photo courtesy of dreamstime.com
Yep, it’s that hot in Dallas this week. It’s been hot for a while. We have had 30 days in a row of 100+ degree weather. Today will be the 31st. No relief in sight, according to the weather forecast:
Yikes. Needless to say, there will not be any turning on of my oven for a few days. Dinners will be prepared on the stove, the grill, and in the crockpot. So even though we’re eating chili in August, I figure it works, since the crockpot puts out virtually no heat. (And chili is delicious any time of year!) Every little bit helps.
Monday:
Breakfast: egg “muffins” – chopped zucchini and turkey chorizo with scrambled eggs, baked in a muffin tin (made these this weekend when the sun went down, so the house wasn’t too hot); steamed kale
Lunch: garden salad with leftover grilled chicken
Dinner: crockpot chili, spinach, slice of rosemary olive oil bread (from Life As A Plate – more info on this soon, as I’ve adopted AndreAnna this month for Adopt-A-Gluten-Free-Blogger!)
Snacks: bites of leftover grilled chicken, handful of hazelnuts
Tuesday:
Breakfast: egg “muffins”, sauteed spinach
Lunch: crockpot chili, rosemary olive oil bread
Dinner: garden salad with grilled chicken (or alternatively, dinner out. I have a soccer game at 5:30. It’s indoor, thankfully.)
Snacks: homemade beef jerky, baby carrots
Wednesday:
Breakfast: egg “muffins”, rosemary olive oil bread, sauteed spinach
Lunch: salad with grilled chicken or steak slices
Dinner: liver and onions, steamed spaghetti squash, steamed broccoli
Snacks: celery with almond butter, beef jerky
Thursday:
Breakfast: egg “muffins” and spinach
Lunch: leftover liver and onions and broccoli, or if no leftovers, tuna salad with celery sticks and baby carrots
Dinner: picadillo (making this again – gotta share this recipe soon!), guacamole, fresh homemade salsa, spaghetti squash
Snack: handful of hazelnuts, baby carrots
Friday:
Breakfast: egg “muffins”, spinach or yellow squash
Lunch: leftover picadillo and guacamole
Dinner: paleo chicken strips (from Everyday Paleo – cooked in skillet), roasted potatoes, sauteed okra
Snacks: celery with almond butter
great idea to use your crock pot..Edinburg, has been off the charts hot,sticky and humind!! great meal ideas!!
Oh my gosh, I can’t even imagine temps that hot day after day! Love the photo of the egg being fried on the cement. I guess that says it all. BTW, your chopped zucchini, turkey chorizo and scrambled egg “muffins” sound amazing! I’m surprised you can even think of what to make for the week when it’s that hot. Yikes! Jump in the nearest swimming pool! =)