Summer recipes.

[Moxie.]

I would love to hear what some of your favorite things to cook during the summer are, especially if it doesn't require heating up the house by using the oven a lot. I always struggle to come up with inspiration this time of year.

[Everglow.]

This time of year I could live on pasta salad!

I make a really good chicken & bacon pasta salad which has:
- Chicken breast, cooked with salt, pepper and cajun spice
- crispy bacon (cooked in the air frier)
- Wild rocket
- Onion
- Peppers
- Cucumber
- fusilli pasta
- Mayonnaise dressing

It's nice and refreshing, and easy to prepare.

Looking forward to hearing more recipes, especially ones that don't take too long! I love cooking, but I'm definitely a winter cook rather than a summer one usually.

[Dawn.]

Sushi is a good recipe that I enjoy in summer.

[Starseeker]

I like a layered gyros salad

[Moxie.]

Originally Posted by Everglow.

This time of year I could live on pasta salad!

I make a really good chicken & bacon pasta salad which has:
- Chicken breast, cooked with salt, pepper and cajun spice
- crispy bacon (cooked in the air frier)
- Wild rocket
- Onion
- Peppers
- Cucumber
- fusilli pasta
- Mayonnaise dressing

It's nice and refreshing, and easy to prepare.

Looking forward to hearing more recipes, especially ones that don't take too long! I love cooking, but I'm definitely a winter cook rather than a summer one usually.

This sounds so good!! My partner and I love pasta salad and are going to the grocery store later today, so I'll definitely make sure we pick up the ingredients for this to make over the weekend!

Originally Posted by Silvan

I like a layered gyros salad

I looked this up and it definitely looks tasty! I'll have to try that one of these days. Are there any particular recipes you would suggest?

[Mallika]

I love it that you started this thread!!

These are some recipes that I'm trying to make this weekend:

1. Banana cinnamon rolls

I have a bunch of bananas that are so ripe they're turning brown. But after making loads of banana bread over the past few months, I wanted to try something different, so I found a recipe online that uses bananas in cinnamon rolls.

Here is the recipe video if anyone is interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p8RoQvPz44

2. Brazilian lemonade

Again, I haven't tried this yet, but looks super interesting and delicious. Just uses limes, condensed milk and water/ice which are hopefully available easily to many: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rxaqmzndR8

Some recipes also add coconut milk to it.

3. Orange marmalade

Good quality marmalade is always so expensive! I'm going to try making my own with just 2 ingredients: oranges and sugar. You can add lemons if you like.

Here is the recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTfp3HevfmE

Love to see what others have to share

[Starseeker]

Originally Posted by Ambedo.

I looked this up and it definitely looks tasty! I'll have to try that one of these days. Are there any particular recipes you would suggest?

This is the one I use:
https://aniagotuje.pl/przepis/salatka-gyros

It's not in English though, but I found an English version that looks very similar. The only difference is that the recipe above doesn't use eggs and the one below does. I've never eaten a gyros salad with eggs, but I imagine it fits well.
https://www.mecooks.com/salads/gyros-salad/