60 No Oven Summer Recipes that Won't Heat the Kitchen

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Dislike heating your kitchen to make food when it’s hot outside? Check out these great no oven meal ideas perfect for summer!

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When we remodeled our kitchen, I decided to switch from an electric stove to a gas one and while I like it, for the most part, I have to admit, that baby kicks off a lot of heat when I’m using the oven!

So much in fact, that when we first moved in and didn’t have any heat in the kitchen yet, I would sometimes stand with my hands over the oven vent and warm them up!

You might remember that I’m a wimp when it comes to hot weather. And while that excess oven heat was fine and even kind of nice this winter, I haven’t exactly been thrilled at the thought of dealing with it this summer!

So I’ve been trying to think of some great no oven hot weather meals to help me stay cool and yet still eat well!

And since I assume many of you don’t really enjoy the heat either, I thought I’d share some of the delicious recipe ideas that I had with you all too!

The great thing is, many of these recipes are more economical as well since they use a skillet, stove top burner, Crockpot, Instant Pot (my new favorite way to cook!) or grill to prepare them.

So not only will you be keeping the temperature down in your house as you make your summer meals, but you’ll also most likely use less energy to make those meals too.

And of course, we all know that translates into more money in your wallet and less money paid to the power company! How’s that for an added benefit? 🙂