Now that the weather in the US seems to be really heating up, do you have any unconventional 'cold food' recommendations?
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June 11th, 2015
I worked outside much of the day in 90°+ heat. I was thinking to getting a chopped salad from Subway, but went to the grocery for a few items. I spied a container of Campbell’s Slow Cooked New England Clam Chowder and thought, “Now that might be good cold!” A little doctoring and it was a great cool meal paired with a fresh tomato, smoked Swiss cheese (now at Aldi!) and Dijon/mayo blend. My only regret is I forgot the chipotle Cholula in the soup.
Share your hot weather non-traditional treats?
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After being out in the hot sun I think the simplest, very satisfying thing to eat, is cold watermelon.
For a while I was making an apple salad with this dressing I used to buy. I have no idea the name of it. The dressing kept the apples fresh so you could store the salad a few days in the fridge. It was apples, walnuts, and I can’t remember what else. There are probably all sorts of recipes for stuff like that.
A quick drink is lemonade powder mixed with club soda. The soda takes away some of the sweet from the fake powder.
New England clam chowder cold sounds awful.
When the weather starts heating up I begin to always keep a few cans of peas in the fridge (particularly the little petit pois brand)
Combine a can or two with a container of sour cream and whatever other veggies, cheese, or seasonings strike your fancy.
Unconventional but delicious and refreshing.
Oh, I almost forgot my latest refreshing drink discovery. I don’t normally care for Mountain Dew but they just came out with a new flavor called Sangrita Blast and they had a display set up where you could buy single small bottles.
It was surprisingly delicious, tart, lemony, refreshing.
Of course I always dilute it significantly with water cuz otherwise it’s way too sweet. But that makes It perfect for me. (I’m not that enthused about th red color but the taste is really unique) I’m assuming from the name that it’s a takeoff on Sangria, albeit a non alcoholic one.
For some odd reason its not available in 2 liter bottles so I had to settle for getting the 24 can packs when Kroger had them on sale for 3 bucks apiece.
apparently they’re a limited time available so I really stocked up.
Great summery flavor. Fruity, tart and refreshing
cantaloupe and cottage cheese
Gazpacho
Honeydew melon and fresh mint cold soup. Buy a fresh, sweet, ripe honeydew melon, cut flesh into small pieces. Throw into blender with sprigs of fresh mint. Drink. If too thick, can be diluted with a little pineapple juice.
When I was younger my aunt used to make macaroni and cheese using canned “cheese sauce”. It doesn’t ‘set up’ like regular mac and cheese. She put ham cubes in it and I would feast on it, cold, when the weather was hot.
Add tomato and it’s a meal.
I’d love some gazpacho, @bossob!
Serve it up!
Sorry, you gotta wait until my garden tomatoes and peppers come in!
Nope. I’m a pretty traditional sort. I like to freeze my yogurt, and was freezing pudding even before Cosby mentioned trying it.
Well, I don’t know how non-traditional it is, but I am planning cold poached salmon with sauce, along with a spinach salad with mustard vinaigrette dressing for this weekend.
Fresh cucumber juice mixed or solo is my favorite refreshing beverage.
Cold watermelon or cold cherries are my summer faves. Simple, portable, easy.
Cold german potato salad with Bockwurst and mustard. And some cucumber salad.
Vichyssoise is an easy French soup to make that is traditionally served chilled. (It’s also great hot,) To give it a slightly sharper, more refined flavor palette, add a little Pinot Grigio wine. Ooh la la!! To make it a light meal, add a mixed greens salad on the side.
A blazing 100 here today, officially the hottest day to date so far. I have a giant bowl of diced watermelon and cantaloupe in the fridge right now and am making Turkey bacon BLTs tonight with a refreshing cucumber and grape tomato salad. I could live on melon and cucumber salad.
Others, cold chicken, chicken salad, tuna salad, pasta salads, deviled eggs, potato salad, cream cheese and salami or ham and cream cheese sandwiches. Tomato and avocado sandwiches, lots of Sorbet and Sherbert and of course, ice cold BEER! lol
Last summer I practically lived on vegetarian sushi like Inari, and Tamago and Avocado and Cucumber Rolls. I would eat one or two pieces of the sushi with some Seaweed Salad and/or some Japanese Pickled Vegetables The sushi and the seaweed salad are available at almost every sushi restaurant. I got the pickled vegetables at a Japanese grocery store, but I’ve made some of them at home too. Just google “tsukemono or Japanese pickled vegetables.”
I also love Thai and Vietnamese food so I often eat Fresh Spring Rolls which you can also get with shrimp, since you eat fish. I also get Green Papaya Salad which is available at most Thai restaurants.
I eat a lot of hummus too. I like to spread it on tortillas and add veggies (pickled or raw). If you like to make it yourself, don’t limit yourself to just traditional chickpea hummus. You can use black beans, sweet potato, or edamame (soybeans). Here are some more Hummus ideas.
I like to add pesto to egg salad sandwiches.
I love kale, so lately I’ve been trying a bunch of different kale salads. This Raw Kale Salad with Avocado, Tahini and Maple Syrup is one of my favorites.
I like to make meal salads, rather than just side salads. Here are some of my favorites:
Veggie Overload Salad
Mexican Bean Salad
Bean Salad with Artichokes and Feta
I also like to eat cold, leftover pizza dipped in hot sauce, or yogurt dip, or hummus. But I have strange tastes.
@Kardamom Your mention of sweet potato hummus got me excited – I can’t eat legumes and miss hummus. But all the recipes I googled, and all the ones in your link (which sound delicious) include chickpeas. Do you have a hummus recipe – any, not necessarily sweet potato – that does not contain chickpeas or tahini that you could share?
@Kardamom Wow, this is great stuff! Thank you very much for all the tasty looking suggestions.
I mis-typed – I can eat tahini. I can eat dairy and nuts (except for peanuts, which are legumes. Some people think cashews are legumes too, but I don’t seem to have issues with them). The big things for me to avoid are the legume family and the cabbage family, apples, melons, stone fruits, and raw onions. (It’s the low FODMAP diet, more or less.)
. Coconut ice cream bars. sigh, so dreamy
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