Ideas for meals in this heat

Frenchgalinspain You're so lucky to have access to so much fresh fish. Here it's really only the people on the coast who can access it unless we buy it chilled or frozen from the supermarket, and there's not much choice. We have a fresh fish van that comes around once a week but his stock is very limited.

But now you've made me want some nice sea bass with a citrusy sauce over it.

I have cauliflowers that need harvesting - so tonight it is a recipe I found on BBC recipe site cauliflower pizzaroli I think it’s called. Cauliflower tomatoes herbs, garlic etc roasted with strong cheese. Might have either crusted bread or pasta with it.

Old easy favourites.

Buffalo mozzarella (the shapeless lump kind) sliced and mixed with sliced tomatoes, crushed basil leaves and vinaigrette dressing, eaten with good bread and lashings of butter.

Halloumibabs - cubes of halloumi and of a thick heel of bread, threaded on skewers with bits of pointy red sweet peppers between the pieces, drizzled with a lemon and olive oil and grilled until the halloumi and the bread are a light golden brown.

Ham and cheese roll-ups - Squares of (inexpensive) ham rolled up round soft cheese into "cigars". Eaten cold with the fingers in the sunshine. If the weather turns bad, roll them in flour then beaten egg then home-whizzed breadcrumbs, and shallow fry them to golden in a little oil and butter, while a potato bakes for 6-10 minutes in the microwave.

lettuce sandwiches
bananas and cream
elderflower presse
sorted

Battered Fresh Calamarí ..

Raw fresh clams on the half shell ..

Fresh Mussels Marinara ..

Spinach Salad

Greek Salad

Prawn Salad ( without shells ), avocado sliced in laminas, pistachios, lemon juice sprinkled lightly, Extra virgin olive oil, salt, spinach leaves & assorted lettuces.

Tayín of available white meat fish ( sea bass / cod / halibut / lemon squeezed lightly, salt and black pepper, spices to taste, garlic finely sliced and sweet Galician Onion and a little red ripened tomato ..

Cheesy egg and spinach pie which can be eaten hot or cold. It has no pastry crust so quite easy to do. I found the recipe or it found me on UTube.

My standbys are
microwaved jacket potatoes with coleslaw or

couscous which just needs to be soaked in boiling water with lots of chopped up bits and bobs in it (tomatoes, olives, spring onions, sweetcorn, cooked veg)

Salad alongside

Greek Mezze: Dolmades / Hummus / Taramasalata with Cod or Haddock ( Grey mullet is unavailable on our side of the Spanish side of the Mediterranean ) however, can use red mullet or gallineta.

Sushi & Sashimi delivered ..

Gazpacho or Salmorejo ( cold soup )

Risotto perhaps?……..I know it has to be cooked but it is only one pan, potential to use up left overs and is tasty and nutritious.

Pizza with salad
Omlette "
Prawn "
Pasta "

Not very inventive but I like salad, try differing your salads with adding croutons, chopped nuts, fruit pieces mange tout, chopped crispy bacon not all at once though 😂

Well, I was getting a bit like that too, but yesterday I saw a recipe on TikTok for peach and burrata salad and I've just been shopping for the ingredients so we're going to have that for a change.