Hot weather food

After a shock at the doctors the other day I had to put my foot down on having ice cream, cereal, etc for evening meals.
I am now having to use up bits we have obviously and me and my partner usually have different meals ( i am vegan he isn't) I do hate salads but am going to do what I can to cut back as I really have to lose a lot of weight

Melon & Parma Ham salad on a bed of rocket with balsamic vinegar drizzle

It’s been non stop tennis viewing here as it is every year so I don’t cook when the tennis is on anyway. I buy in salad stuff and top it up with assorted excellent cooked chicken salmon or crab. But yesterday there was no tennis! Back to a pasta dish but oh it was far far too hot to eat it all so I am back on salads with some nice quiches. Cooking will come very hard when this weather is over. It will be over won’t it?

I often crave a hot meal even during a heatwave.
On those occasions I take my airfrier outside to cook with.

I can easily make myself a whole meal in the airfrier - veg, potatoes and meat or fish - but as there are two of us, I often have to use the microwave for part of the meal too. Obviously I can't take that outside, but it warms or cooks things so quickly that it doesn't seem to make the kitchen any hotter.

I certainly couldn't bring myself to light the oven during the heatwave, not that I use it very often nowadays anyway.

I don’t even feel like eating

Peaches/nectarines in greek yoghourt has been my "i cannot be bothered" go-to

Muesli has been my lunchtime staple - a tiny bit of granola when I have any in, but mainly plain oats, seeds and nuts. I put a bit of milk on those, then chop up a nectarine on top if I have some, and/or plums, then topped with a dollop of yoghurt.

My craving for hot food doesn't start until teatime.

I lived in Spain for many years doing both physical and mental work. Long hours but it never felt oppressive like it does here.

A bit of warm weather and we fall apart at the seams, gawd help us

I have zero appetite when it’s hot. Quite a problem for me, as I’m insulin dependent. Also my blood sugar drops rapidly without warning in the heat. I too have eaten odd things, a plate of corn on the cob and mango, left over chilli (from freezer) with broccoli, and other odd things. Hubby has continued with his usual cooked full meals, that I get overheated cooking. I eat differently to him, as I only have meat at weekends, if at all.

I’d get him to cook his own meals Lemonred!

Homemade pizza cooked in our outdoor pizza oven with a side salad. Hot smoked salmon with rice salad.
Much cooler here this morning so I'm making pork chops with mac and cheese for lunch.

Tuna salad
Egg salad
Ham salad
Fried seabass (5 minutes) with salad
Turkey escalope (5 minutes) with salad