COLD SUMMER SALAD FOR A HOT AUTUMN DAY

[electrolux137]

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It was just too hot to cook today. (It was 97 degrees at High Noon.) So I dug around in the refrigerator and this is what I came up with for lunch.

COLD SUMMER SALAD FOR A HOT AUTUMN DAY

Diced cold leftover chicken breast
Vari-colored miniature heirloom tomatoes
Sliced Persian cucumber
Raw walnut pieces
Cubed Kerrygold hard white cheddar cheese
Diced yellow Anjou pear

I arranged the above ingredients over a bed of baby spinach, finely chopped broccoli, carrot, cabbage and snow peas.

I drizzled the salad mix with fresh lime juice, super-dense fig balsamic vinegar and Arbequeña olive oil, and topped it with sprigs of fresh basil and oregano from our window herb garden.

YUM-yum-YUMM-yum-YUMMM!!!

 

[super-sweeper]

Hey, New forum idea....<span style="text-decoration: underline;">COOKING WITH CHARLES!</span> 

 


Who knew leftovers could be so grand?

 

[electrolux137]

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I wish other people would post more recipes. It's a great way to get new ideas.

 

[kenkart]

That looks good...

But im SOOOO GLADDDD Summer is over!!! It is 40 degrees here!!I love it!

 

[electrolux137]

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It's still hot out here, but not as bad as it was Wednesday through yesterday when it topped 100• in some areas. Today it's about 80• but there's a light wind blowing that makes it feel cooler. When it was so hot earlier in the week, the air was =absolutely= still -- no breeze at all. It literally felt like being in a dry sauna.

I don't mind it being hot outside; in fact I love it. But inside -- forget it! We don't have air conditioning and are on the top floor of an old two-story fourplex that has poor attic insulation or none at all. When it's really hot outside it's like an oven in here -- even with fans all over the place. The heat just radiates from the ceiling and all the fans do is move around the hot air. It's been really miserable in here the past few days. I've asked the owner about insulating the attic, even offering to help pay for it and do the work, but he apparently isn't going to do so.

A meteorological oddity out here in SoCal: Usually, no matter how hot it gets in the daytime it always cools down at night, sometimes by 20 degrees. Not so the past few days. It's STAYED hot.

But it appears cooler weather is on the way, yay!

 

[kenkart]

Its REALLY been cool..

IN our house...so cool the electric bill was 289 one month, 225 the next and the last bill was 254!!!!!!I dont give two hoots, Ill go hungry before I will be hot and sweaty!!!LOL..Our AC stays on 68 all summer.

 

[super-sweeper]

Fall is in the air here in Florida! I love it! 

 

[marks_here]

Here too in Tn fall is all over the place after the storm that just blew by.. Leaves, acorns, wooly worms etc.. It's wonderful!!!

 

[luxy1205]

Fall Weather

The leaves are changing colors and it's cooling off! We turned our heat on last Saturday because it only got to the mid 40's! No sun and very windy too! It got down in the 30's at night! Today it's a beautiful 64 degrees and sunny! Perfect weather for me! I love cold weather though, it's the best! My husband's sister and brother-in-law stopped by last weekend to visit. They're from Huntington Beach, CA and they told us that it's been in the 100's! They liked being here so they could get a break from the heat! I'm going to take advantage of today and ride my bicycle and go feed the geese! -Michelle

 

[portable]

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">OK....back to the salad.......Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm</span>