So, it's 95º here today. I don't know about anyone else, but the heat totally kills my appetite.

I was thinking about something my mom used to make on a super hot summer day when I was a kid. A cold salad with shell pasta, tuna, peas, onion and cubes of cheese. I want that for dinner so bad - but it's a "make it the day before or early the same day" deal. You need it to chill down completely.

Guess I'll make it tonight and have it tomorrow when it's just as hot. Maybe I'll get some Fudgesicles, too.

Anyone else?

That sounds yummy!! What did she use for greens in the salad?

nammie said:

That sounds yummy!! What did she use for greens in the salad?

There weren't any - it was strictly a pasta salad (mayo based). I guess you could put it on lettuce of some sort, but we never did.

Sonic has fresh fruit strawberry slushies that are perfect for a hot, hot day.

It's just ice, fresh strawberries and sugar, so they're also very easy to make at home.

One summer, it was just sweltering hot. Nothing was helping to cool down. We went to Sonic. I got one of these and as I was drinking it, I could literally feel myself cool off, like a Yorks Peppermint Pattie commercial.

Tomato and cucumber slices are nice on really hot days.

Sandwiches and salads.

Melons, like cantalope and watermelon.

Hope this helps.

Genesia said:

I was thinking about something my mom used to make on a super hot summer day when I was a kid. A cold salad with shell pasta, tuna, peas, onion and cubes of cheese. I want that for dinner so bad - but it's a "make it the day before or early the same day" deal. You need it to chill down completely.

My grandmother used to make one with shells, green bell pepper, tomatoes, red onion, mayo, sour cream, salt and pepper. We still make it for most family functions and it is SUPER good on a hot day, but it's ALWAYS made the day before. It's just better that way.

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Oh, and seriously, I have chinese food delivered to my air conditioning when it's that hot.

Otherwise, probably a green salad or some kind of veggie tortilla wrap kind of thing. Something that involes no cooking.

Sushi of course, with seaweed salad.

But to cook yourself? Uh... beer and potato chips!

Homemade tzatziki & hummus with toasted pita bread and salad.

Genesia said:

So, it's 95º here today. I don't know about anyone else, but the heat totally kills my appetite.

God, I wish I could say the same. I usually hypernate during the summer so I always end up eating a lot of fattening foods because I'm stuck in the house.

Cerebus said:

Well, here in Bangkok it is ALWAYS hot.

One of the things that I've read is this:

Very hot (spicy) food actually has a cooling affect on the body. It raises your body temperature by almost a 1/2 degree, and this causes the air around you to feel significantly cooler. It's sort of like a the affect a fever has on you--you're body raises by a degree or so (sometimes more), but it feels really chilly around you. Well, Thai red chillies have the same effect, but at a more mild scale. Of course, you'll sweat though.

But, if you're talking about just "feel good" summer food, I find all sorts of salads refreshing.

ice and icewater

a nice caesar's salad...

pasta salad

cold fruit

veggie subs

balsamic vinegar/mushroom/mozzerella/tomato dish

cold water

...and sadly....Ben & Jerry's.

tuna salad

...or Subway

Chicken salad croissant sandwich with lots of onions and celery.

When it's sweltering outside, my mom makes a pot of hot SOUP.

More like a beef stew.

In Honduras - which is mostly Tropical in climate - they love to eat hot soup and drink hot coffee when it's really hot. Probably for the "relative cooling effect" that Imago mentioned.

As for me, when it's THAT hot outside, I tend to lose my appetite.

PurpleJedi said:

When it's sweltering outside, my mom makes a pot of hot SOUP.

More like a beef stew.

In Honduras - which is mostly Tropical in climate - they love to eat hot soup and drink hot coffee when it's really hot. Probably for the "relative cooling effect" that Imago mentioned.

As for me, when it's THAT hot outside, I tend to lose my appetite.

A couple of things:

1. Are you agreeing with something I posted?

2. Do you admit that I am right?

3. Are you name dropping me?

I agree salads or take out/delivery.

I like frozen fruit bars-As a treat during a hot day. But I think your still on the no sugar thing.

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Fruit, salad, cold sandwich, cold drinks. I love eating on a hot day!

I take a bunch of grapes, cherries, blueberries & watermelon slices, put them in the freezer for awhile, then eat them ice cold. Perfect snack for a hot day.

Edy's frozen fruit bars are great too - I like tangerine, lime, acai blueberry & pomegranate flavors.

I haven't seen 95° since I left Miami Beach over 10 years ago...I think I'd be knocked flat on my behind with heat like that!

Today we're going into the upper 70's and it's incredibly muggy so this is one of those "too hot to eat" days for me. Time to go food shopping, but with some odds and ends for lunch later we'll have a cold pasta dish. Looks like it'll be leftover grilled chicken breast from last night's football snackfest. I'll slice it, then throw it on top of cold penne pasta. Add basil leaves, sundried tomatoes, sliced grilled eggpplant or zucchini, and either buffalo mozzerella or really large curd cottage cheese. Sprinkle of salt, criushed black and red pepper, with a drizzle of olive oil and that will likely be the meal for the day.

Salad or a sandwich.Anything that doesn't have to be cooked

imago said:

PurpleJedi said:

When it's sweltering outside, my mom makes a pot of hot SOUP.

More like a beef stew.

In Honduras - which is mostly Tropical in climate - they love to eat hot soup and drink hot coffee when it's really hot. Probably for the "relative cooling effect" that Imago mentioned.

As for me, when it's THAT hot outside, I tend to lose my appetite.

A couple of things:

1. Are you agreeing with something I posted?

2. Do you admit that I am right?

3. Are you name dropping me?

I plead the 5th.

PurpleJedi said:

When it's sweltering outside, my mom makes a pot of hot SOUP.

More like a beef stew.

In Honduras - which is mostly Tropical in climate - they love to eat hot soup and drink hot coffee when it's really hot. Probably for the "relative cooling effect" that Imago mentioned.

As for me, when it's THAT hot outside, I tend to lose my appetite.

I physically can't eat anything heavy when it's hot. And food that will cause me to sweat does not interest me in the slightest. I have enough problems with feeling hot (not weather-related) right now.

Genesia said:

PurpleJedi said:

When it's sweltering outside, my mom makes a pot of hot SOUP.

More like a beef stew.

In Honduras - which is mostly Tropical in climate - they love to eat hot soup and drink hot coffee when it's really hot. Probably for the "relative cooling effect" that Imago mentioned.

As for me, when it's THAT hot outside, I tend to lose my appetite.

I physically can't eat anything heavy when it's hot. And food that will cause me to sweat does not interest me in the slightest. I have enough problems with feeling hot (not weather-related) right now.

A few questions here:

1. Are you disagreeing with something purplejedi posted?

2. Do you agree that he's wrong?

3. Are you dissing him without namedropping him?

Mostly fruits, salad, chicken, fish. Now I have to drink more water than I do

imago said:

Genesia said:

I physically can't eat anything heavy when it's hot. And food that will cause me to sweat does not interest me in the slightest. I have enough problems with feeling hot (not weather-related) right now.

A few questions here:

1. Are you disagreeing with something purplejedi posted?

2. Do you agree that he's wrong?

3. Are you dissing him without namedropping him?

I'll ask the questions in this thread.

imago said:

Genesia said:

I physically can't eat anything heavy when it's hot. And food that will cause me to sweat does not interest me in the slightest. I have enough problems with feeling hot (not weather-related) right now.

A few questions here:

1. Are you disagreeing with something purplejedi posted?

2. Do you agree that he's wrong?

3. Are you dissing him without namedropping him?

1.

2.

3.