No-Cook Recipes: When It’s Too Hot to Cook!

Soups

Chilled Cucumber Soup

Make this refreshing soup in the blender to serve as an instant midsummer dinner. Serve with avocado toast, or add shrimp if you’d like protein.

Gazpacho

To turn this light soup into a hearty meal, stir in chunks of avocado, kernels of fresh-cooked corn, and chopped cooked shrimp or crabmeat.

Salads

White Bean and Tuna Salad

This salad’s got everything: white beans and tuna for protein, plus healthy, crunchy vegetables.

Chicken, Fennel, and Fruit Salad

Use prepared chicken and grains or leftover chicken.

Sally’s Bulgur Salad

This recipe comes from our editor emeritus’ wife, Sally.  She wanted to introduce grains into the family’s diet, so she concocted this simple and delicious bulgur salad.

Shrimp Salad With Nasturtium

This shrimp salad is delicious when served with bread or crackers. If you grow nasturtium (optional), the blooms add a peppery flavor.

Sandwich Suppers

Curried Tuna Salad in Pita Pockets

This recipe, a spicy new twist for an old favorite, comes from The Sandwich Book, by Judy Gethers, Vintage Books, Random House, New York, 1988.

Apple and Blue Cheese Sandwich

If you love toasty, melt-y sandwiches, this one’s for you! The blue cheese adds a salty, sharp flavor.

Vermont Farm Sandwich

Our Vermont Farm Sandwich with horseradish and raw onion is not for the faint-hearted. According to one Vermont farmer we know, a daily lunch of this is the best cold preventative there is! 

Tomato, Basil, and Mozzarella

How about just garden-fresh tomatoes, herbs, and creamy mozzarella on excellent bread? It’s a go-to for us.

And just to add something sweet …

Fruit Salad With Maple Mint Dressing

Add this delicious fruit salad as a side or dessert!

Icebox Tiramisu

Or, end your meal with our simple yet decadent icebox tiramisu!

Do you have a favorite no-cook or no-bake recipe?  We’d love to hear about it. Just comment below.