What to eat it's so HOT?

[kadesma]

What do you do when it's so hot you can hardly breath.
One of my favorite things is to take a baguette slice it and then make a garlic mayo. I use store bought mayo about a cup add 5-6 cloves of crushed garlic and add 1-2 tab. fresh lemon juise, several Tab of fresh chopped parsley and the same of snipped chives. Toast the bread lightly spread with the mayo and top with cucumber and then with cherry tomato slices.Another good topping to go one the bread is one made from anchovy and pesto.
enjoy
kades

[DaveSoMD]

I have lots of go-to foods, cheese and veggie platter, cheese, lettuce and fresh tomato on crusty italian bread, lots of salads, I keep egg salad and chicken salad on hand too, pasta salads, bean salads. Mix and match any of them.

[luvs]

salads, fruits.

[Andy M.]

How about a bowl of sesame noodles.

[kadesma]

Originally Posted by Andy M.

How about a bowl of sesame noodles.

Sounds good Andy, will give it a try. Cade loves them so I'll make some for the two of us.cj

[ChefJune]

Watermelon! It's the most cooling food there is. Alone, or in a salad with chunks of feta cheese andwhatever else sounds good to you.

Cucumber/dill soup or Tsatsiki, or a cucumber salad. Cukes are also very refreshing food.

We do lots of salads in this type of heat. A mustardy vinaigrette, some canned tuna or salmon, mixed greens (making sure some are very peppery for interest), and whatever veggies... and some crusty bread makes a whole meal without heating up the house.

[GB]

Gazpacho is my favorite hot weather food. Cheviche is a good one too.

[bethzaring]

the weather is dreadful here today too, very hot and humid..

the BEST meal my culinairily challanged mother would make was ice cream topped with fresh fruit for weather like this

[velochic]

This is a peasant sandwich from Turkey that dh loves when it's hot out. It's just a good French or Greek Sheep's milk Feta, sliced fresh scallions, and sliced fresh tomato (still warm from the garden if at all possible) in a ww pita.

Personally, I like ice cream, too. Without the fruit. Double

We have A/C, so I just cook the usual stuff, although never the "winter" type of meals such as meaty stews and casseroles.

[Selkie]

Tropical fruit (papaya, mango, pineapple, star fruit chunks) mixed in with a a fruit juice slushy

Orange Julius
Cold pasta tuna salad
Jello Salad
Green Pea Salad
Chilled Fried Chicken
...are some of my family's summertime favorites.