In the last few weeks of summer, we can make the most of it. Here are a couple of cold dishes I enjoy on warm days:
1. Pepperoni Salad
Into a serving-sized bowl of lettuce, chop 1/2 a Haas avocado, 1/2 a plum tomato, and 3 large slices of uncured Pepperoni (Boar's Head sells a good one). Crumble some goat cheese on top, or if you prefer, some chopped squares of smoked Gouda. This salad is good without dressing, but if you like dressing, try this. Put about 2 tsps of olive oil into a measuring cup, and sprinkle some dried rosemary into it. Mix it with a spoon, and pour of over your salad. Serve the salad with a hearty wheat or rye roll. Mmm!
2. Mozzarella Sandwich
On wheat, oat or rye bread (grain whatever grain you fancy), spread some pesto onto each slice. Then slice some fresh mozzarella (Trader Joe's calls their mozzarella balls, "Chubs." It is worth buying merely so you can say you have a cheese chub. Hehe.). Place mozzarella slices onto bread, and slice some fresh tomato on top. Close your sandwich, and there you have it! Eat with some fruit and root veggie chips (Terra makes a yummy root chip blend). If it's a weekend and you have blender access, this meal would be delicious with a homemade smoothie (blend 1 cup of your favorite frozen fruit, 1/3 cup yogurt, 1 cup orange juice, and a banana to texturize).
3. Leftover Chicken Tacos
I have found that a well-marinated chicken makes for some pretty good cold-chicken. If you want to break the habit of only eating hot chicken, try to go cold turkey. :) Anyway. I like to take the chicken out and let it get to room temperature so it's not rigid. Then, put it in some wheat tortillas and accessorize with salsa, guacamole, black beans, shredded cheddar and sour cream! If you are a vegetarian, substitute a nice vegetable mix (or do rice and beans, or corn and black beans) for the chicken. Enjoy!
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