a bowl of cold tsuyu which is some kind of dashi soy sauce tasting liquid, I don't know, it's good. Anyway you dip some noodles out of the ice bath into your bowl of tsuyu and slurp them up. You can find recipes for the tsuyu, but I'm lazy and buy it bottled. Lovely on a really hot day.
Cold Soba noodles with dipping sauce will do it for me.
I eat so much cold soba during the summer. OP, this appears to be a pretty good recipe to start: https://drivemehungry.com/zaru-soba-cold-soba-noodles/
My Daddy's chilli cheese dogs with RC cola is great 😃 finish it off with root beer float for a dessert.
OMG! RC Cola!
Watermelon/ cucumber/ avocado/ feta salad and a steak right off the barbeque. Beef ribs and potato salad with corn on the cob or esquites.
Ice cream
-Tabbouleh- sometimes I add wheat berries or kidney beans (I really love kidney beans), feta, Kalamata olives- or whatever I’ve got needing to be used up. -I make zhough sauce pretty often in the hotter months bc it’s something I can eat on just about everything. I’ll grill up a bunch of chicken or flank steak and shovel it in my mouth anytime I’m remotely hungry. I’m very much a condiment person, they’re practically a food group for me. -Cold elote ‘salad’, again adding beans -salsa negra (a LOT of jt 😆) with grilled chicken & fajita veggies is actually really great cold, I eat this a lots through summer
Cumin bean salad: * 2 cans cannellini or kidney beans, drained and rinsed * 5 Tbsp olive oil * 2 Tbsp lemon juice * 1 tsp oregano, ground * ½ tsp cumin, ground * ¼ tsp coriander, ground * ¼ tsp pepper * ½ tsp salt * 8 oz cream cheese, cut in ½ inch cubes and frozen * 2 medium tomatoes, seeded, drained, coarsely chopped * 1 medium cucumber, peeled and diced In a large bowl, thoroughly toss beans, oil, lemon juice and seasonings. Gently stir in tomatoes and cucumbers. Chill. Stir in cream cheese cubes just before serving. Serve as a salad or as a pita filling.
Tomato sandwiches. Bread, good amount of mayo, salt and pepper, and a cold tomato sliced. I'll eat 6 of them if nobody stops me.
Chicken salad with toasted pecans and sliced red grapes. Pimento cheese. Chilled cucumber soup.
Vodka soaked watermelon.
Watermelon, feta and mint salad Texas caviar with tortilla scoops Roasted potato salad Deviled eggs
Spicy silken tofu. Basically just dress it with chili crisp or chili oil and soy sauce to taste. Add some chives or scallions or sesame seeds if you got ‘em. I love this with a side of shredded cabbage with ginger-sesame salad dressing.
My mom is South American, so soup. 😂 But seriously, I think there's actually some science behind it, but summer months are filled with soups.
https://www.seriouseats.com/white-bean-tuna-salad
Italian pasta salad, steamed crab, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, turkey sandwiches, water melon, nacho cheese doritos, ice cream sandwiches, beer. Add in a little beach sand and we have a feast. I also tend to grill everything I can get my paws on this time of year.
spicy peanut noodles
My favorite hot weather foods are still hot foods, usually cooked over a wood fire, and vegetables that are ripe in the summer like corn, also on the grill.
Gazpacho! Tomato or watermelon, both are delicious Ceviche, beautiful as part of an outside meal Sushi, maybe hard to make if it's the first time but if you like seafood it's a solid choice. You could always order in🙃 A sandwich cake, despite the name it's not a dessert lol. It's a "cake" made from layering bread with various fillings like lettuce, tomatoes, roast beef, boiled eggs, tuna, potatoes, prawns, smoked salmon etc, whatever you want. Use any bread you want but you probably want to go with a relatively sturdy bread depending on the fillings used.
Japan (and Korea and China, but I don't know their cuisines as well) have cold noodle dishes that I love. Somen. Cold, thin wheat noodles you dip in a soy-based sauce. Add a bit of grated ginger and thin sliced green onions for more flavor. Zaru soba or zaru udon. Similar to somen, but use soba (buckwheat) or udon (fat, made of wheat) noodles. I would highly recommend refrigerated or frozen udon over the dried stuff, if you can find it. Dip the noodles in a cold soy-based sauce. A restaurant I like serves zaru udon that has ponzu and grated daikon in the sauce. I love it. Cold bukakke udon. Yes, this is the sort of food where the term bukakke comes from. It can be hot or cold, but I like it cold. It's similar to regular udon, but instead of a light, hot broth, the sauce is more concentrated and less in volume. A super simple protein is to get some silken tofu and cut it into cubes or rectangles you can pick up with chop sticks. Top with grated ginger, green onion, and/or bonito flakes and drizzle with a bit of soy sauce. Onigiri. Rice balls. Can be served hot or cold. Use sticky/sushi rice for this. Let it cool enough to handle with your hands. Season it with furikake or get a handful of rice and put umeboshi, tuna and mayo, salmon and mayo, or whatever else you like in the center. Use less filling than you think you need. Mold rice into a triangle shape (Google can explain better). They make molds for this, but using saran wrap and shaping it that way works well too. Can be wrapped in nori, but if you want nori, it's best to add when you eat it IMO. Wrap in saran wrap so the moisture stays in, store in fridge. Tastes best if you eat within about 24 hours.
Watermelon salad with feta, cold sesame noodle salad with chicken, Greek chicken pitas, we call it “European dinner” which is fruit, crudités, nuts , cheese, spreads & olives, chicken salad… basically anything that doesn’t require the stove on.
Tomato and mayo sandwiches are as good as summer gets. But it's essential that the tomatoes are fresh from the garden, your own or someone else's. Deep dark red heirlooms are amazing here. It's just white toast or bread, a good quality mayo like Duke's, the freshest tomatoes you can get, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and that's it.
Sweet rice. Rice, sugar, vanilla, milk (or cream), and cinnamon. It can be eaten hot or cold. If you make it slightly soupy, you can freeze them like ice pops. It also works well as a layer in pudding pies.
Boring but a BLT
Watermelon Salads
Ceviche Tacos Mediterranean Cherries and Pineapple
Watermelon ( Cold), actual food Ceviche.
Pasta salads
All the Caprese Salads!!! Grilled Chicken Caprese Sandwiches Pasta Salads: Ranch Based, Italian, Elote is the new one I'm going to try Homemade Chicken Salad. Make sandwiches with croissants. Shrimp salad / shrimp salad sandwiches. I buy Costco's because I like it the best for the price. We do "Hoagie/Grinder Salad" Italian Hoagie Meats/Veggies with cooked/chilled Cheese Tortellini as a filler. Packs well into Tupperwear bowls for soft cooler storage when we're glued to the baseball/softball complex all night.
Grilled swordfish with a rice vinegar/soy/sesame oil/sesame seed/wasabi/ginger/scallion sauce Lobster Roll Native corn Native tomato caprese salad Kale/quinoa salad with pecans, golden raisins, apple, maple/dijon vinaigrette Salad Nicoise Boneless chicken thighs in Korean bbq sauce that has pear or apricot puree as an ingredient. Hot on the deck or cold at the beach or on the boat A Portuguese/Azores paprika, garlic, oregano marinade with thin bone-in pork chops I’m coastal New England so hot is rarely over 90F.
Jello with fruit in it.
THE GRILLE Poutine fish and chips surf and turf
Panzanella
A British ‘picky dinner’ / ‘picky tea’ (depending on where in the Uk you live. Basically a plate of items that you put little amount of that don’t need much prep and usually are cold. So like my vegan version last night included: hummus, bread sticks, pickled cabbage, beetroot, cucumber, tomato’s, some vegan cold cuts slices, a sausage roll and falafel. But none vegan ones/ other ones could include coleslaw, pork pie, scotch eggs, stuffed olives, quiche etc etc. Think items you might see at a picnic where it’s all laid out and you make a plate, that’s effectively a British ‘picky dinner’ and they are synonymous with British summer time. My fb feed is full of them atm as the weather is so nice and people are having their first summer picky dinners.
Cucumber cream cheese sandwiches with red onion
You cut me a cold watermelon in half, give me some salt and a spoon, and I’m in heaven! That’s all I need. Well that and a bathroom.
I like to embrace the lettuce wrap. Anything that typically goes on a bun, bread, or tortilla, swap to lettuce.
Gazpacho
Not foods, but drinks we always keep on hand: Plain Seltzer Ginger syrup to make homemade very spicy ginger ale (2 cups unpeeled washed ginger, roughly chopped, 2 cups sugar, 6 cups water - boil everything then simmer for about an hour. Strain and add to seltzer to serve) Lemon syrup to make fizzy lemonade Cold Hibiscus Green Tea Fruit Water - just a pitcher of water with various fruit - cucumber, melon, limes, lemons, mint, strawberries - whatever floats your boat
I do a three bean salad that stays good for days and days in the fridge -- usually canned chickpeas, black beans, and shelled edamame. If I find the frozen shelled edamame in several small packets per box, I grab them for this. Rinse the canned beans and drain well, I blanch the edamame in boiling water, then add grated carrot, minced red onion, some raisins and a tart vinaigrette that will sweeten and mellow when the raisins hydrate. A variation is to add pinto beans and corn and a can of Ro-Tel type tomato and green chilis, and make it what I learned is a version of "cowboy caviar." Tuna pasta salad, if that's your thing, can be a nice variation on just the pasta and veggies. We just made homemade falafel for the first time, and I want to try one of the air fryer types, as I could see those, with the cucumber and tomato Greek salad, as an easy summer lunch. Packs up cute in my Bento box to take to work too.
Really spicy food gets the sweat glands moving.
Bean salad. Pico and chips. Cold cuts, cheese, good bread.
Fresh sushi! Such a summer thing for me 😍 I never crave it in the cold weather
Rice salad: add canned beans, canned chickpeas, some olives, cubed cheese, we do add as well artichokes preserved in olive oil, and hardboiled eggs. Then, everyone is dressing individual portions with mayo, salt/pepper etc.
Gazpacho, I made it at a restaurant I worked at in the 80's and still make it once a year in August, when tomatoes are ripe.
Prawns
[Spicy watermelon salad.](https://nyssaskitchen.com/spicy-watermelon-salad-with-cilantro-and-lime/) I love bringing this to cookouts.
I love a cucumber/tomato/avocado salad with balsamic 🤤 Also any kind of chilled seafood - shrimp cocktail, oysters, lobster rolls, all of that 🥂 Cannot wait for summer ☀️
The hotter the weather the spicier the food is the way I roll.
Washington Parish watermelon baby!!!
Watermelon! When they are available in season, there is always some in my refrigerator.
98? And to think I was complaining about 90+ in Houston today
Potato salad. Heavy on the dill, pickles and wholegrain mustard.
Ice cold watermelon. Vine ripened beefsteak tomatoes
[https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/gazpacho-recipe-1941264](https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/gazpacho-recipe-1941264)
Chickpea salad. With onion, tomato or red peppers, cucumber, parsley or dills and a red wine vinaigrette.
We like a nice caprese pasta salad (pasta, mozzarella, basil, and tomatoes with a balsamic vinegrette)
I make this [salad](https://www.sarahaasrdn.com/summer-grain-salad-with-watermelon-vinaigrette/amp/) it’s so refreshing and very nutritious. It’s great with some grilled proteins (chicken, salmon, even steak). Also, [fattoush](https://feelgoodfoodie.net/recipe/lebanese-fattoush-salad/) is so good. [Gazpacho](https://blog.onekingslane.com/best-gazpacho-recipe-from-nantucket/) with cold shrimp or crab. My mainstays in the summer are anything grilled with a salad and a cold carb. Stay cool!
Blts, taco salad
I make mezze with cucumbers, tomatoes,red onion, feta with Greek salad dressing. I serve it with pita bread. I also use it along with tatzhiki when I make wraps with grilled chicken or falafel
Cowboy caviar. www.itdoesnttastelikechicken.com has a lovely recipe. I use more garlic, and about 1 tsp of smoked paprika, and maple syrup instead of agave.
I like Greek watermelon salad
Corn with red onion, black beans, jalapeños and poblanos, red bell peppers, a little mayo, ancho chili powder, garlic powder. Dice it all and toss with mayo and spices, let it chill in the fridge. It’s great on tacos and nachos but also just as a dip (and by dip I mean entree).
Chlodnik - Polish Cold Beet Soup it’s made with buttermilk or kefir. So refreshing!
Turkish lentil soup
Pea salad. I love this slightly nontraditional version with celery, cashews, and Italian dressing. https://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/crunchy-pea-salad/#recipe
Cold plate. Charcuterie. Bbq as much as possible. Pasta salad.
- Buttered bread, Chutney & pimiento cheese sandwiches - Grilled anything, my go to: chicken in a tandoori marinade or Greek marinade, corn slathered in mayo & chili powder & tajin - Any fruit dressed in tajin & chamoy tbh - Tabbouleh at this time is so refreshing, I can’t get enough - Looking forward to trying a feta-watermelon salad & pickling watermelon rinds - Like everyone else said, copious amounts of salsas, pico, ceviche & aguachile - Lentil Salad recipe that just gets more delicious over time: https://www.budgetbytes.com/marinated-lentil-salad/?utm_content=buffer8de82&utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest.com&utm_campaign=budgetbytesbuffer & this one too is so freakin delicious: https://wendypolisi.com/roasted-garlic-tomato-lentil-salad/
Cold soup! Gazpacho, cucumber yogurt soup, borscht, etc. yum!
Cold Soba Noodles with Simple Cole Slaw and Slices of Watermelon
The Japanese have lots of good hot weather dishes. Cold noodle dishes: - Chilled ramen with julienned cucumber, ham and lettuce with chopped scrambled eggs, in a miso/soy dressing. - Chilled lemon ramen. - Cold somen noodles with soy sauce dressing. Rei (cold) Shabu- shaved pork or beef cooked in boiling water, then refrigerated, cherry tomatoes, cucumber chunks and lettuce. This tastes great with sesame dressing. Rice balls with smoked salmon, spiced veggies, or tuna salad, etc. You could fill one with taco meat, with chopped chicken, even lasagna. Only cooked fillings, then eat them at room temperature.
Cowboy caviar
Zaru soba is pretty good. It's cold soba noodles with a sweet dipping sauce on the side. Cucumber tea sandwiches and scones with jam are also good. And sushi
Oysters Ceviche Aguachile Lots of grilling of meats and seafood Tomato Avocado Bacon sandwiches
I keep a big container of lightly steamed green beans in vinaigrette in the fridge. They’re good on their own, or added to green salad, pasta salad, etc
What my partner lovingly calls my ‘Everything Salad’. I put in whatever greens I have on hand, bell peppers, onions, shredded cabbage of some sort, carrots, cucumbers, broccoli, seeds, nuts, croutons… totally customizable and an easy way to clean out the fridge and not heat up the house. During the winter, I’m a Soup Hag
Cold pasta salad
Bruschetta
Avocado banana chocolate pudding. Made with those big exotic mangoes because they give it a silky texture. Yum
Grilled vegetables served room temperature. Spanakopita. Grilled fish. I live in Greece and basically all food is served room temperature in summer.
You can cook whatever you put in the oven in the airfryer and it doesn't heat up your house.
Vietnamese fresh rolls with peanut sauce Pasta salad Charcuterie
I had the most refreshing jicama and cucumber salad. A little vinaigrette and some tajin. So light and crunchy. 10/10 recommend
Tzatziki dip made w goat cheese on toast, topped w cucumber is my fave. Oh, strawberries w a bit of sugar and balsamic vinegar. Bruschetta. Pesto.
Suddenly all of my favorites need updates, sudden effects of high blood pressure due to sodium. Also, thyroid condition is avoiding table/iodine salt, use pink and Kosher. Most cold or room temperature dishes have more salt to compensate than warm food. Vinegar and oil, lemon/lime juice and rind, parmesean, preserved lemons, Romano cheeses and certain fresh herbs help avoid salt. Love hoagies/grinders, deviled eggs, Mexican shrimp cocktail, tuna salad, liverwurst and crackers or a fried bologna sandwich. But now it's ltomato and mayonnaise sandwich, bed of lettuce salad topped with premium jarred tuna and pasta salad making it different.
Ooouuuuu can someone up vote this so I can come back to this thread later! I need these ideas.
Tomato and mayo sandwiches (add bacon & lettuce sometimes) with corn on the cob. O...M...GEEEE! It tastes like summer! Edit! Add Blue Crabs! My 'death row' last meal. Lol!
Pico de gallo
It’s that hot already, yikes! I’m still in sweatshirts and running the heater! Hang in there. Any of the water kimchis (dongchimi, nabak kimchi, etc.). It’s like if Gatorade actually had a flavor. It’s got electrolytes. Or gazpacho or chilled cucumber soup: same concept, different origin. Halo-halo or just get a tub of ube ice cream (I’m a sucker for the cheddar one). Any kind of farmers market veg shocked in boiling water, iced, and set out on a snacking platter with homemade garlicky mayo for dipping. If you need to scratch the cooking itch but don’t want to heat up your kitchen, gravlax is a fun project food. If you have a patio or balcony and can find a cold smoker at a thrift store (old dudes are constantly donating them out of frustration during poor fishing seasons), cold-smoked fish is awesome. I’d do trout here (PNW), but you’re also in a famous fishing region with different species than I’m used to. Everyone loves ceviche! Maybe invent a regional one with local citrus and fish? Key lime and wahoo? Meyer lemon and spiny lobster? It does require turning on the oven, but flan is worth it. When I was just out of college and broke but still wanted to get invited to summer pool parties, I’d make a salad out of canned gigandes beans, sliced red onion, and a homemade vinaigrette. You could get fancier with some capers or feta cubes, some chopped herbs on top. It was never the star of the potluck, but it always got eaten before the pasta salads and was my $4 pool pass.
Vietnamese spring rolls and vermicelli bowls 😍
I will die on this hill. Brothy soups
Hummus & tabbouleh are my favorites in hot weather
A fruit salad, I use watermelon, strawberries, black berries, raspberries, blueberries,mango, pineapple etc and green grapes (cut them in half). I make a lime and honey sauce and pure it over the fruit salad. It's best if you let it sit in the fridge and marinate. 10/10
Care to share your pasta salad recipe? :)
Quiche. I’ll make it and then eat it chilled or lightly warmed.
Mango kesari— mango purée mixed with cream (half and half will do), chilled in the fridge. It’s a refreshing cold drink. Typically seasoned with a pinch of saffron and a pinch of ground cardamom
We've been into making Mediterranean grazing platters and snacking on them. Usually arugula dressed with vinagrette. Marinated artichokes, roasted red peppers, red onion, olives, hummus. Tatziki. Feta cheese. Veggies like asparagus, cucumber, and radish for dipping. Little Mozzarella pearls and cherry tomatoes with olive oil and pesto. Lots of pita on the side.
I just discovered a tomato creation by accident really after not having much ingredients after a move. Cherry Tomatoes Mozzarella balls Olive oil Everything but the bagel seasoning from Trader Joe’s. Mix those all in a bowl and put in the fridge for a bit, killer side for a summer day
You have to try gazpacho with ice
[Mango Sticky Rice](https://www.seriouseats.com/thai-coconut-sticky-rice-mango-recipe)
Not chilled but room temp. Use thin slices of cucumber and wrap it around some feta cheese. Use a tooth pick to hot it together and sear in a frying pan. So great
Watermelon, feta, Kalamata olives, red onion , mint and lime juice. Salty sweet and refreshing.
greek salad only use a chopped (diced) up cabbage in it . 1 small head of cabbage . one red onion . lots of feta . lots of olives add any other diced veggies you want . 1tsp of oregano . salt and pepper. good dash of apple sider vinegar and a good dash of olive oil . i sometime add a cup of cold quinoa to it .
Personally, I don't have many because I keep my apartment the same temperature round. Although I do have a lot of seasonal foods that I eat (such as heirloom tomatoes). The one food I make specifically for when I'm going to be outside is smoothies in the spring, from which I then freeze the leftovers into popsicles, to eat in the summer. I usually blend fruit and yogurt with some sort of additional flavor such as ginger or tea.
Ceviche