Category Archives: Hot weather meals

Autumn soup, hummus, and tabbouleh 9/30/22

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Beebamom

Tonight we dressed up our leftover Autumn soup with a strip of bacon each. I made a double batch last week which makes about 10-12 servings. The recipe below is the full fat version. I use about 1/4 of the … Continue reading →

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Shrimp tacos, pinto beans, arugula and golden beets. 9/29/22

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Beebamom

When we have tacos I like to make a condiment bar on the kitchen counter that way everyone can fix their plate the way they like. John cooked the shrimp and warmed the tortillas while I cut up the taco … Continue reading →

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Tofu and vegetables over rice. 9/27/22

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Beebamom

I made the vegan version of the sesame bowls I have been making. The bowl pictured here is waiting for its scallion-ginger-soy vinaigrette. We have one of these almost every week rotating through tofu, shrimp, and salmon. My daughter mentioned … Continue reading →

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Sesame salmon bowl. 9/21/22

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Beebamom

The bowls we make like this are a combination of components with varying proteins over rice with a dressing. Today’s protein is salmon but we also make this with shrimp and tofu. The vegetables remain constant – cucumber, avocado, cabbage, … Continue reading →

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Composed salad. 9/18/22

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Beebamom

On Sunday morning with one little pot of water I hard boiled an egg, blanched broccoli, and cooked a small potato. Everything else was chopped and assembled at dinner time. As a base I used a combo of green leaf … Continue reading →

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Salade Niçoise sans thon (tuna). 9/11/22

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Beebamom

I have really been loving these Sunday salads. Since I wanted a lot of different components every time there was a commercial during the US Open I would get up and chop something up or blanch the broccoli etc. I … Continue reading →

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Hummus and tabbouleh with pita 9/8/22

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Beebamom

Thursday night’s dinner was another extreme hot weather enterprise. This no-cook dinner featured hummus bought from the local grocery store, whole grain pita, radishes, feta, pepperoncini, and tabbouleh which I made myself. My recipe is one that I adapted from … Continue reading →

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Instant Pot Vichyssoise and avocado toast. 9/7/22

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Beebamom

I have to admit I much prefer making gazpacho on these seemingly endless days of temperatures well over 100F. With gazpacho I just drop a bunch of raw vegetables in a blender, whiz them up, adjust for salt and acid, … Continue reading →

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Raw vegetable salad with tofu. 9/6/22

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Beebamom

We have been eating a lot of these bowls lately. Given the fact that we are under this unrelenting heat dome (113F again, yikes!), this vegetable salad with tofu seemed like the best choice. I had planned on Thai basil … Continue reading →

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Indoor Labor Day picnic 9/5/22

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Beebamom

So much for an outside event today. Happy “All-time record heat” Labor Day. We topped off at about 113F. It’s supposed to be hotter tomorrow. Ugh. Anyway, we made a little picnic in the family room where it was only … Continue reading →

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