Anonymous wrote:Panzanella is my absolute favorite summer meal.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been thinking about making (artificial) crab salad. It’s wonderfully refreshing. Although I seem to have lost the “recipe”, so I don’t have exact measurements, it is easy enough to prepare “to taste”. Here are the ingredients:

chopped artificial crab meat
chopped green onion
grated cheddar cheese
sliced black olives (drained)
ranch dressing (you can use bottled, but making it from the packets is better)

I serve it with low-salt wheat thins.

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A great dessert for the heat that kids can basically make themselves is frozen yogurt pie:

Mix 2 single serve containers of fruit yogurt with one tub (8 oz.) Cool Whip. If desired, you can add jam for extra fruit flavor. (Note: yogurt containing gelatin will result in a spongey, Chiffon-like? pie. I prefer using yogurt/Greek yogurt that doesn't contain gelatin.)

Spoon into graham cracker crust. (Please note that the foil pie tin the crust comes in can have sharp edges.)

Cover and freeze.

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While I’ve never made it, tabouleh salad is fantastic when the weather is hot. I think I’ve seen it in grocery delis, and if you can find it, it would be a marvelous side for that rotisserie chicken.