Here’s a collection of dinners you can make when it’s too hot to cook. Whether you lean on precooked ingredients or quickly cooked ingredients, or small appliances that don’t heat up the house, you can make dinner for your family AND keep your cool.
Crispy Buffalo Chicken Salad
Start with pre-cooked crispy chicken OR spicy chicken. Lay it on top of a bed of fresh greens, add blue cheese and dressing, and of course, more buffalo sauce!
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Club Sandwich Salad
Everything you love in a club sandwich but in a salad!! perfect for hot summer days when you don’t want to cook!
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Cobb Salad
Too hot to cook?? Try this easy-to-make Cobb Salad. You can buy everything for it in the deli or deli section of your grocery store.
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Instant Pot Hawaiian Meatballs
Hawaiian Meatballs cook up easily in the Instant Pot for a filling and tasty dinner!
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Wendy’s Jalapeno Popper Salad
Love a good spicy salad AND jalapeno poppers?? You have to try this “almost Wendy’s Jalapeno Popper Salad” I think you’ll like it!
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Blackened Shrimp
Quick and easy, these blackened shrimp will make everyone happy! Don’t like it spicy? Reduce these cayenne pepper and just enjoy the delicious flavor.
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Instant Pot Sausage and Peppers
Easy and delicious this instant pot dinner is almost too good to be true.
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Burger In A Bowl
This burger-in-a-bowl recipe includes a homemade special burger sauce. It’s got all the toppings and flavors of your favorite fast food burger with a healthier spin served on a bed of lettuce.
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Crock Pot Chicken Cordon Bleu
The easiset dinner you’ll ever make. When it’s too hot to cook pull out the slow cooker and make this easy tasty casserole.
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Steakhouse Hamburger Salad
This steakhouse hamburger salad combines juicy smoked burgers nestled over dark leafy greens with a homemade keto blue cheese dressing and crispy onions for a filling meal that forgoes the bun.
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Chickpea Kale Salad with Tahini Dressing
A nourishing and refreshing chickpea kale salad with a creamy tahini dressing.
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Reuben Sandwich Salad
This Reuben Sandwich Salad has everything from a good Reuben. Like swiss cheese, corned beef, thousand island dressing, rye bread, and sauerkraut all in one big dinner-sized salad.
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