Not sure if I've mentioned this or not, but it's like, really hot here.
Today the squirt and I went to the library to cool off and exchange our books, only to find that the air conditioner there was broken. Gross! Sticky! By the time we checked out I could barely even form words. The lady behind the counter was all, "can I help you?" And I was all, "huh?"
My kid has been taking the world's crappiest naps because it's so dang hot in her bedroom. I don't know what to do about this.
Last night she was so crabby by dinnertime (see lack of sleep issue above) that we threw down some quick eats and hit the beach. It was easily 10 degrees cooler with the wind blowing off the water, and she thought squooshing her toes in the wet gloopy sand was awesome. Also, she squealed every time the tide washed over her toes. I wish I could bottle that and keep it forever.
It's time to start thinking about dinner. What do you gals make for dinner when it's eighty-bazillion degrees outside and you don't have central air? Has to be kid-friendly and somewhat healthy. I'm struggling here.
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6 comments:
PB&J?? Or is she too small?
rotisory chicken and pasta is what we had tonight. Another favorite is a tossed salad with grilled chicken over it. Lil bit does eat some of the salad, but she gets everything seperated.
My kids are kind of weird because they have adult palates......they love orzo with olives, feta, tomatoes and Goddess dressing.
Cut chicken into bite sized pieces and brown in a little butter or whatever you like to brown chicken in. When it's done toss it with chili powder until the pieces are all lightly sprinkled (or heavy sprinkled if you like a little zing to your meat). Toss chicken with lettuce, cheese, green onion and your favorite dressing- we like anything of the Caesar variety with it. Optional- after tossing with dressing wrap it in a tortilla for a wrap.
I hear you on the hotness scale. It was pushing 80 degrees at 8:30 this morning. UGH! I recommend a nice cool soak in the kiddie pool with Daughter this afternoon.
Salads seem to be our favorite hot weather fare. Taco salad - brown hamburger with a packet of taco seasoning. (I usually do 2x as much as I need then freeze it and nuke it for another night), lettuce, can of kidney beans, red onion, tomato, grated cheese, seasoned taco chips. Toss together with some Catalina dressing. It's great on a hot night - especially if you are dragging the already cooked meat out of the freezer and only have to nuke it!
Another one is tuna salad - lettuce, tuna, sweet pickles, celery, red onion with a french dressing - or catsup, sweet pickles and a little red wine vinegar mixed into some mayo. You can through in some good cold grapes too!
ok - one more - grab the already cooked whole chicken from the deli and mix a lot of the meat with red onion, celery, mayo with whatever seasonings turn you on and sweet green seedless grapes! serve it on lettuce with biscuts, or even sourdough toast if it's too hot for the oven!
Anything on the BBQ. It hasn't been nearly as hot out here-when NBC shows the maps of the heatwaves striking the country, Washington is like the only state that isn't in red. Anyways. When it's hot out, though, my mum won't turn on the oven. Lean burgers and all-beef (kosher) hot dogs and salads. My mum buys various steak parts, whatever and whenever, and marinates them in Soy Vey-it's a teriyaki marinade that is so good! She just lets it soak in a baggie of that in the fridge all day and then grills it in the evening. She does it with chicken too. When she does it with chicken, we usually make a salad to go underneath it. Pasta salad is good-even just like tortalini and tomatoes and olive oil. You have to use the stove for the pasta, obviously, but you can even do that in the morning when it would be a little cooler and then just stick it in the fridge. Same with egg salad, which is cooling. Hope this helps!
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