Hot weather eating

[Guest guest]

My darling angelic wife has taken to learning the ways of the

barbeque. It's fun(ner) than cooking indoors, and it doesn't heat

the house.

If you take foil and make an envelope, you can toss in mushrooms or

broccoli and a little margerine (use very little), and then grill it

for 15 minutes or so right beside your skinless chicken breasts or

salmon steaks. In a word, " Mmm " .

[Guest guest]

This has not been a problem for me here in the mountains of Western

Pennsylvania. On the news the other night they said we have not hit 90 degrees

for 2 years and our highest temperature this year has been 83!!! But when it is

hot, I stick with cold food - fruits, salads, raw veggies, yogurt, cheese and

crackers or sandwiches and LOTS of fluids.

Kitty

[Guest guest]

I'm new to this thread so I thought I'd add a recipe that is definitely

cooling. Cut a ripe but not over ripe banana in half width wise not

length wise. Coat the banana in either peanut butter or yogurt or even

melted chocolate. I like a crunchy sort of runny organic one that works

well for this. Then I crush up a low sugar breakfast cereal like plain

cheerios or special K or anyone of your choice. Make the cheerios so that

you can't seel the circles. Roll the banana in this mixture and freeze in

the freezer for a day. You can stick a wooden popsicle stick or other

skewer into the unpointed end or not bother with it. Great for kids too.

Another suggestion is to put unsweetened applesauce into kid's popsicle

molds and freeze till frozen.

margo

[Guest guest]

This sounds delicious; unfortunately, all that sugar and starch would

send my BS through the roof.

Re: Hot weather eating

I'm new to this thread so I thought I'd add a recipe that is definitely

cooling. Cut a ripe but not over ripe banana in half width wise not

length wise. Coat the banana in either peanut butter or yogurt or even

melted chocolate. I like a crunchy sort of runny organic one that works

well for this. Then I crush up a low sugar breakfast cereal like plain

cheerios or special K or anyone of your choice. Make the cheerios so

that

you can't seel the circles. Roll the banana in this mixture and freeze

in

the freezer for a day. You can stick a wooden popsicle stick or other

skewer into the unpointed end or not bother with it. Great for kids

too.

Another suggestion is to put unsweetened applesauce into kid's popsicle

molds and freeze till frozen.

margo

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[Guest guest]

> This sounds delicious; unfortunately, all that sugar and starch would

> send my BS through the roof.

As far as the coated half of a banana goes, I use an organic peanut butter

that has no added sugar, and the amount of crushed cereal to coat one half

of one banana is less than what one would eat if the cereal was in a bowl

with milk for breakfast. The cereals I use (plain cheerios and Special K

cereal are amongst the lowest in sugar content of all the cereals. And

the fat in the peanut butter would slow down the sugar rise anyway. There

is the natural sugar content of the half of a banana though. As far as

the applesauce popsicles goes, it is the no sugar added applesauce I use.

margo