Does weather affect your cooking???
It does for me!
Cooking in the kitchen creates a hot kitchen. Or I am enjoying some outside time with my boys and have to interrupt our time to get dinner together or I forget about dinner time all together...
I am there --- NOW!
Weather has finally been enjoyable this week. My dinners are showing it! I watch kids until 5 and then it is time for just my boys and I. We tend to go outside and ride bikes or go on a long walk. We get busy and enjoy each other's company.
Thankfully - yesterday I put a chicken roaster in the crockpot yesterday and added some coconut ol, basil and a jar of sun dried tomatoes. I had made this recipe once before and we really enjoyed the flavor of the chicken. Check it out here!
What are your go to summer dishes??? I could use some inspiration!!! :) I am planning on making a healthy broccoli salad next week!
YES! The weather definitely affects my cooking. It's been so hot in Boston (except for these last two days) that I haven't wanted to TOUCH my stove. I've been eating a lot of salads--raw veggies tend to cool me down!
ReplyDeleteI really like chilled grilled meats, liverwurst, chilled cooked bacon, egg salad, etc. as cold protein staples when the weather is blazing!
ReplyDeletefruit salad is fantastically refreshing over the summer -- no matter what fruit you throw in, make sure to add MINT!! it's incredible how clean and satisfying a little bit of mint is with strawberries and mangoes :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the ideas!!!
ReplyDeleteFruit with Mint sounds WONDERFUL!!! Will make some this weekend! :)
I am making a batch of hard boil eggs today.