AIBU to say there is more to hot weather food than salads?

Ready made omelette?! 🤣 People actually buy that?

We're having fattoush and bbq lamb, I don't think the OP will approve!

I know the ready made omelette she refers to and often shove one in the trolley so the kids have something mildly decent to microwave for lunch / dinner if we aren’t about. I can’t be arsed to make one and the one from Aldi tastes fine?

i love salad- the ones we make are chickpea and feta, fattoush, tuna and bean salad,potato salad, tabbouleh and one with shallots, goats cheese and posh tomatoes.

my tabbouleh needs work - always on the look out for good salads things to have in the fridge (one of the dc’s is coeliac so no pasta salads)

Making me hungry now. So I’ll share tonight’s dinner.

Chicken and chorizo fried off with some spices.

Salad consisting of onion, lettuce, cucumber, mushroom and radish. I’ll have some peppers as well but dh won’t.

Sea bass or other fish that only takes under 5 minutes to fry. Or wrapped in foil with lemon, olives and sun-dried tomatoes and cooked for 15 mins in oven.

I love asparagus in summer but it's pretty expensive.

I like bean and lentil salads as well though. And my favourite type of lettuce has to be lamb's.

DH is in charge of dinner tonight, so it’s burgers 🙄. He can’t wait to fire up the kamado.
I’m in charge tomorrow (when the temperatures really start to rise), so it’s tapas/picky bits. Whipped feta and honey with sourdough toast, chicken skewers, Serrano ham croquettes ( Waitrose), pardon peppers (or some other token veg) and chorizo in sherry. Oh and lots of wine.

Yes!!!

My opinion of salads increased greatly when I stopped putting tomatoes in them!

My go-to green side salad that goes with most types of protein is:

Lettuce
Cucumber
Celery
Radish
Sugar snap peas

Ooh that sounds delicious 😋
do you use griddled aubergines?

In hot weather I serve lots of different salads , nicoise for example where I need to boil a few new potatoes + steam green beans , boil eggs .
Tuna and bean salad is lovely too .
Sometimes I sear tuna steaks to make it fancier rather than use canned tuna ( I’m happy enough with canned tuna though )
I will make omelettes, frittata, simple pasta dishes on the hob such as Pasta alla Norma .
Also make stir fries and fajitas ..anything quick that’s not going to generate heat ( back of our house where kitchen is faces south )
Also donburi ( rice bowls ) are a staple here as we have a rice cooker and I add cooked salmon or chicken, radish , avocado, cucumber etc plus top with furikake

I was actually going to start a thread asking for salad ideas 🙈. Mine are lettuce, cucumber, tomato and I don’t want to eat them no matter what the weather is! But all the salads I see on SM seem to include loads of dairy or special ingredients you can’t buy at Asda. Lettuce again for me I guess

we all know the Mumsnet chicken is everlasting and can feed the whole family for months

Ah I’d rather skip the tomato to be honest. I’ll trade them out for some radish.

As a side note, this weekend, if we do a BBQ, which I am thinking we will, I'm feeling like a watermelon, feta, cucumber, lime and mint salad (which even fussy DD will eat as long as I don't add chilli).

And an aubergine, tomato, pine nut salad. With chilli! .

I'm not in the mood fo rit but my tomato, red onion and parsley salad is quite famous.

And, this has lettuce, admittedly, but I love a "proper" green salad - lettuce, other leaves/herbs, chargrilled asparagus or courgette, spring onions, avocado with a lemony/honey/mustard dressing.

And a different greenish salad that DS loves is kale, garlic, almonds, lemon and parmesan cheese.

The Copt Oak Markfield offers an aptly named 'Sunshine Salad' of Kale, brown rice, soya beans, little gem lettuce, pea shoots, rocket, sliced cucumber, cherry tomatoes, red onion, red pepper, French dressing, crispy onions, with either chicken and bacon, or bbq cauliflower.

😀 just don't ask for lettuce lol

We are planning bruschetta tonight, orange, prosciutto and burrata salad Saturday, crab and avocado salad Sunday. I love salad 😀

We are clearly born to be friends.

Ok!!! Ill bring the drinks! 😀

I don't live near there, was there for business, and what the menu promised was not as delivered. But, I'll keep these other places in mind for next time. Thanks.

come to my house!

I know what a Spanish omelette is, I spent 20 years living in Valencia. As I said, I make a lovely one.
You can buy them ready made in supermarkets. I assume that’s what the OP was talking about when she said ‘a ready made omelette’. Google will show you pictures.

I come from a hot country and we do in fact eat a lot of BBQ and salad in hot weather. And if not BBQ, then things like cold meat/chicken, quiche... and salad.

But also, our salads are varied, interesting, tasty. None of this bit of iceberg lettuce, chunks of cucumber and half a tomato stuff. I still chuckle in a slightly obnoxious way when I remember the time we went for a BBQ at a friend's and they offered roudn the salad and DS came up to me quietly later and said, "Mum - that's not really a salad is it" or some version.

Well I’m glad to know I can cancel the bbq and salad. Thank fuck someone told me 😅

Who’d of thought aye we don’t have to have a salad because it’s hot.

I live near you but haven’t been to the Copt Oak for years! Surely that’s just a side salad though? If you ordered, for example, a chicken ceasar salad then it wouldnt just be a lettuce leaf and half a tomato!
Anyway, in terms of recommendations nearby with decent salads…

The Griffin Inn in Swithland
The Old Bull’s Head in Woodhouse Eaves
The Wheatsheaf in Woodhouse Eaves
The Pear Tree in Woodhouse Eaves
The Blacksmiths Arms in Barrow Upon Soar
The Manor House in Quorn

There are loads of lovely pubs/restaurants in that part of Leicestershire!

ETA I’ve just checked the menu at the Copt Oak and it has a ‘sunshine salad’ on the menu which has far more than lettuce and tomato on it!