Here we are deep into the first week of June, with Summer and it’s hot weather just around the corner. Down here in Lower Alabama highs have been running in the mid 80° ’s for the past 3 to 5 weeks, but no really hot weather yet. In fact, I don’t think it gets THAT hot here. There is always a cool breeze coming in off the Gulf that seems to keep things nice. Some of the locals will disagree, but they have not lived in the Dallas/Fort Worth area like I have and know what hot weather really is. 10 to 15 days in a row where the highs reach 100° +. We have been here for 5 years and I have not seen the actual temperature reach 100° . Maybe the hear index once or twice, but not the actual.
I’m sure that a lot of you have recipes that you make during the Summer to keep from using your kitchen stove and heating up the house. Or just maybe some tips to keep things cool or cooler in the house. I would like to hear about them.
I grill out a lot , but I do that the year around so I guess that, that doesn’t count as a tip for me. I do try to grill a nice steak about every week of 10 days. Hey, I’ll be 78 in two weeks, so I can eat good once in a while if I want to. When we have our steaks we like to have a twice baked, baked potatoes with them. You know, one that is baked, cut in half lengthwise, the potato mashed up with butter, milk, and cheese added. It’s then returned to it’s shell and backed for a short time again with some more cheese on top until it’s hot and the cheese on top has melted. I’ve found that you can bake several potatoes an a time, go ahead and do the mashing, mixing and putting back in it‘s shell. You can then put the ones that you do not need to eat that day on a cookie sheet and put it in the freezer to flash freeze them. Then you can put them in plastic sandwiches bags and place them in the freezer. When you plan on grilling steaks or just serving them as a side item just take them out of the freezer a couple of hours before eating, sprinkle with cheese and just heat them up. It will cut out the hour it takes to bake them at 450° or so.
What do you do in order to not heat up the house during the Summer?
I’m sure that a lot of you have recipes that you make during the Summer to keep from using your kitchen stove and heating up the house. Or just maybe some tips to keep things cool or cooler in the house. I would like to hear about them.
I grill out a lot , but I do that the year around so I guess that, that doesn’t count as a tip for me. I do try to grill a nice steak about every week of 10 days. Hey, I’ll be 78 in two weeks, so I can eat good once in a while if I want to. When we have our steaks we like to have a twice baked, baked potatoes with them. You know, one that is baked, cut in half lengthwise, the potato mashed up with butter, milk, and cheese added. It’s then returned to it’s shell and backed for a short time again with some more cheese on top until it’s hot and the cheese on top has melted. I’ve found that you can bake several potatoes an a time, go ahead and do the mashing, mixing and putting back in it‘s shell. You can then put the ones that you do not need to eat that day on a cookie sheet and put it in the freezer to flash freeze them. Then you can put them in plastic sandwiches bags and place them in the freezer. When you plan on grilling steaks or just serving them as a side item just take them out of the freezer a couple of hours before eating, sprinkle with cheese and just heat them up. It will cut out the hour it takes to bake them at 450° or so.
What do you do in order to not heat up the house during the Summer?