Its hot here! Finally! Here’s some ideas I have for this week to avoid doing a lot of indoor cooking in the heat of the day:
Sunday: Grilled marinated pork chops, grilled flatbread, corn on the cob (for the kids, only 2 from our CSA this week!) & green salad
Monday: Pasta salad with tuna, chickpeas, tomato & basil, beet greens
Tuesday: Meatloaf (pork & turkey combo, cooked in the bread machine!), grilled pattypan squash & grilled potato packets
Wednesday: Crock pot turkey legs (probably something like this, not exactly sure yet!), bread or brown rice, kale from the garden
Thursday: Homemade pizza (dough from bread machine, cooked on the grill if its still hot out!) & fruit
Friday: Camping! I need ideas (dairy and beef free) for something yummy and easy!
Saturday: Camping! Send those ideas my way, please!
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Love the hot-weather ideas! For camping, we usually do foil packet dinners. They’re similar to the potato packets you listed above but we just add a bunch of veggies as well, and cut up some of those sausages that are pre-cooked (just so they don’t spoil/contaminate other stuff as easily). Add some butter, seasoning, and cook over coals or an open fire. Try to avoid placing the packets directly in the flames though, and double-wrapping is a good idea, too.
The other meal we do is to cook a batch of lentil soup (or other bean-based soup) in the crockpot and freeze it. We eat it the second night so that it’s mostly defrosted and so it can serve as icepack in our cooler. We just heat it up on our campstove and serve with bread.
Enjoy your camping trip!
Just discovered your blog! Great ideas for hot weather. I never thought of using the bread machine for anything else! For camping, we often do grilled corn on the cob, veggie kabobs, fire baked potatoes (they take a while!) with chili, and sausages on sticks. Have fun!
Sounds great!!
Wow, that sounds yummy… makes me super hungry! (Although I’m always super hungry these days.)
I’m coming to your place for dinner!