Summer Foods
by When it's really hot out, there's always some things that I like to make either because it's served cold, or it's a lite dish. (As opposed to say, beef stew) Some of my favorites: breaded chicken cutlets & cold steamed broccoli with lemon & garlic. Also, chicken caeasar salad. As you can see, I don't have too many of these types of meals, so I'd like to know some of your favorite summer meals.
Oh, another...we had a BBQ last week, and i marinated chicken in a honey terriaki sauce and put it on a shish kabob w/ pinapple & red onion & peppers. that was really good, & summer-ific.
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i think rita's counts. stop by ur local store and experience the pleasure of rita's. even buy alex's lemondade and help support cancer research....if ur into all that "helping " stuff
Get some fresh shrimp, let them marinate in various sauces, put on some sticks, sit it in tinfoil on the bbq . delightful
saw this in giada, cinnamon sugar baked pizza dough with lemon marscaponi cheese. topped with fresh berries. looks delicious!
teriyaki? as in JESSE teriyaki??
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lol, not you
mexican food!
I make this roast chicken breast salad when it's too hot to eat something warm: roast two chicken breasts (on the bone) with just a little salt, pepper and olive oil on them. At the same time, cook white (or brown) rice along with wild rice grains in part water, chicken stock and lemon juice. Also at the same time, saute 1 clove of garlic with the one fennel bulb, sliced, until transparent. Add fresh thyme and let cool. When the chicken is finished, remove from the bone and either chop neatly into cubes or shred. Toss the chicken, it's juices from the pan, the fennel, and rice together and top with a little more lemon juice. Serve at room temperature. It's perfect with a crusty piece of bread and a cool glass of pinot.
hollllllyyyy schnikesssss, this sounds sooooooo delicious.
I made this yesterday, but I changed it around a little. I roasted the chicken breast with tons of balsamic vinegar (the cheap stuff, because you roast it for about an hour); cooked the rice in just water cuz I was out of stock; chopped the fennel raw to keep it really light and crisp; added the juice of three lemons and the zest of one and fresh rosemary and marjoram, chopped finely, into the finished salad. I used one of those gravy-fat separators to separate the juice from the roasting pan, then added almost all of the remaining balsamic/chicken juice mixture. It's really tangy and sweet at the same time. Perfect for a 100 degree afternoon.
Strawberry spinach salads.....great while you're sitting on your patio, enjoying a glass of chardonnay. Yum.
I have a Chardonnay
strawberry spinach salads??
Heck yeah!!!!
whats in it??
Just a wild guess, but sliced strawberries and spinach leaves?
Reminds me of my favourite salad... at Milestones...
CALIFORNIA SPRING SALAD
Crumbled goat cheese, fresh strawberries, thinly sliced red onions, spicy-glazed pecans
So, good!
Spinach leaves (fresh), sliced strawberries, candied walnuts, crumbled bleu cheese, and anything like a raspberry vinagrette or a poppyseed dressing, and sometimes I add some chopped onions.
cheap hamburger patties, lightly grilled. mooshy rare. with A-1.