Delicious Recipes to Keep my Family of Four Happy and Full
With summer coming quickly, I am dreading the hot days where you don’t want to turn the oven or stove on no matter how hungry you may be. I turn to salads and as many no cook recipes that I can once the temperature starts to rise. Of course, I still want sweets so I’ve gathered some of the best no bake desserts that are perfect for the hot summer days.
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Let’s talk zoodles…you know, noodles made out of zucchini. I got a spiralizer back when I started Whole30 and I fell in love. Zoodles are a great noodle replacement and, with such a mild flavor, you can put them into just about anything. My favorite right now is making Thai zucchini noodle salad to replace the yummy sesame noodles I typically get.
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Let’s talk party food. I love parties and I love food even more so I am always the first one at the food table. One thing I look for is a yummy dip that I know I can keep coming back to! This layered Mediterranean dip would totally be the dip bowl I stood next for the entire party.
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So far, I’ve been light on the pumpkin recipes here this year. Of course, the internet is blowing up with just about anything and everything pumpkin. I love pumpkin and have definitely been cooking/baking it with recently. I recently made the most flavorful pumpkin hummus and decided it was the perfect recipe to kick off pumpkin season here at Just Us Four.
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So, we had a brief bit of amazing weather over the last weekend where it was actually cool enough for a light sweater in the evenings. I loved every minute of it. Of course, being summer, it didn’t last long and we are right back to super hot temperatures. When the weather gets that way, I crave cool drinks and icy treats for dessert. Milkshakes are one of my favorite sweet treats during summer and I’ve found 11 delicious milkshakes that you have to try!
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I love July 4th! Not only because I love our country but also because of all the fun events, decor and food that incorporates our national colors of red, white and blue. This red, white and blue no bake cheesecake recipe came about as I was racking my brain trying to decide what to make for Memorial Day {same colors and all}. I didn’t end up making it for that BBQ but got to playing around with the recipe later the next week with July 4th firmly planted in my head as inspiration.
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I am a total sushi addict. I try to get it at least once per week and would probably eat it almost every day if I could. One thing I am not quite ready to try though is rolling my own sushi. Seriously, the thought of that totally scares me. I know I don’t have the patience and would get frustrated with trying to learn. So, instead, I decided to take all of the flavors of my favorite roll (spicy girl roll) and make a sushi salad.
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Summertime meals call for fresh flavors and lots of produce. At our recent parent’s day out, one of the couples brought a dish I fell in love with and had to figure out to make once I got home. For me, the combination of flavors made it the absolute perfect summer side dish. I hit up the farmer’s market to make sure I got the freshest produce I could find.
Carpaccio is typically a dish that consists of raw meat that is sliced or pounded thin and served as an appetizer. I took a little different approach though and sliced zucchini extremely thin to make my carpaccio. I did keep the traditional flavors of lemon juice, olive oil and pepper though.
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Thank you to Kizmos for providing some cook’s tools for use in creating this recipe and as a giveaway prize for my readers. All opinions and thoughts expressed here are my own.
It is H-O-T outside. With the heat comes the desire to avoid cooking anything…especially if it means turning on an oven. BUT, summer also brings a lot of picnics, BBQs and get togethers so I bet you’re often still on the hook for a dessert. How about making the ultimate in no bake desserts: an ice cream pizza?
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