Question of the Day, Monday, July 5, 2021

[MoochNNoodles]

Today feels like a holiday with DH off of work so I’m enjoying it like it is. Mostly! I need to make my menu for the week and I’m trying to think up something different for the hot weather. Ive also got company coming soon so I need to plan for that.


What is your favorite summer dinner? How about for company or to share?


My grandparents were big gardeners. They never had central air. So when I’d spend summers there Gram would cook up bacon on the old gas stove in the basement and we’d have BLT’s for supper down in the basement family room where it was cooler. The tomatoes and sometimes the lettuce would come from their garden. It was SO good!!

I always make pasta salad for get-togethers in the summer. But if I’m responsible for the main dish I make pulled chicken in the crockpot. Ive done it with pork but we prefer chicken. I get Hawaiian rolls and use Sweet Baby Rays Hickory & Brown Sugar bbq sauce. DH and I put coleslaw right on our sandwiches too. I’m not a huge coleslaw fan; but like that its really good

 

[strider rose]

i dont really have a favorite ... i like almost anything

 

[susanm9006]

It’s not very fancy but one of the best tastes of summer are charcoal grilled hot dogs. Add in some potato salad and a fruit salad and it’s my favorite summer meal.

 

[Whenallhellbreakslose]

Anything that you normally find at a BBQ and throw in either Strawberry Rhubarb pie or Peach Cobbler for good measure. YUM!!!

 

[neely]

My favorite summer meal is grilled veggie kabobs on the grill with brown rice. I also like your idea of pasta salad for a side dish. Fresh fruit, sorbet or gelato for dessert.

 

[clpeters23]

My mother used to make cold pasta salad with cheese tortellini, salami pieces, black and green olives, cherry tomatoes, and broccoli florets all tossed in Italian dressing.

 

[denice]

I grew up on a farm so there was always a big garden. When it was really hot we would often just have sliced tomatoes, fresh sweet corn and watermelon. My dad always had a huge patch of Black Diamond watermelons.

 

[Talien]

Pizza is good year round.

 

[Kat0121]

Stuff from the grill like burgers, hot dogs or steak with salad and watermelon.

 

[game misconduct]

used to be any type of meat i could bbq on a grill out front on my dads driveway at any time of day or night before my stroke. sadly the apartments i live in now dont allow bbqs

 

[Winchester]

One of my favorite dinners is grilled pizza. I’ll make the individual shells ahead of time. Lay out a huge platter full of pretty much every available topping I can think of. A bowl of pizza sauce. Several cheeses. I will grab a shell and throw it on the grill. Turn it over and, at that point, people can choose what they want to top their own pizza. We have a larger grill, so I can usually fit 4 nice size pizzas on the grill. Before COVID, we had a pizza party and everybody seemed to enjoy them. Rick and I will do for ourselves, too. We also have a pizza oven for the grill when it’s the two of us.

I also like to do a good BBQ chicken on the grill. Potato or pasta salad, sometimes broccoli salad, crock pot beans, a large relish tray. Maybe a pan of mac and cheese. I love a good seven layer salad. Lemon meringue pie for dessert. Lots of mint tea and lemonade. And cookies. Never forget the cookies!

 

[MoochNNoodles]

My mother used to make cold pasta salad with cheese tortellini, salami pieces, black and green olives, cherry tomatoes, and broccoli florets all tossed in Italian dressing.

That sounds so good! I make one with tortellini, tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil and a white balsamic dressing. I might have to try your mother’s version. My DS isn’t a big meat eater; but he’ll devour pasta salads.,

 

[MonaLyssa33]

Usually it's grilled burgers with watermelon and fresh corn-on-the-cob, but really anything with corn-on-the-cob and watermelon is the absolute best part of summer.

 

[Bri5]

Hmm. Probably chicken salad croissants.

 

[debbila]

I like chicken salad croissants too. Corned beef on rye with coleslaw on the sandwich.

 

[Lari]

I associate hamburgers and hot dogs off the grill with summer. With a side of potato chips.

 

[Boris Diamond]

At this time of the summer, a homegrown tomato sandwich or BLT is always the best meal.

 

[debbila]

I love tomato sandwiches but we don't have good ones here in Arizona.

 

[clpeters23]

That sounds so good! I make one with tortellini, tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil and a white balsamic dressing. I might have to try your mother’s version. My DS isn’t a big meat eater; but he’ll devour pasta salads.,

It's one of those dishes which anything you like will do.

 

[MoochNNoodles]

I love tomato sandwiches but we don't have good ones here in Arizona.

Can you grow them in the winter? They like heat to an extent but I remember one of my mother's friends moving to Florida and saying she was growing her tomatoes in winter instead of summer.