When It's Too Hot to Cook

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us When It's Too Hot to Cook  I live in the Seattle suburbs, so we are used to gray skies and rain for about nine months of year, followed by three months of blue skies, sunshine and moderately warm temperatures. So imagine our discomfort, when we experienced five consecutive days of 90 degrees plus, with "cooler" days hitting the mid-80s. Few of us have air conditioning so it's hard to escape the heat, unless we decide to spend whole days at the mall. And the last thing we want to do come dinner time is turn on the oven, or even fire up the grill. So what are we to do? Fiona Haynes Low Fat Cooking Expert When It's Too Hot to Cook When it’s just too hot to cook, and you don’t want to resort to delivery pizza, there are plenty of healthy and delicious low-fat meals you can make without going anywhere near the stovetop or oven. READ NOW Share 10 Summer Recipes It might be too hot to cook on some summer days, but there are plenty of other days when it's cool enough to want to have a cookout. READ NOW Share Make a Leaner Burger The trouble with most hamburgers is that a burger made from 4 ounces of regular ground beef (70 percent lean, or 30 percent fat, depending which way you look at it) can contain as much as 34 grams of fat, which is more than half the daily value of fat and almost two-thirds the daily value of saturated fat. And that's before adding cheese, bacon, mayo or other fat-laden toppings. Here's how to make and enjoy a leaner burger. READ NOW Share How Many of These Super Foods Are You Eating? No matter what kind of diet you follow, even a low fat diet, there are some foods that you should try and include. These so-called super foods are chock-full of healthy nutrients -- even "fatty" fish and nuts. READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • 20 of Our Best Zucchini Recipes • Zucchini Squares with Cheddar Cheese and Bacon • 7 Spanish Meals Ready in 30 Minutes or Less • Family Pleasing Eggplant and Zucchini Casserole With Cheddar Cheese • The Best Zucchini Muffins with Carrots and Cinnamon Sugar • Savory Zucchini Pancakes Make an Excellent Summer Side Dish • Creamy Rice Pudding Filling in Fried Bread Rolls • This Easy Chocolate Zucchini Cake is Made with a Cake Mix Advertisement About Food   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Low Fat Cooking newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved