We’re dangerously close to the season of the year when relentless bosses of heat and humidity can strike at any moment, making turning on the oven humiliating. This is one of the reasons Maxi’s Kitchen Peanut Chicken Spring Roll Bowl convenient Others? It takes less time to prepare a meal than to watch an episode Summer house. The inexpensive recipe is loaded with crunchy vegetables and plump vermicelli noodles—so it’s basically a deconstructed version of your favorite Vietnamese appetizer. And, perhaps most importantly, there’s a sweet, spicy, and delicious peanut butter dressing that you’ll want to wear all over (speaking from experience). Good thing you have all summer to do this.
Time Commitment: About 35 minutes.
Basic advice: To keep the noodles from sticking together, Maxine Scharf (aka Maxie’s Kitchen) recommends rinsing them in cold water after draining and tossing them with a little olive oil.
Other requirements: For easy, cozy, and summery recipes, try…
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Salmon and Potato Roll with Caper Chimichurri. We can wax poetic about this weeknight hero, but you should know: Everything is cooked in one pan, then slathered in a ridiculously strong sauce.
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Miso-Ginger Chicken Soup. Use bagged chicken and coleslaw mix, and the only real work is making the refried beans and roasting the onions, which are technically optional—but are they really?
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Corn Avocado Feta Dill Saladloaded with pickled cucumbers, pickled onions, juicy chicken and lots of herbs – so it’s fresh, filling and, in the words of one fan, “says summer”.
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