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I love cold plates.
Sliced ham, pepperoni, salami...
grape tomatoes, baby carrots, olives, pickles...
hummus
crackers and cheese
sliced apples
oh, yeah, and cold beer....
Tatiana La Belle
(152 posts)I had bagels and cream cheese. I didn't want to even slice anything up.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,228 posts)Just had some tonight with some coleslaw.
gvstn
(2,805 posts)Sometimes Amish macaroni salad instead of coleslaw.
My supermarket used to have a pretty good fake crab meat seafood salad on their salad bar but the last couple of years it is pretty much just fake crabmeat without the celery and stuff, so I avoid it.
Solly Mack
(90,795 posts)blogslut
(38,021 posts)Fresh veg and salad shrimp, rolled in rice paper wrappers + some peanut sauce. Yummers!
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Worried senior
(1,328 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,868 posts)I have had that before! Yummy.
DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,309 posts)Try yogurt with chopped cucumber, soaked blanched almonds, soaked raisins, salt and pepper ... yummy!
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,752 posts)It's just your basic tossed green salad with whatever you want in it, plus some chopped up ham.
Easy AND delicious!
trueblue2007
(17,243 posts)granola, shredded wheat, raisin bran
nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)I have a weakness for Cocoa Puffs (don't judge me... it reminds me of weekends at my grandparents...lol)
But cereal is truly the best on hot days
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)OR Peanut Butter crunch
I will also accept either Fruity or Cocoa Pebbles.
I used to love Frosted Flakes but I quit overtly* eating sugar a few years ago and I recently tried a bowl of FF but they were sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ridiculously sweet I couldn't finish it. I don't have that problem with the Captain.
*I quit putting sugar in my coffee and tea and I cut candy/cake/ice cream down to a few times a year and special occasions and social situations and weekdays. Oh and weekends.
nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)quick and easy..usually when I am alone. Otherwise all types of salad. Mmm pasta salad
NorthCarolinaL
(51 posts)fizzgig
(24,146 posts)CTyankee
(63,914 posts)radishes, baby carrots, tiny baby peas. If I am really prepared, some sliced deli turkey, olives, cold green beans...sometimes these are leftovers so it's a good way to eat up stuff in the fridge...
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Pizza which is then great cold the next day. Chinese food. I'm lucky I have a few great restaurants nearby for Italian takeout and Mexican. My local tavern has an outstanding fish fry every Friday (are you sensing I've sampled a lot of the local take out places here lol?)
Add a green salad and fruit and I'm done.
Or I just nuke food that doesn't heat the house or me - like potatoes, bacon and eggs, steamed veggies.
DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)and then head up to Jeremiah's for an Italian ice.
Lyric
(12,675 posts)and fresh French bread torn off the loaf.
DebJ
(7,699 posts)cole slaw, potato salad, and baked chicken with bbq sauce (cooked in larger batches and frozen, can be eaten cold or microwaved),
and fresh green salads.
Gardens pumping out cucumbers and radishes, slice em up and a little salt for nibbling.
Ice cream!
cwydro
(51,308 posts)right off the vine.
And then I make mater samiches!. Mm, mm, good.
Worried senior
(1,328 posts)but were still waiting, have a little mater on each plant.
Please enjoy one for me.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Mine have been a little uncooperative this year too.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)Whatever's ripe gets picked and eaten. I have a salt shaker on the potting bench.
This year's Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes are particularly delectable.
ailsagirl
(22,901 posts)I am so looking forward to cooler temps!
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)And eat particles until the Higgs boson blues are gone ...
love_katz
(2,585 posts)I like bean dip, on corn chips, with guacamole, sour cream, and salsa.
Add a plate of cold veggies: cucumber, cherry tomatoes, black olives, sweet red pepper, etc.
Yum!
And, prawns, with spicy cocktail sauce.
Oh, oh...now I'm hungry.
kairos12
(12,891 posts)mythology
(9,527 posts)Which oddly enough never seems to make my weight lower, but I assume I make up the calories at other meals.
I do try to keep things like apples or grapes or raw veggies handy so I at least have some healthy food for the evening before dessert.
But some days, it's hot enough that dinner is just ice cream.
2naSalit
(86,880 posts)anything that has cucumbers or watery melons in it... the actually bring down your body temp and give you electrolytes. I go for the cold salads and whatever else does not require heat to prepare.