Category Archives: Hot weather meals

Chicken, potatoes, and broccoli 7/6/24

We bought a rotisserie chicken earlier in the week and used one breast shredded for our Asian chicken salad and the wings, thighs, and legs for various lunches. Now we needed to eat the other breast for dinner without significantly … Continue reading

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Grilling on the Fourth of July (and the 5th too!) 7/4/24 and 7/5/24

Our son came over for our Fourth of July celebration. The rest of his family was at a reunion of his wife’s clan. So as I am wont to do I made too much food for just the four of … Continue reading

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Gazpacho. 7/3/24

Today we went out in the insufferable hot weather. While out we made three attempts at getting lunch. First place was closed, no explanation. The second had finished its lunch service a few minutes earlier and told us that they … Continue reading

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Asian chicken bowl. 7/2/24

This bowl is similar to our other Asian bowls except we use shredded chicken, add bean sprouts, and substitute rice noodles for rice. The rice noodles I use are ready in about 20 minutes of soaking in hot water. When … Continue reading

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Grilled Steak, Broccoli, and Potatoes 6/30/24

Our grilled steak was a little rarer than usual but still tasted great. The broccoli also spent some time on the grill after I had parcooked it in the microwave. Since we were trying not to heat up the kitchen … Continue reading

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Grilled Smashburgers and Caesar Salad. 6/25/24

On Tuesday John took our cast iron grill and heated it up on our gas grill. When it was piping hot he took balls of seasoned ground beef and put them on the grill. Then he squished the balls of … Continue reading

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Classic chicken dinner. 6/24/24

It was actually much hotter than 92F on Monday. I think it hit 100F again. Ugh, summer, my least favorite season of the year. This is the second dinner from our rotisserie chicken and we have also had one lunch … Continue reading

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Vietnamese Rice Noodle Salad with Chicken. 6/23/24

Since it was 100F today we decided on a no-cook dinner. John had picked up a rotisserie chicken from Costco earlier in the day and our daughter very kindly offered to de-bone it and shred one of the breasts. I … Continue reading

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Hot dog, sauerkraut, and salad. 6/20/24

I was going to rave about our all-American dinner celebrating the first day of summer until I realized that our dinner idea was imported to the U.S. like much of our cuisine. First of all a hot dog, also known … Continue reading

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Father’s Day faux cookout. 6/16/24

I started out thinking that for Father’s Day we would grill some meat and corn plus serve a salad for John, our daughter, our son, who is also a dad, and his kids. But then I started thinking about all … Continue reading

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