The children are sweating, you are sweating, even the houseplants are sweating. Sweat less with these easy breezy dinner component ideas for a sweltering, volcanic family dinner night!
- Frozen peas. Have you eaten a frozen pea lately? It’s a little frozen bite of heaven when it’s hot out. My kids eat these by the truckload, and they’re peas!! Vegetables!! Truly a Christmas in July miracle.
- Charcuterie spread. Look there’s no rule charcuterie plates are only acceptable meals at the pub. Roll up some lil cold deli meats, throw some cool sliced cheese on a tray, dump out a dollop of pitted olives (you never know, maybe they’ll eat one, maybe even two!!) and watch them (and yourself) go to town.
- Gazpacho — silly rabbit, gazpacho’s for kids!! Okay okay, this might…not be a crowd pleaser. But you never know!
- Popsicles. Look. Dinner is a losing battle you just have to lose sometimes.
- Tomato sandwiches. Just tomato, mayo and bread, the way the good lord intended. My kids love to pick the tomatoes in preparation so that’s handy, too.
- Or if you’re feeling in the mood for a tea party, why not cucumber sandwiches? Be extra fancy with cream cheese, dill and cucumber finger sandwiches and iced tea to wash it all down.
- Corn dogs to eat on the porch where it’s cooler, oh my god is the AC even working???
- Corn dogs inside, it’s too hot out on the porch, someone find a fan
- Maybe some soup?
- No. It’s too hot for soup.
- Green smoothies for every meal forever!!!
- Okay okay we need to eat some real food, think self think
- Pizza? No. Too hot. Salad? We had that yesterday. Mac and cheese? Too hot, too thick, too cheesy…….but oh. That does sound good. I shouldn’t though, it’s mac and cheese. Maybe if I throw some hidden spinach or something in there? Would that be weird? But no, it’s too hot even for blue box mac and cheese!!
- But then, at least it’s quick. No oven heating up the house…
- Mac and cheese it is. Bon appetit!
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