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18 Cool Summer Sips + My Favorite No Oven Dinners | Fresh Fridays, July 22

Kathleen

by Kathleen Pope Jul 28, 2023

Hello Fresh Foodies!

Baby it’s HOT outside! We’re having a heatwave, a tropical heatwave. It’s in the 90’s and triple digits all across the country.

So I thought, why not feature my favorite Cool Summer Drinks and Dinners that do not require an oven, because let’s face it — who wants to cook and bake when it’s 90+ degrees out.

We’ve been in Bozeman, MT this week working on the house our son and roommates will live in next year for college. No A/C, God bless all of you who live in hot climates without A/C, I’m a weenie! It’s been a hot one too!

My motto has always been, “I can do anything for __________ days” Fill in the blank with the amount of time; hours, days, weeks — when I’m exhausted, cranky and hot, I tell myself this often — try it, it really works!

I shared several pictures and videos of our painting adventures on Instagram!

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Table of Contents
  • 18 Cool Summer Sips {Non-Alcoholic & Alcoholic}
  • My Favorite No Oven Dinners
  • Do One Thing You are Uncomfortable With
  • Reader Testimonials
  • Weekly Inspiration

Here’s a few pictures as a snapshot of our last 7 days! We have packed a lot in this last week.

Our youngest in his butterfly of his career.
Gabe’s last fly – EVER
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My boys at last swim meet of league.
My boys, my love!
Our son and his neighborhood buddies.
Swim Team Banquet
My husband and I on our way to Bozeman.
Bozeman bound with my guy
Beautiful flowers in a garden with a red house and canoe behind.
Gorgeous delphiniums
Sweaty and painting holding a paint brush with a hat on.
Armed with a paintbrush
Primed room, final coat to go.
Primed and ready for final coat
Last wall to paint!
Last wall!
  1. Our last time watching Gabe “fly” at swim team finals. I am a little sad that this is the last year of swim team.
  2. My boys at Swim Finals — Kieran didn’t have one since it was the summer of 2020, bittersweet, but so good to have them both there!
  3. Swim team banquet — so many lasts, but so many firsts to come!
  4. My hubby and I on our way to Bozeman to paint.
  5. Gorgeous garden in our side yard.
  6. The next three pictures are just a variety from each day during the hot, sweaty, painting process.

18 Cool Summer Sips {Non-Alcoholic & Alcoholic}

What better way to cool off than a tall, ice cold glass of your favorite drink. I’ve got cocktails and mocktails and almost all of them can be made into a mocktail (or a cocktail for that matter).

Simply hover over the image for the name and click the image to take you to the post.

My Favorite No Oven Dinners

We don’t use our crockpots enough in the summertime, at least I don’t — but truly it’s just as amazing in the summer as it is in the winter!

Do One Thing You are Uncomfortable With

This is something I have been working on this year — my Mastermind group of blogging friends have decided that we have permission to push one another — and that includes doing things we are uncomfortable with.

So a few weeks ago, I applied to be a guest speaker on a podcast! Scary stuff for this introvert! We taped (do you still call it taped??) the interview this past week, it won’t air until September 5th, but I have to say I am excited about it, I will share it with you once it is live.

Reader Testimonials

These are comments from real life readers who have tried and loved TFC’s recipes!

Reader testimony about how much they love bison burgers with image of 3 bison burgers with caramelized onions.
Bison Burgers (or turkey, beef, or chicken)
Image of readers copycat Crumbl Chocolate Chip Cookies on parchment paper.
Readers Copycat Crumbl Cookies
  1. Bison Burgers with Caramelized Onions | These are by far my favorite burger ever! No bison? No problem, make with ground beef, turkey, chicken or even a plant-based ground “meat”.
  2. I was thrilled when one of my readers send me this comment about Copycat Crumbl Chocolate Chip Cookies — then she followed it up with a picture of them!

Weekly Inspiration

Have you heard Anne Wilson’s song Sunday Sermons? I love her sound and I love this music video!! Be the kind of person the guy in the video is — today!!

I so value your time and clicking through on the recipes,

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