{"id":369,"date":"2006-07-05T08:52:18","date_gmt":"2006-07-05T16:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/05\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\/"},"modified":"2006-07-05T08:52:18","modified_gmt":"2006-07-05T16:52:18","slug":"cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking When It’s Miserably Hot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t you hate cooking some summer days? It’s just so hard to turn on the stove or oven, making your house even hotter than it is already. We won’t even mention the “delights” of slaving over the stove when it’s hot.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Summer is barbeque season for a good reason. It’s so hot inside that cooking outside often just makes more sense!<\/p>\n

If you want to cook outside regularly, I strongly recommend getting a gas grill with a side burner, so that you can cook your entire meal outside. It is much more comfortable, since things generally cool off outside much sooner than it does in your house.<\/p>\n

Grilling takes practice. It’s harder to control the temperature of most grills, even with gas, so you have to get a good feel for how yours works. Beyond that, learn a few good marinades and you won’t have to work too hard with the meat to make it taste good.<\/p>\n

The crockpot is another good tool for summer cooking. It adds a little heat to the house, but not enough that you’ll notice and you don’t have to go anywhere near it until the food is done cooking for most recipes.<\/p>\n

Try cooking extras for reheating or making into new meals. Cook extra chicken breasts and the next day you can make a nice, cool chicken salad.<\/p>\n

Take advantage of summer produce and get creative with your vegetables. You don’t have to use lettuce every day to make a salad; cucumbers and tomatoes go well with a little oil and vinegar, maybe some feta cheese if your family likes that.<\/p>\n

My goal many summer days is to keep from heating up my home more than necessary, so I can avoid using the air conditioner. Cooking outside really helps and it’s a great way to get the entire family outside.<\/p>\n

[tags]cooking,summer,family,hot weather[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don’t you hate cooking some summer days? It’s just so hard to turn on the stove or oven, making your house even hotter than it is already. We won’t even mention the “delights” of slaving over the stove when it’s hot. Summer is barbeque season for a good reason....<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking"],"yoast_head":"\nCooking When It’s Miserably Hot - Home with the Kids Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/cooking-when-it\u2019s-miserably-hot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cooking When It’s Miserably Hot - Home with the Kids Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Don’t you hate cooking some summer days? It’s just so hard to turn on the stove or oven, making your house even hotter than it is already. We won’t even mention the “delights” of slaving over the stove when it’s hot. Summer is barbeque season for a good reason....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/cooking-when-it\u2019s-miserably-hot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home with the Kids Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/homewiththekids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-07-05T16:52:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Stephanie Foster\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@HomeWithTheKids\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HomeWithTheKids\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Stephanie Foster\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Stephanie Foster\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f28bf8730431b6f1377b988605663866\"},\"headline\":\"Cooking When It’s Miserably Hot\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-07-05T16:52:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":344,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Cooking\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cooking When It’s Miserably Hot - Home with the Kids Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2006-07-05T16:52:18+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Home with the Kids Blog\",\"description\":\"Work at Home in Progress\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Home With the Kids\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/newlogo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/newlogo.png\",\"width\":395,\"height\":125,\"caption\":\"Home With the Kids\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/homewiththekids\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/HomeWithTheKids\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/home_with_the_kids\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/hwtk\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f28bf8730431b6f1377b988605663866\",\"name\":\"Stephanie Foster\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fcfa59be2a418787ed1692f86012409b1e98340791623ac4b434b144a986445a?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fcfa59be2a418787ed1692f86012409b1e98340791623ac4b434b144a986445a?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fcfa59be2a418787ed1692f86012409b1e98340791623ac4b434b144a986445a?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Stephanie Foster\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.homewiththekids.com\\\/about.php\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cooking When It’s Miserably Hot - Home with the Kids Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/cooking-when-it\u2019s-miserably-hot\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cooking When It’s Miserably Hot - Home with the Kids Blog","og_description":"Don’t you hate cooking some summer days? It’s just so hard to turn on the stove or oven, making your house even hotter than it is already. We won’t even mention the “delights” of slaving over the stove when it’s hot. Summer is barbeque season for a good reason....","og_url":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/cooking-when-it\u2019s-miserably-hot\/","og_site_name":"Home with the Kids Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/homewiththekids\/","article_published_time":"2006-07-05T16:52:18+00:00","author":"Stephanie Foster","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@HomeWithTheKids","twitter_site":"@HomeWithTheKids","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Stephanie Foster","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\/"},"author":{"name":"Stephanie Foster","@id":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f28bf8730431b6f1377b988605663866"},"headline":"Cooking When It’s Miserably Hot","datePublished":"2006-07-05T16:52:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\/"},"wordCount":344,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Cooking"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\/","url":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\/","name":"Cooking When It’s Miserably Hot - Home with the Kids Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2006-07-05T16:52:18+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/cooking-when-it%e2%80%99s-miserably-hot\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/","name":"Home with the Kids Blog","description":"Work at Home in Progress","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Home With the Kids","url":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/newlogo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/newlogo.png","width":395,"height":125,"caption":"Home With the Kids"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/homewiththekids\/","https:\/\/x.com\/HomeWithTheKids","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/home_with_the_kids\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/hwtk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f28bf8730431b6f1377b988605663866","name":"Stephanie Foster","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fcfa59be2a418787ed1692f86012409b1e98340791623ac4b434b144a986445a?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fcfa59be2a418787ed1692f86012409b1e98340791623ac4b434b144a986445a?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fcfa59be2a418787ed1692f86012409b1e98340791623ac4b434b144a986445a?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Stephanie Foster"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/about.php"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}