{"id":518,"date":"2007-07-17T14:28:09","date_gmt":"2007-08-17T19:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.k2concepts.com\/~nutritio\/wordpress\/?p=14"},"modified":"2013-08-26T18:21:57","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T18:21:57","slug":"keep-your-cool-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/c\/keep-your-cool-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Your Cool This Summer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ovens and air conditioners do not mix if your goal is to stay cool.\u00a0 You can have tasty summer meals and keep the cooling bill under control at the same time with a few simple hints.\u00a0 Rethink your cooking appliances.\u00a0 Meals can be easily prepared on or in the following appliances:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grills<\/li>\n<li>Toaster oven<\/li>\n<li>Side burners on the grill<\/li>\n<li>Bread machine<\/li>\n<li>Slow cookers<\/li>\n<li>Outdoor fire rings<\/li>\n<li>Crock pots<\/li>\n<li>Camp stoves<\/li>\n<li>Electric roasters<\/li>\n<li>Pressure cookers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most of these appliances can easily be plugged in on a rain-safe patio.\u00a0 Use caution around small children.<\/p>\n<p>Rethink your idea of a meal.\u00a0 Try eating pancakes for dinner, or having a picnic inside with sandwiches and fruit.\u00a0 Try hearty salads with meat or fish purchased from the store.\u00a0 Fajitas on the grill are yummy\u2014as are frozen pizzas.\u00a0 Try chili in a crock pot, and serve over hot dogs for dinner.\u00a0 A protein (like hummus or beans\/cheese) and vegetables wrapped in a tortilla or in a pita makes a wonderful cool meal.\u00a0 This keeps the kitchen cool and makes prep a snap!<\/p>\n<p>If you must use the oven, try preparing more than one meal at a time.\u00a0 Finally, try to avoid using your oven during the heat of the day to maximize your air conditioning.<\/p>\n<p>Summer Vegetable Salad with Grilled Bread<br \/>\nCooking Light \u00a0<a title=\"Summer Vegetable Salad with Grilled Bread\" href=\"http:\/\/find.myrecipes.com\/recipes\/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&amp;recipe_id=226614\" target=\"_blank\">&#8211; recipe &#8211;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ovens and air conditioners do not mix if your goal is to stay cool.\u00a0 You can have tasty summer meals and keep the cooling bill under control at the same time with a few simple hints.\u00a0 Rethink your cooking appliances.\u00a0 Meals can be easily prepared on or in the following appliances: &nbsp; &nbsp; Grills Toaster oven Side burners on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/c\/keep-your-cool-this-summer\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[780,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition-2","category-c","cat-780-id","cat-55-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/grilledyellowsquash.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9121,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions\/9121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}