Tag Archives: beat the heat

Ways to Beat the Heat, #4 (Chickpea Salad)

Salads. Fresh mixed salad green from the farmer’s market, with carrots, scallion, red pepper and grapes, topped with a bit of Italian dressing. Also, chickpea salad on sourdough bread, bread also from the farmer’s market. In the chickpea salad are … Continue reading

Posted in Recipes | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Ways to Beat the Heat, #3 (Thai Black Rice Pudding)

Be prepared. Silly sounding, I know. Yesterday while I was making dinner, I overheard on the news that this weekend was going to get humid again. It’s not forcasted to be quite as hot as earlier this week, but humid … Continue reading

Posted in Recipes | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Ways to Beat the Heat, #2

I’m not much of a juice drinker, but I figure when it’s important to stay hydrated, it’s a reason to drink juice, among other beverages. This is mango juice with seltzer water. I don’t usually buy the fancy-pants variety of … Continue reading

Posted in Food | Tagged | Leave a comment

Ways to Beat the Heat, #1

Since we can’t live on soy ice cream alone: fruit. Don’t have to cook it, it tastes great cold, and can be mixed up into a very tasty and sweet salad. This one is made up of pineapple, mango, strawberries … Continue reading

Posted in Food | Tagged , | Leave a comment