What to cook when it's too hot to cook? (cookers, soups, vegetable)

[Mrs. Skeffington]

I don't even try - I ate ice cream for dinner three times this week.

[TabulaRasa]

If I have to use appliances, I use small tabletop ones that do not heat up the whole kitchen (pannini press, toaster oven, rice cooker, steamer, etc.).

This week (upwards of 100 every day), it's been mostly cold dishes and eating out.

[Bulldogdad]

Beer. It's got all the essential nutrients for a well balanced..............

Well its, wet cold and good.

[Michigansnowflake]

order pizza

[gentlearts]

Originally Posted by dens

I never understand grilling when it is hot. Wouldnt you rather be in the cool kitchen than the hot outdoors, this always puzzles me to no end.

When my oven is on, it heats up the whole downstairs and makes the AC work too hard.

[gichicago]

I multi-purpose a whole roasted chicken from the grocery. I'll typically make either Chicken salad sandwiches or chicken tacos.

[st33lcas3]

Ceviche. Easy to make and delicious! It's basically cubed raw fish, "cooked" using the acids from lemon and lime. Add some sliced green onions, lemon zest, chopped melons, salt, pepper and cilantro. Eat it straight or put it on some good crackers for a more filling meal. Delicious!

[Garfunkle524]

Two options:

1. Fire up grill, sit in shade, open super-cold beer, grill to heart's content (or malcontent), serve with a cold green salad or slaw of some kind
2. Go to restaurant with margaritas and air conditioning

[Hunter Wold]

Watermelon, cantelope, honeydew, peaches, apricots, plums, grapes, cherries, watermelon, ambrosia salad, tossed green Greek type salad, seafood salad, mac salad, potato salad, (requires boiling water and cooking pasta), watermelon, tuna salad, Sushi, boiled shrimp cocktail, boiled crawdads, hoagie sandwich, watermelon, BBQ brisket and make sandwiches, smoked fish and crackers with a good beer, Sushi, watermelon, bagel w/lox, cream cheese, tomato, capers, watermelon, Sushi.........

[baker Freesia]

Soup,,, Butternut Squash soup. or any soup.