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5 delicious summer meals for when it’s too hot to cook

This image shows a recipe for shrimp ceviche in New York on March 30, 2022. Serve with tortilla or plantain chips or scoop-sized pieces of lettuce such as bibb or butter. Cheyenne Cohen via AP

I promise not to start by asking: “Hot enough for you?” Because I know the likely answer is not only “Yes, it is,” but probably “Are you kidding me? What’s wrong with you?”

So, yes. It is hot. It’s very hot. Are you getting to the point where turning on the stove or the oven feels… not all that desirable? Me too!

Before we dig into some no-cook dishes, a few rules of the road:

I am assuming that for some of these recipes, you are able to buy a couple of precooked items, such as rotisserie chicken or cooked shrimp. Or that you have those leftovers around.

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