Cool Dishes for Hot Days
Last Updated July 26, 2020
Don't heat up the kitchen or yourself. Whip up these cool summer dishes that require some chopping, but minimal cooking.
Gazpacho with Shrimp and Avocado
Take some farm fresh Tomato Juice Cocktail (ours came rom Delvin Farms at The Richland Park Farmers Market), add some cold cooked shrimp, chopped avocado and any kind of pesto you have on...
Watermelon Cucumber Salad with Feta and Mint
Summer in a bowl from our first farm dinner in 2017.
Peach Caprese Salad and Balsamic Reduction
Fresh Georgia peaches sub for vine-ripened tomatoes in this classic salad. I like to reduce some good-quality balsamic vinegar to add gooey, tart, sweet flavor. One caveat, open a window or prepare...
Steak with Radish and Pickled Onion Salad
You can order local grass fed beef online from Porter Road Butcher
Summer White Bean Salad
We like to cook a bag of dried white beans to have on hand for lots of recipes, but you can use 2 (15-ounce) cans drained white beans in this recipe also.
Herb Roasted Chicken Salad
Keshia typically makes this from the remains of her Simple Roasted Chicken. A rotisserie bird works fine, too.
Kale & Couscous Salad
Kale and couscous in a peach honey vinaigrette from Charles Hunter of The Salted Table.
Lady Pea Salad with Pesto
Field peas, a product of the South, are in season now and ready to be savored. You can find bags of shelled peas at the farmers market as well as peas that you can shell yourself. There are many...
Three Tomato Salad with Creamy Artichoke Chicken Salad
Bushels of cherry tomatoes always take me by surprise. They still feel like diamonds in the rough. And they're still in abundance at my daughter's produce stand--chocolate cherry tomatoes, teardrop,...
Leftover Hot Chicken Salad with Spicy Croutons
Try leftover turkey in this fresh salad.
Wheat Berry Salad with Roasted Beets, Kale and Chèvre
Roasted beets are paired with wheat berries, nuts, cheese, greens and a splash of vinegar. There isn't a more satisfying salad around. Even better, it's vegetarian, high in fiber, vitamins A and C and...
Black Bean Kale Salad with Goat Cheese
With a bag of dried beans in the pantry, and kale and goat cheese in the fridge this salad assembled itself. And I borrowed a red onion from my sister, as, well, you can't make black bean salad...
