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THERESA: Summer is such a healthy food time. Time to eat lots of fresh fruit (It's blueberry season! Yay!) And time to grill. I especially like marinated chicken on skewers with grilled veggies-- very healthy. And if you're not feeding a crowd, I recommend (and I wasn't paid to say this) picking up one of those George Foreman grills to cook up easy midweek dinners for one or two (Dave bought one a couple weeks ago-- something I never would have checked out otherwise and it's GREAT!) -- really great for grilling veggies to make healthy pita sandwiches, or turkey burgers, or sweet potato fries and lots of other good stuff.
What healthy foods do you all like in the summertime?
WENDY: The best thing about summer is FRUIT! Though I am sorely disappointed in the peaches this year -- maybe they will get better. And, in the summer, we often dispense with cooking veggies at all -- just serve em raw on a plate in the middle of the table, with low-fat ranch dip or hummus. Yum....
KIMBERLY: My personal favorite which I made last night is: a bed of raw baby spinach with grilled salmon and grilled sweet potatoe. I dress it with 1 tablespoon of olvie oil and a balsalmic reduction. Simply Delicious.
YVONNE: I should probably get one of those George Foreman grills. They're cheap now, right? Everyone I know who has one raves about them. And at least I could pick up a piece of fish or some turkey buger on theway home and cook it real fast before I decide I am too tired to cook.
THERESA: The one we got was $15 on Amazon. It's small. Dave thinks now he should have gotten a bigger one, but I think it's fine for cooking up something for one or two people. I made grilled zucchini and yellow squash yesterday, tossed in a little olive oil, and it was delish!
WENDY: By the way, this is may FAVORITE healthy-food cookbook. It's called "Healthy Cooking for Two (or Just You) : Low-Fat Recipes with Half the Fuss and Double the Taste" and it's published by Pennsylvania's own Rodale. Great recipes, but even better -- the portions are perfect for small households. It's got a recipe for "Texas Caviar" -- a salad of blackeyed peas, green and red peppers, onions and vinaigrette -- that is a guaranteed hit.
Generally, I think a lot of Rodale's stuff -- recipes in Prevention, their cookbooks -- are excellent.
That spinach/salmon dinner sounds divine, Kimberly. My favorite summer treat is fruit, too, but years ago, when I was a kid, the corn and tomatoes from New Jersey were orgasmic. We'd stop at a farm stand on the way home from the shore and just eat corn and tomatoes for dinner. Can't do that any more. Not only doesn't the corn taste as good, for some reason, but of course it's so starchy. And the tomatoes also aren't as good and they're incredibly expensive. They were dirt cheap before. But a fresh tomato and onion salad with a little oil and vinegar and herbs is to die for.
Posted by: Jill on June 28, 2004 10:56 AMWendy, try the nectarines - I bought some and they were fab. And may I say I love my George Foreman grill. Which somebody bought for me sort of as a joke, but obviously it's such a successful appliance it is no joke once you have one.
One way I use it is to grill peppers, then I put olive oil and garlic on them and use them in salads or pasta dishes.
I used to love pasta salad in the summer, but ... well, let's just drop the carbs thing, shall we?
Instead, these days, I tend to roast veggies in my oven (or grill 'em on the George), put a little olive oil on them and leave them in my frig in a plastic bag, maybe with garlic and herbs. Then I make antipasto salads for dinner, with some fish or chicken and feta cheese. Artichoke hearts, capers and good olives - those are the other essentials for the dish. I drizzle a little olive oil and balsamic vinegar over all.
That salmon dish sounds great, too, Kimberly.
Anybody else got a winning salad combo?
I think I am one of the only people that are not impressed with my GForeman Grill. I tried making a burger on it and it came out so messy. I found it hard to clean too. I will give it another try before ditching it. My friend gave it to me for free because he did not like it either.
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