Too Hot to Handle (Food)

I don't know where you are, but it's hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk in Cleveland, except the last thing I feel like doing is frying eggs...because it just generates more heat. The truth is, I don't feel much like hot food lately. I know the hot weather prompts many people to default to grilling outdoors, but heck, I don't even feel much like doing that, either. I have a feeling that I'm not alone in my summertime ennui, so I've compiled a list of easy, cold meals to sustain you through the dog days of the season:

-Spring Rolls
-Chicken Salad
-Greek Pasta Salad
-BLT and raw broccoli delight salad
-Salad Nicoise
-Hummus, Vegetables, and Pita
-Bruschetta (or Caponata or Muffaletta) en croute
-Poached Salmon with steamed asparagus
-Chilled Hungarian Cherry Soup with wheat chips
-Nut Butter and Peach Smoothie

If you turn off the oven and retire to the veranda with one of the above-mentioned ideas, you just might make it through the heat wave without melting.