My apartment technically has air conditioning, but it’s only in my bedroom, so there’s an actual invisible wall where the temperature changes between my room and the rest of the apartment. If you step through it, you’ll either enter a frozen tundra or the Sahara Desert, depending on which way you go. It’s not so bad; I could have no air-conditioning at all. But I do wish my air was in the main living area instead because I need it to cool my kitchen down more than anything.
I have actual proof on my thermostat that when I’ve got the oven on and I’m cooking up a storm during the summertime, the temperature in my apartment shoots up. Consequently, I gravitate towards shorter, quicker recipes for those months. I don’t avoid cooking altogether, but it’s ideal when I can be in and out before the oven turns my apartment into a sauna.
I know you guys can relate. Whether you’ve got no air, or you just don’t like hanging out over a hot stove when it’s hot enough outside, there’s nothing better than quick and refreshing recipes that will get you in and out of the kitchen, or ones that are no-bake too. I’ve got a whole compilation for you to make this your coolest and tastiest summer yet.
1. No-Bake Watermelon Oreo Ice Box Cake
3. No-Bake Whipped Chocolate Peanut Butter Graham Trifle
4. No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Balls
5. Butterscotch-Cinnamon Whipped Cream Pie
7. Personal Raspberry and Peanut Butter Cream Pies
8. E.L. Fudge Cookie Ice Box Cake
11. Brownie-Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bites
12. Chocolate-Peanut Butter-Pretzel-Brownie Trifles
13. White Chocolate S’mores Pops
What’s your favorite cool summer recipe?
