Thankfully for meat lovers it doesn't have to be a choice only between no cook salads or overheating the house to cook meals for the family these days. We have freezers in which to store 3 months worth of meat and poultry which was cooked and prepared ahead in cooler spring time months. We have modern small appliances like crock pots, electric pressure cookers, smokeless indoor electric grills, electric skillets, toaster ovens, etc. which do not heat the house up as badly as the kitchen stove does and/or that are so small and portable they can be easily moved and set up in another location, even outdoors, as long as there is pan outlet to plug them in. We can also grill, BBQ, or smoke outdoors ... no electricity even required. We have electric pressure canning pots to safely home can our own foods ahead with which to stock the pantry during the cooler seasons including meats that aren't recommended for water bath canning. We can even use freezers to freeze and store multiple large tubs or gallon jugs of water to place behind box fans then switch the jugs or tubs out as needed, but far less often because much longer lasting than a bowl of small ice cubes. Those bowls of melted ice then get dumped and refilled, wasting precious water, but with tubs or jugs they just go right back into the freezer over and over. Can also cool down with frozen fruits and grapes, homemade pops, no churn ice cream, and nice cream, ice cream cakes and pies. Freeze lemonade, tea, juices, etc. into ice cubes for ice cold drinks without having drinks become overly watery and weak as the cubes melt.
Thankfully for meat lovers it doesn't have to be a choice only between no cook salads or overheating the house to cook meals for the family these days. We have freezers in which to store 3 months worth of meat and poultry which was cooked and prepared ahead in cooler spring time months. We have modern small appliances like crock pots, electric pressure cookers, smokeless indoor electric grills, electric skillets, toaster ovens, etc. which do not heat the house up as badly as the kitchen stove does and/or that are so small and portable they can be easily moved and set up in another location, even outdoors, as long as there is pan outlet to plug them in. We can also grill, BBQ, or smoke outdoors ... no electricity even required. We have electric pressure canning pots to safely home can our own foods ahead with which to stock the pantry during the cooler seasons including meats that aren't recommended for water bath canning. We can even use freezers to freeze and store multiple large tubs or gallon jugs of water to place behind box fans then switch the jugs or tubs out as needed, but far less often because much longer lasting than a bowl of small ice cubes. Those bowls of melted ice then get dumped and refilled, wasting precious water, but with tubs or jugs they just go right back into the freezer over and over. Can also cool down with frozen fruits and grapes, homemade pops, no churn ice cream, and nice cream, ice cream cakes and pies. Freeze lemonade, tea, juices, etc. into ice cubes for ice cold drinks without having drinks become overly watery and weak as the cubes melt.