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15 No-Cook dinner Dinners to Hold You Cool



You may be tempted to eat a whole cucumber for dinner throughout a warmth wave. As a substitute, take into account considered one of these satisfying no-cook recipes which can be filled with cooling herbs, crunchy veggies, and oven-saving shortcuts like rotisserie rooster and canned tuna. Finish your meal with a no-bake dessert, and save your favorites to MyRecipes so you may make them all through the summer time.

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Chopped Salad with Peanut Honey Dressing

Greg Dupree / Meals Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen


F&W affiliate meals editor Andee Gosnell gussies up shredded rotisserie rooster and cabbage with loads of herbs and an umami-packed peanut butter dressing.

Ceviche

Julia Hartbeck


Legendary chef Rick Bayless “cooks” contemporary, delicate fish in a citrusy marinade for this basic ceviche, rounded out with tomatoes, onion, inexperienced chiles, olives, cilantro and avocado.

Gazpacho

Photograph by Victor Protasio / Meals Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Thom Driver

Topped with a vibrant salsa fresca, this chilled blender soup from Mary-Frances Heck is bursting with candy, fruity taste from beefsteak tomatoes and bell peppers.

Lao Laab Gai

Greg Dupree / Meals Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen


You don’t want to show in your oven to make this vibrant, spicy Thai rooster salad from chef Thip Athakhanh, due to precooked rooster.

Marinated Feta Turkey Sandwich

Victor Protasio / FOOD STYLING by MARGARET MONROE DICKEY / PROP STYLING by PRISCILLA MONTIEL


F&W culinary director-at-large Justin Chapple provides pleasure to a plain turkey sandwich with slabs of feta cheese which can be marinated in extra-virgin olive oil, crimson wine vinegar, and spices.

White Bean and Tuna Salad with Shaved Squash

Victor Protasio / FOOD STYLING by MARGARET MONROE DICKEY / PROP STYLING by PRISCILLA MONTIEL


Creamy cannellini beans, massive flakes of tuna, and ribbons of zucchini and summer time squash take up the flavors of a lemon-and-thyme marinade on this Justin Chapple creation.

Chilly Cucumber Soup with Yogurt and Dill

Cara Cormack


All you want is a blender for this tangy, velvety cucumber soup from Andrew Zimmern, which will get a three-herb punch from dill, tarragon and parsley.

Watermelon Cucumber Salad

Victor Protasio / Meals Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Julia Bayless


A semi-aged goat cheese and toasted sunflower seeds add umami and crunch to each chew of this cooling watermelon cucumber salad from 2022 F&W Greatest New Chef Damarr Brown.

Emeril’s Muffuletta

Jennifer Causey / Meals Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Julia Bayless


For a hearty no-cook dinner, look to the meat case. This iconic New Orleans sandwich from Emeril Lagasse is stacked with three chilly cuts, contemporary mozzarella, Provolone, and a briny olive salad.

Potato Chip Chopped Caesar Salad

Robby Lozano / Meals Styling by Renu Dhar / Prop Styling by Josh Hoggle


Bitter-cream-and-onion chips change the standard croutons for this irresistible mashup of two beloved salads from F&W recipe developer Renu Dhar.

Italian Tuna Salad

Frederick Hardy II / Meals Styling by Melissa Grey / Prop Styling by Christina Brockman


Chandra Ram upgrades a jar of oil-packed tuna with sun-dried tomatoes, Castelvetrano olives, and a lemony honey mustard dressing.

Tomato Sandwichwith Basil-Garlic Aïoli

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Peak-season tomatoes don’t require a lot to shine, however pillowy bread slices and a three-ingredient mayonnaise flip them right into a particular summer time dinner.

Sugar Snap Pea Salad

Greg DuPree / Prop Styling by Christine Keely / Meals Styling by Chelsea Zimmer


This pretty dinner salad from chef Ivan Conill comes collectively shortly with candy sugar snap peas, rotisserie rooster, whole-milk ricotta, toasted almonds, and a zippy French dressing.

Combined Fruit Pico

Greg Dupree / Meals Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen


This refreshing salsa from Ann Taylor Pittman combines candy and savory components like tomatoes, onions, and tropical fruit. Spiced with chile-lime seasoning, it’s a super companion to sturdy cassava or plantain chips.

Aperol Spritz Popsicles

Jennifer Causey / Meals Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Christina Daley


They may not qualify as dinner, however these boozy popsicles from F&W particular initiatives editor Lucy Simon are the last word candy deal with for sweltering evenings.



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