It is really hot out today. Any good dinner recipes where I don't have to turn on the oven?

Buy some good Italian bread, fresh mozzarella cheese, pesto in a jar, and roma tomatoes. Slice cheese and tomatoes, and spread the pesto on the bread to make sandwiches. Delicious.





You can always buy the fully cooked shrimp at the supermarket, and have a tasty shrimp salad with avocado, cucumber, and tomatoes topped with a garlicy vinegarette.





Hummus is also delicious. No cooking there.It is really hot out today. Any good dinner recipes where I don't have to turn on the oven?
I live in Fl and some days I agree. I do a fruit, veggie, cheese paltter some nights and my family loves it. I just slice and have several different dips (no one can agree). It is a real casual, once in a while meal that everyone loves.





I get some French bread to go with this also.It is really hot out today. Any good dinner recipes where I don't have to turn on the oven?
theres ham salad. get 1 and a half pounds of bologna in a chuck. grind it up w/ a food processor or w/e u hav. put in sweet pickles and grind them in. then just add like a half a cup of mayo or more if u want it creamier.
CHOPPED SALAD WITH TUNA %26amp; GARLIC





6 tbsps. olive oil


1 clove minced garlic


1/4 cup red wine vinegar


1 (12-16 oz.) bag mixed salad greens (make sure the mix includes romaine lettuce)


2 (6 oz.) cans tuna packed in water; drained well


salt %26amp; pepper to taste





In a large bowl, whisk together oil, garlic, and red wine vinegar. Add mixed salad greens, tuna, salt, and pepper; toss well. Serve immediately (serves 4).
Chicken Ceasar Salad





Using a precooked rotisserie chicken makes this salad extra easy and fast, although any leftover cooked chicken will work.





Salad:


1 (2-pound) whole roasted chicken, skinned


11 cups torn romaine lettuce (about 1 1/4 pounds)


1 cup red bell pepper strips





Vinaigrette:


3 tablespoons olive oil


1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice


2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce


2 teaspoons Dijon mustard


1/4 teaspoon sugar


1/4 teaspoon salt


1/4 teaspoon black pepper


1 garlic clove, crushed


1 1/2 cups plain croutons


1/2 cup (2 ounces) grated fresh Parmesan cheese





To prepare salad, remove chicken from bones; shred with 2 forks to measure 3 cups meat. Combine chicken, lettuce, and bell pepper in a large bowl.


To prepare vinaigrette, combine oil and next 7 ingredients (oil through garlic) in a bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Pour over salad; toss well. Sprinkle with croutons and cheese; toss gently to combine.





Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 2 cups)





NUTRITION PER SERVING


CALORIES 306(47% from fat); FAT 16g (sat 4.3g,mono 8.2g,poly 2.2g); PROTEIN 29.4g; CHOLESTEROL 78mg; CALCIUM 171mg; SODIUM 445mg; FIBER 2.4g; IRON 2.8mg; CARBOHYDRATE 10.3g
Try this pasta salad





1 box of pasta..can be spaghetti or the corkscrew kind..Boil till tender and drain, add a little olive oil or vegetable so it won't stick on itself..chill


1 large peeled and diced cucumber


1 medium cleaned and diced green pepper


5 plum tomatoes chopped, more if you want more tomatoes


small yellow onion or 5 or 6 green onions cleaned and chopped


greens and all


salt and pepper


Add the vegetables to the pasta then add a large bottle of your favorite Italian salad dressing..I like 7 seas but what ever your favorite is...Mix everything together, toss and chill for a cope of hours..





You can add salami, pepperoni, or diced chicken if you want some meat added..the salad is very refreshing and filling and tastes even better the next day...enjoy.Serve with hard rolls and butter...


also


Here's a easy cheesecake recipe...





2 packages of cream cheese softened


1/2 cup brown sugar


2 eggs


1 tablespoon of vanilla





Mix the above ingredients with a beater..pour into a already prepared graham cracker crust..and bake at 350 for 40 minute or until the middle comes clean..let cool and serve with fruit such as strawberries over the top..
Mile High Sandwiches w/ huge green salad


Panninis - smush your sandwich in a george foreman grill
salad!
MEXICAN SHRIMP COCKTAIL


Ingredients:


2 lb shrimp, cooked, peeled and deveined. Chilled.


4 med tomatoes, diced


1 bu cilantro, finely chopped


1 fresh jalapeno, diced


2 cloves garlic, crushed


1 onion, diced


1 large avocado, diced.


1 large bottle ketchup


1 jar cocktail sauce, hot or mild


hotsauce, like tabasco or tapatio


6-8 lemons


saltine crackers





In a bowl, add shrimp and squeeze lemon juice from 1 or 2 lemons on it. Put back in fridge.





In a large stock pot, add 4 cups cold water.


Add the entire bottle of ketchup, cocktail sauce, cilantro, jalapeno, garlic, onion, tomatoes. Stir content until completely mixed.





Squeeze 4 lemons into the mix. Add hot sauce to the mix according to taste. If you like it hot, add 6-10 tsp. If you want it mild, add a 3-4 shakes (approx 2 tsp).





In a bowl, Add the tomato mixture into the mug then add a serving of the chilled shrimp and serving of avocado. Serve chilled and with crackers.





To make the cocktail hotter, add more hot sauce.


To make tangier, add more lemon juice and ketchup.





Serves 4-6
EASY CREAMY PASTA SALAD








Ingredients





Easy Creamy Pasta Salad





Total Time: 3 hr 30 min


Makes: 20 side dish servings, or 8 or so, main dish servings





* 1 (16 ounce) package fusilli pasta,Or substitute Tri-Color Rotini


* 1 cup broccoli florettes


* 1 cup frozen petite peas, thawed


* 1Cup Frozen Baby Carrots , thawed


*1 2ounce can sliced black olives, rinsed


* 1 medium Cucumber


* 1 cup Genoa salami, can also use Hard Salami sliced in Pizza-Like wedges


* 3/4 cup chopped red onion


* 3/4 cup diced celery


* 1 (.7 ounce) package dry Italian-style salad dressing mix


* 1 cup Kraft real Mayonaise mayonnaise


* 1 cup sour cream


* 2 tablespoons milk





Directions





1. In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook pasta until al dente, rinse under cold water and drain.


2. In a medium bowl combine mayonnaise, sour cream, milk and Italian dressing mix. Whisk together until smooth, set aside.


3. In a large salad bowl combine cooked and cooled pasta, peas, olives, salami, green onions, celery and parsley. Mix in dressing last, reserving 1/2 cup. chill for 3 hours in fridge. Stir before serving. Add extra dressing if pasta appears dry.





Notes:


This is wonderful as a side dish or main course for hot summer evenings. Even my kids who don't care for ';salad dinners'; love this. Even better the next day.


Try it and you will love it!
Do you have a grill? If so throw some brats on there and get really fresh brat buns, pick up some type of salad from you grocery deli and have fresh fruit for dessert.


If you don't have a grill, you need to do something on your stove top. Try making Loosemeats serve with chips and fruit or cook some chicken breast in EVOO with some garlic, or keep it really simple with some Hamburger Helper (their lasagna or zesty Italian is pretty good) have them with some nice fresh bread.
i like tuna salad on a fresh tossed salad.
taco salad





ingredients:


1 can of both pinto %26amp; red kidney beans


1 chopped onion


1chopped bell pepper


grated chedder cheese


lettuce


fritos





directions: mix together and top with catalina dressing.





you can either mix all ingrediants in a big salad bowl, or store everything separately for individual meals.
yesterday I made a terrific cold cucumber soup:





4 cucumbers, peeled, halved, and seeded


3 Tbsp dill, chopped


2 peeled garlic cloves


1/4 cup walnuts


2 cups unflavored yogurt


Juice of 1/2 a lemon


1 cup cold water


1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil


salt and pepper to taste





Blend all of the above in a food processor until smooth. Chill 1 hr before serving.





Then, to add some protein to the meal, I made a really yummy smoked salmon salad:





4 oz. smoked salmon, chopped


1 ripe avocado, pitted and cubed


1/4 chopped red onion


1 tbsp dill


1/2 cucumber, peeled, seeded and chopped (*NOTE: I actually used 3 1/2 cucumbers for the recipe above, reserving half a cuke for this recipe)


2 tbsp white balsamic vinegar


1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil


1 tbsp lemon juice





Mix all ingredients in a medium bowl. Chill before serving. Can be eaten straight, or served on crackers / melba toast / some other bread product.





All of it was really delicious, totally easy to prepare, and didn't require the stove. Perfect.