What are some good summer time meals ideas that require little to no cooking?

I don't know about the rest of you, but when it gets hot like it has been here the last couple days the last thing I want to do is spend my day in a hot kitchen, standing over a hot stove cooking dinner, lunch, or breakfast.

So could someone give me some good summer meal ideas that require little to no cooking.
 
I know what you mean!

This is what we do at our house:

Check out the sealed PRE-COOKED meats such as beef tips, roast with gravy, pork roast, chicken, baked ham, pork chops, meatloaf.
Just pop into your microwave; directions are on the packages.
You will find these packages in the cold section (not the freezer). Ask a clerk to help you find them.
Use this for your meat dish, with a side dish or two of vegetables, rice, or potatoes which can all be found on shelves dry or canned, or in the freezer section and they are already cooked. All are delicious.

Canned fruits make wonderful desserts. My husband has canned sliced pears EVERY night. lol

Run over to the deli section of your grocery store and pick up a roasted or fried chicken. The deli will also have side dishes.

There are many plastic tubs of all types of shaved meats for sandwiches...my favorites are baked ham, roast beef, but there are many more to choose from. Pile the meat on bread or rolls, add tomatoes and lettuce. Yummmmm!

A small slice of watermelon for dessert.

We go a step further...during the hottest part of summer, we use the stiff type of paper plates as often as possible. Just throw away, no clean up.
 
Tuna Salad Stuffed Tomatoes

2 (5 ounce) packages albacore tuna (water-packed)
4 stalks celery, diced
1/2 cup sweet onion, chopped
1/3 cup sliced ripe olives
3 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
1 cup Hellmann's mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon louisiana hot sauce
1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
salt & freshly ground black pepper
red ripe tomato

1 In a large mixing bowl, break up tuna.
2 Add celery, onions and olives and mix.
3 In a 2 cup measuring cup, mix mayonnaise and remaining seasonings to blend.
4 Combine mayonnaise mixture to tuna and vegetables and blend well, folding in chopped eggs.
5 Slice off top of ripe tomatoes,
scoop out pulp and reserve for other use.
6 Spoon in tuna salad mixture to fill.
7 Sprinkle with paprika, salt & pepper if desired.
8 Garnish with black olive and celery leaves.
9 Serve as is, or chill for later serving.

Serve with some club crackers


Crab, Corn, and Tomato Salad with Lemon-Basil Dressing

1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, divided
1 tablespoon extravirgin olive oil
1 teaspoon honey
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 cup fresh corn kernels (about 2 ears)
1/4 cup thinly sliced basil leaves
1/4 cup chopped red bell pepper
2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
1 pound lump crabmeat, shell pieces removed (Or canned crabmeat)
8 (1/4-inch-thick) slices ripe beefsteak tomato
2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved

1. Combine rind, 3 tablespoons juice, and next 5 ingredients (through black pepper) in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
Reserve 1 1/2 tablespoons juice mixture.
Add remaining 2 tablespoons juice, corn, and next 4 ingredients (through crab) to remaining juice mixture; toss gently to coat.

2. Arrange 2 tomato slices and 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes on each of 4 plates.
Drizzle about 1 teaspoon reserved juice mixture over each serving.
Top each serving with 1 cup corn and crab mixture.



French bread pizza
just buy a loaf of french bread.
Cut it in half and then again long ways.

Preheat your toaster oven to 400
(dig out or smush down the center of the bread
to make a slight canoe shape)

put pasta sauce (with a tad of sugar to make pizza sauce),
veggies, lunchmeat,
and cheese and

Cook for about 10 minutes
Use more pizza sauce for dipping
or to sprinkle on top

Muffaletta

baggette sliced thin or just regular bread,
toated and cut into fourths
(I use the bigger bread slices)
add a little mayo,
some cheeses ham lunchmeat, either prepackaged or from the deli,
then slice a tomato and cut each slice into fourths,
add that to the top and enjoy
 
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