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Too Hot, Just Too Hot

July 24th, 2006 at 02:04 am

I tell you, the last few days have been so ridiculously hot that I feel like a puddle of wax melted on the floor by eleven a.m. We don't see temps at 100 in North Western Washington, we just don't. But once this week and a couple high 90's and the last two days of high 80's, I just wasn't built for this kind of heat.

Heat like this makes it very easy to eat out, because who wants to cook anything, knowing the stove or oven will just add to the discomfort in the house? So to combat that I have been cooking at night. Last night I made fried chicken at ten and tonight, I just put a pot roast in the oven, on low heat, to slow cook between now and midnight. It is just starting to cool off and we can have the curtains open, the windows up and the fans going to bring in the (finally) cooler air from outside.

We have adequate cooked protein for several days and we are eating a lot of cold veggies, cucumbers, lettuce, radishes, kohlrabi and instant potatoes. Sure makes it so much easier. Plus we have sandwich fixings so that's another no cook meal. Having the choice of ready made foods in the house instead of having to decide between cooking or wasting money at a restaurant, it is easier to choose to stay at home.

Tomorrow we will go to town and we will pack sandwiches with us so we don't get tempted to go to Mickey D's. Too many trips there can really break the food budget.

I'm usually up pretty late during the summer, so I might even make a cake after the roast comes out tonight. Then the begging to go get cookies or whatever will hush. It's gotten kind of annoying today.

Posted in Off on a Tangent, Meal Planning | 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “Too Hot, Just Too Hot”

  1. Lady Jennelle Says:
    July 24th, 2006 at 02:36 am 1153708598
    1153708598

    I hope you get some relief from the heat soon!

    Today here was actually nice and comfortable; however the forcast said hot again this week & really humid. [Aaaack!]

  2. LuckyRobin Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 12:50 am 1153788623
    1153788623

    That's a nice hope, but we see no end in sight! It's just as bad today, too. Oh, well, it will pass eventually, like maybe October. LOL

  3. baselle Says:
    August 25th, 2006 at 04:15 am 1156479311
    1156479311

    Congrats that a newspaper picked this blog entry up!

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