The Pinnacles, Pinnacles Desert, Australia
Imagine this. The sky is deep, deep blue and cloudless. The sun burns relentlessly. The hills, lush green in winter, are yellow and bone-dry. It hasn't rained in six weeks. Day after day the air temperature is well over 100 in the old scale. An Australian heatwave.
The last thing anybody wants to do is heat up their house by cooking inside. We barbecue outdoors, eat cold sandwiches, or make refreshing salads. We seek respite in cinemas, air-conditioned shopping centres, in the pool and at the beach.
In the midst of an Adelaide heatwave, when it feels that the desert sun has settled permanently overhead, even my yen for cooking disappears. So today I thought I would link to some hot weather recipes that I have previously published here. These recipes are cooling and refreshing, and involve a minimum of cooking.
Drinks
Moroccan Mint Iced Tea
My Perfect Iced Coffee
Sweet Southern Iced Tea
Japanese Slipper
Salads
Easy Poached Chicken Salad
Easy Chicken Salad Sandwich Filling
How to Create a Sensational Salad
Desserts
Pink Ice Cream Cake
Chocolate Blancmange
Frozen Butter Pecan Mousse
Rich, Creamy Chocolate Ice Cream Without an Ice Cream Maker
For more kitchen tips visit Kitchen Tip Tuesday at www.tammysrecipes.com
8 comments:
And I am in love with my evap cooling! Oh the joy of not feeling the need to run away from home, but rather to press two buttons and be cool :)
The Pinnacles?! C'mon. it's not
THAT hot!
Oh, from my cold, snowy, winding home in America, I am so jealous right now. Too hot to cook sounds really good about now. I'll make not of these for later. And right now I'm going to go make a nice hot cup of tea.
*hugs*
Oh, you make me want summer so bad!!! (your picture is really cool by the way!)
Does it seem as odd for you as it does for me--to be in such opposite climates? I see your photos of summer fruits, and read of 100+ degree weather, and just can't wrap my head around it!
Just looking at that photo makes me hot...WOW. We are having snow right now...it's so pretty.
Hugs,
Robin
We woke up to snow this morning. How nice to have a little summer warmth. I'm soo looking forward to this summer.
:0)
Hot & Sticky! is how I'm feeling right now and probably for the rest of the week and for the down side there is no rain in site :(
Its amazing how we are sweltering in a hot summer and our fellow blogs are knee high in snow :)
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