Made in the Shade … 10 No-Cook Recipes for Hot Summer Days
When the temperatures are soaring, cooking in a hot kitchen is the last thing I want to do. This is when I turn to my favorite 10 no-cook (or almost no-cook) summer recipes.
Last week, it was in the 90’s for a couple days, and so I did some baking. *
Since I’m guessing you’re not into turning your kitchen into a furnace, I thought you might like some no-cook, no-bake meals for these hot summer days.
Here are 10 delicious, no-cook, vegan, and gluten-free recipes for hot summer days.
No-Cook Recipes
1. 5-Minute Italian Butterbean Salad
This high-fiber, super healthy, full-of-flavor main dish salad takes only minutes to prepare and is perfect for packed lunches or picnics.
2. Mediterranean Couscous Salad
An easy and healthy salad for your summertime produce. Add some pita bread with a spread (like this Creamy Cashew Chive Dip) and you have a full meal!
3. Sprout Sandwich
I do not like sprouts. At all. But they are super yummy in this amazing sandwich!
4. Oil-Free Pesto
Smother a couple slices of whole-grain bread with this luscious pesto, add some fresh tomato slices … oh, yum!!
5. Veggie Wrap
Quick. Easy. Nourishing. Clean-eating. Delicious. And flexible. What’s not to love?
6. Avocado Tomato Salad
There’s nothing quite like a juice homegrown tomato. Add a can of black beans or some crusty bread to this salad and you have nourishing and easy, no-cook meal.
7. French Lentil Salad
If you have some lentils on hand (either home-cooked or lentils from a can work great too), this elegant, yet simple, salad comes together in just minutes! Added benefits: It’s super nutritious, has amazing flavor, and is very flexible so you can make it how you like it.
8. Greek Garbanzo Salad
A very hardy and filling no-cook meal.
9. Power Salad
Packed with protein, healthy fat, fiber, and an abundance of other nutrients, this filling power salad is a satisfying meal in itself.
10. No-Mayo Chickpea Salad Sandwich
Made with a healthy serving of veggies and high-fiber garbanzo beans, this easy-to-prepare filling just may be the key to the perfect, healthy sandwich.
More No-Cook Recipes
Get some more delicious no-cook recipes that are sure to satisfy!
* P.S. In case you think I’ve totally lost my rocker, I wasn’t baking for the fun of it; I had to test a recipe for an event I was cooking for.
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