Recipes

[svli_2000]

On 7/22/2014 Zhills said:

I have always leaned toward sandwiches for lunch but I have given up bread and it is a challenge to eat without it. Pasta salads or meat salads on saltines. Sometimes I roast veggies in my mini oven earlier in the day to have for later. Don't eat dairy so cheeses are limited. Just fruit gets old. Often make Ninja 'ice cream' in the afternoon for a snack. Loving these suggestions!

Hi Zhills, if you have Wholefoods near you, they sell spinach or sundried tomato tortillas. They are excellent to make wraps and are wheat and gluten free. I gave up all that contains gluten a few years ago. I use these tortillas either in my favourite mexican dishes or to make wraps.

[stilltamn8r]

One of my favorite hot weather dishes is to take some cooked shrimp (frozen thaw fast!!!) some leftover cold rice, slice some green onion, chop a little mango or pineapple, then dress it with a little salsa mixed with limejuice and a bit of oil....yum!!! "tropical shrimp salad"!!!

[just4me]

big, i mean BIG salad with the works in it.

[LooPY]

You'll love this--it's absolutely delicious, so refreshing, and comes together in no time flat!

Turkey Salad

8 oz. deli smoked turkey, sliced thick (in 4 pieces), julienned

1 head Romaine lettuce, torn in small pieces

3 peaches, (or nectarines or apricots), sliced

2 celery ribs, sliced crosswise in 1/4" widths

1/2 c. red onion, sliced

1/2 c. walnuts, toasted

feta cheese (5-6 cubes)

Dressing: juice of 1-2 limes, 3 Tbsp. olive oil, salt (optional). Toss with salad ingredients. Enjoy!

[Beebee2]

I also like a nice thick rich garlicky gazpacho; it makes a meal.

And I like to serve chillled strawberry soup along with some chicken salad in a cantaloupe.

Corn and black bean salad with all the trimmings is a good meal, too.

In the fridge during the summer I like to keep several kinds of lettuce, arugula and spinach, cilantro, hard boiled eggs, a variety of cheeses and cottage cheese, grilled chicken, ham, and all the summer veggies that can fill out a meal, cucumbers, celery, radishes, carrots, avocado, sometimes jicama, and fruit.

So, there's infinite variety of possibilities. Sometimes I think Mexican, sometimes Italian, sometimes Asian, and often just plain old salad

I like Good Seasons for dressings, and Trader Joe's carry some nice fat free dressings that are amazing; their cilantro is my favorite.

It can be fun NOT to cook. Good luck, Zhills.

[151949]

Pasta salads are my absolute favorite food. in the summer I also will get a rotisserie chicken at the grocery store and make a big tossed salad with the pieces of the chicken on top. (in Pittsburgh they also serve these in restaurants with french fries on them).

[Beebee2]

Today at book club a friend laid out goodies for an Asian chicken salad; it was divine. Grilled sliced barbecued chicken that she had first marinated in an Asian dressing. She had each ingredient in its own plate/bowl for our choice, starting with mesclun lettuces. Also there were sliced green onions, sunflower seeds, chow mien noodles and Girard Chinese Chicken Salad Dressing. it was so good. She had other baked goodies, etc. for us and a to die for peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream.

[Chicagoan]

Fresh Corn on the cob right from the farm and home grown tomatoes and bread and butter! YUM

[DiAnne]

My favorite meals when it is really hot are composed salads. Love a cobb salad or a crab louie with avocado and hard boiled egg (if crab is too expensive I opt for shrimp).

[lovesrecess]

it is even too hot for the crockpot sometimes! I buy a rotisserie chicken at Costco and a spinach salad that is ready to go from the deli section there; DH and I can eat several meals from these without cooking anything.