I’m looking for your best meals that require little to no cooking for days when turning on any kind of heat source sounds miserable.

Ina Garten has a Brussel Sprout Slaw and Turkey sandwich. It’s so simple and tastes so much better than it sounds. Plus, it is easy to change it up with additions. I also think of gazpacho, but adding some chickpeas or other beans to make it extra filling. Adding feta is delicious too.

What do you all do to eat well when it is sweltering outside?

  • Celox_nex
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    31 year ago

    Kiddos love grape jelly meatballs.

    Bag of 25 to 40 frozen meat balls
    12oz jar Heinz chili sauce
    Half jar of welches grape jelly
    Stir together in a crockpot for 4+ hours on low stir occasionally.

    Serve over rice.

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      21 year ago

      At first I was disgusted by the thought of grape jelly and meat balls but after thinking about it for a while I could see how the flavors might work. I think half a jar with a pre made sauce that’s already quite sweet is too much but I might try using it as a sweetener in homemade sauce. I still don’t expect much but at least I am curious now.

      But a 4+ hour dish isn’t no/low cooking and would heat up the house noticably during summer.

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        1 year ago

        This is the classic party/ tailgate meatball recipe. I, too, thought grape jelly was offputting combined with chili sauce and mustard, but it is really good. Yes it can get pretty sweet, but that’s easily adjusted. Also a crockpot doesn’t put out nearly as much heat as turning on the oven. And I consider this as low cooking because it’s basically dump it all in, turn it on, and ignore it the rest of the time.

    • TechyDad
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      11 year ago

      It sounds like the “Swedish Meatballs” my mother would make: Stir together tomato sauce and a can of the jellied cranberry sauce. Toss in the meatballs and let them simmer.

      (I’m sure this isn’t how you really make Swedish Meatballs, but that’s what we called it growing up.)