Cold dinners?

Baker_Bride

I used to post here a lot. Then I got KU and had major morning sickness that made frequenting a food board pointless. Then the board got messed up fixed again and here we are. Anyway, I'm glad to see the old format is back even if many of the regulars seem to have vanished. 

It has been so oppressively hot here that I have wanted nothing but salads and cold things for dinner. I am starting to get bored with what I've been making. I don't mind cooking aspects of the meal such as poaching chicken for a cold chicken salad--our ac is pretty good--but I don't want any meals that are hot when served if that makes any sense. What are your favorite cold dinners? Thanks!

Frazzmatazz

We've been doing a lot of main dish salads. I've also made "summer spaghetti" at least 5 times since May, that way I'm only really making the pasta.

Magdala9

Something a little different:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Sugar-Snap-Salad-366394 

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Shrimp-in-Escabeche-239993

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Vegetable-Summer-Rolls-105012

blu-eyedwife

I love salads in the summer, so maybe I'm not much help ;-)

But what about gazpacho?  It's perfect for hot weather.  Same with a nice cucumber/yogurt soup.

rakle99

Creamy cucumber or avocado soup can be served chilled, as well as soups with fruit as the main flavor. Egg salad is easy and can be served cold. I'm not sure if you have a grill, but I love grilling veggies, refrigerating them, and making a wrap out of them. Sometimes during the summer I'll make a meal out of a yogurt/granola/fruit parfait. I love having 'appetizer nights', where I'll eat small servings of cheese and crackers, bruchetta, veggies and hummus, etc. Making salad fixings and wrapping them up in a rice wrapper kind of like an egg roll makes a nice meal too.

ChristyDM82

I haven't tried this yet, but I'm making it this week for dinner:

Quinoa Salad