HEATWAVE! What are you cooking (or not)?

[Rouge]

The beautiful miss Lucy M was the one who taught me to pull out the slow cooker in hot weather. She lived in Darwin and said it was the best way to cook without heating up the house. People think slow cooker and winter but we use it a lot in summer. Great for sides with the bbq. Great for cooking meat too.

[~Hestia~]

I'm following the CSIRO plan at the moment. On the menu this week is lamb roast, baked fish and a chicken meatloaf, from what I can remember! Pizza tonight though, usually the case when DH has his first night off lol.

[Amity]

Nothing wrong with putting the slow cooker outside either

[Jaycee]

Great idea Div!

[Rouge]

Mine doesn't get hot enough! But if yours does then definitely do that. Great tip miss div xx

[~Kim~]

I use my slow cooker all the time in the heat.
Jo the BBQ is really really easy....have a go. My DH was surprised when I mastered it so quickly lol.

We had a simple pan fried warm chicken salad and roast potatoes done in the air fryer tonight. I'll get the slow cooker out maybe tomorrow.
Loving fruit with salads. Threw some blueberries into my ham salad today.

I'm itching for some dragon fruit and paw paw in this weather. Wish I could get some.

[MummyNaomi]

I'm making pulled chicken in my slow cooker to have with soft tacos.

Ooooh, how do you prepare pulled chicken Rogue?

[Rouge]

Stovetop or slow cooker, thighs or breasts. Cheats version is a jar of salsa. I do it with tinned tomatoes, cumin, onion, capsicum, marjoram, oregano, salt & pepper. When they are cooked shred with a fork. Goes great in wraps or tortillas. If you google pulled chicken there are heaps of recipes.

[MummyNaomi]

Thats too easy, will be doing that this week for sure

Thanks Rogue

[OceanPrincess]

Ooh definitely doing pulled chicken! Maybe tomorrow night in tacos! My kids go nuts for tacos. Off to google some recipes.

We had a barbie tonight with friends over. DH and my friend's DH were outside doing the BBQing with five kids at one stage, while me and my friend sat inside under the a/c with a glass of wine

I think I should cook like that every night.

Other ideas... Err, not many. The temptation to buy roast chicken and deli salads is strong. Putting me off that idea is the thought of dragging three kids to the shops in 43 degree heat...!

Ooh my ILs are back from the beach. I think we might hit them up for dinner one night or two... They have evaporative a/c through the whole house.

[Rouge]

And you can add chilli too. But I keep the chilli to mine and DH's so the kids are chilli free.