Hot weather food

One of our other Cod fish recipes ( Bacalao ) ..

Pan Battered Codfish with homemade Tartar Sauce ..

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

I don’t even feel like eating

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.

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?

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

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

Bought quiche , bought potato salad , bought cooked beetroot , canned drained chickpeas , sliced tomatoes , M&S blue cheese dressing , not keen on the usual salad stuff . Easy peasy no cook meal ! Lazy old git am I !

Tub of Coronation Chicken with salad and a baked potato.

Lots of family visiting over the weekend and we ate masses of salad and cold chicken bought ready roasted from Tesco, ice cream and fruit.
But on my own, I'm glad to have my little air fryer for something hot in the evening; it was spicy prawns last night.

Was a bit nippy here first thing. So prepped celery and Stilton soup. Ate it in garden with thermometer registering 30 degrees in shade!!!!

Hot weather makes me hungry, so I cook anyhow, but make different meals and much later in the day for my main meal than in cold weather.

A sandwich or two at midday.

Dinner between 7 and 9 in the evening.

Cold soups such as gazpacho, either the classic tomato one or the asparagus version, plain youghurt diluted with buttermilk and with sugar and lemon juice added, served reasonably cold, but not directly from the fridge.

Alternatives could be tuna from a tin with black olives and a hard-boiled egg, or fruit juice heated and thickened with potato flour than stood to cool before eating (prepare in the morning).

Frequently, I am so hungry I just make whatever I would at any other time of the year - meat balls with boiled potatoes, an omelette, or anything else, I feel like.

The heat hasn’t affected my appetite at all, nothing ever does! Well apart from pneumonia a couple of years ago and the odd stomach bug.

We have our main meal for lunch which usually includes a salad and fish.

For the evening we both eat quite light.

Today we had a lovely poached egg with escarola and walnut salad.

Dessert was just some fresh fruits with Greek Yogurt.

We're using the slow cooker for chicken curry tonight. Doesn't give out too much heat like the hob or oven

Cold gazpacho soup with garlic bread is good on hot days. Or if you have one. Make your own with a blender.

Last two lunches have been Chilled Cheese and Cucumber soup. Sooooo refreshing and tasty. It was originally from a recipe card I had nearly 60 years ago. Think it was sponsored by Good Housekeeping and the Cheese Bureau. I now add a bit more mustard for extra bite. I could live on this and salad but DH still needs "proper" food every now and then.