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Farm Kitchen:  Any good hot weather meal ideas?  |
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
2383 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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 Posted - Aug 15 2019 : 2:49:36 PM
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With the heat wave blanketing the country we should share favorite hot weather meals. It's just too darn hot to do a lot of cooking. There's always salads, but we can't eat lettuce so we have to get more creative. Curried rice salad with chicken or shrimp or maybe use orzo or kasha instead of rice. When I cook a whole chicken I like to set aside some of it in the freezer to use for a last minute meal or sometime (like today) when I don't feel like cooking.
It's 108 here today so tonight I will slice tomatoes almost through and put thin slices of meat and cheese between the slices.
What are you fixing?
Don't forget the root beer floats!
Judith
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
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Posted - Aug 15 2019 : 6:03:34 PM
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We like hot dishes at our house because you can eat them for than one meal. So tonight I made a three-bean hot dish. Butter beans, kidney beans,baked beans, hamburger, bacon and celery. Cooked it in the microwave. Delicious and no heat in the kitchen.
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Krissel
True Blue Farmgirl
251 Posts
Vicki
Sebring
FLORIDA
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2019 : 05:10:32 AM
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Whole chicken cut and layed in microwave casserole dish. One can Rottela spicy tomatoes. Cover loosely with wax paper and cook for 15 min. Turn and mix pieces after 10 minutes. Let set while you microwave potatoes and serve it to the family with salad and bread or green veggies.
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2019 : 06:19:49 AM
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We don't use the microwave a lot but I like to make pasta salad with chicken added. I can cook the chicken ahead with a bit of Italian dressing and add to my normal pasta salad, That consists of cooked spirals, cubed tomatoes, green peppers, cucumbers, and black olives. Then put Italian dressing over it and you can make the salad part ahead and chill. Add the chicken (cut into to bite size pieces) right before serving.
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2019 : 07:17:50 AM
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I don't have a summer recipe for you but I will tell you how I stock my kitchen for the summer.
Freezer:
Fully cooked store bought chicken tenders
Cooked and flash frozen ground chuck - so I can use what I need
Crockpot pork loin - single servings
Home cooked chicken broth frozen in ice cube trays - kept in freezer bag
Fridge:
Cottage cheese; hard cheese; soft cheese
Pickles; relish
Prepped veggies - celery; greens; herbs;
Panty:
Can chicken; ham; Spam in single pkg
Can English peas for salad
Can asparagus
Pork n/ Beans
Home canned dried beans
Home canned chicken broth
Onions; garlic; potatoes
Assorted pastas; 90min rice
Lemons; assorted peppers
Can vegetarian veg soup - I eat it out of the can like I did when a teenager.
I have MS so summers are especially hard on me, so I need easy to prepare meals on hand for the bad days. On better days I cook and prepare for the bad days. What's in my kitchen may vary from week to week - the above are my stables.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Aug 17 2019 : 03:07:07 AM
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We like to make pasta salads, veggie pizza to name two. We don't eat alot when it is hot.
Farming in WI
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