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No Cook Meals To Beat The Heat

Stacey Pirtle

by Stacey Published: Jul 22, 2023

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This collection of easy no cook meals that require very little to zero cooking was put together to to make getting delicious food on your table a breeze… even on those hottest days of summer when no one wants to be in the kitchen!

A collage of meals that require little to cooking to make summer meals easier.

We all have those days when cooking is just not on the menu. Whether it’s too hot, there’s no time or we’re dead on our feet, it’s all the same– our people have to eat, but we wonder how it’s going to happen.

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Instead of swinging through the drive thru or calling for take out, try one of these crazy easy no cook meals or “very little cooking required” meals. They come together in a snap and are so full of flavor, they will soon become your family favorites no matter what the temperature or your schedule is!

Easy No Cook Meals

Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad

Southern Chopped Ham Salad

No-Mess Chicken Nacho Foil Packets

Layered Muffuletta Salad

The Best Jalapeno Pimento Cheese

Chilled Avocado Soup

Berry Salad with Cherry Balsamic Dressing

Benedictine Cucumber Sandwiches

Catalina Taco Salad- Fabulous Anytime

Louisiana Peel and Eat Shrimp

Strawberry Cream Cheese Sandwiches

Ultimate Farmhouse Egg Salad

Summer Sweet Strawberry Bisque

strawberry Tuna Salad with Apples, Celery & Pecans

Steak Caprese Salad

Sheet Pan BBQ Nachos

Artichoke Pesto Pasta Salad

BBQ Pulled Pork & Peach Pizza

How to Make A Fresh Vegetable Crudité Platter with Ham & Cheese

Easy Melon Salad with Rotisserie Chicken & Garlic Vinaigrette

Southern Shrimp Salad Roll with Lemon Dill Mayo

Shredded Chicken BBQ Sandwich (Slow Cooker Recipe)

Tasty Lemon Chicken Salad

Marinated Peach & Shrimp Salad

Taco Pasta Salad with Avocado Dressing

Waldorf Chicken Pasta Salad

Spicy Creole Shrimp Foil Packets

The Muffuletta: Perfect Weekend Food

Easy Sheet Pan Pineapple Shrimp

This collection of easy meals that require very little to no cooking was put together to to make getting delicious food on your table a breeze... even on those hottest days of summer when no one wants to be in the kitchen!

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