It's hot, very hot. Well, it's normal because here we are in summer, specifically these are always the hottest weeks. It has always been like this, I remember other heat waves in the past, during many summer seasons, and very high temperatures on thermometers in the sun. It's summertime.
Walking down the street while you sweat, performing almost any movement and task while you sweat, and let's not even think about sports outside. We relieve ourselves under the shower with cold water or diving into the sea, we have to cool off.
And when we cool down we want to drink cool things, not just colder water, but any drink with some ice. The same happens with food, we stop using the oven to eat more varied salads, of all kinds, less fire for cooking and more colorful fresh products, such as cold soups, beyond the famous gazpacho, I'll tell you about another one that we have invented... Of course, we like ice cream and fruit, seasonal summer fruit like watermelon!
So we come to today's photo plate, while we fan ourselves, or stand in front of the fan or under the air conditioning, we think of some cool snack that we can have. And a watermelon salad? Not always the delicious tomato is going to be the protagonist. This time we bought a large watermelon, very large, so you have to taste it, not just in pieces, but it is also possible to give it another touch combined with more flavors.
We are left with a tricolor dish, the red of the cut watermelon, with the white of pieces of feta cheese, yes, something salty at the same time, and fresh green basil on top, little else. As simple as that, why anything else?
With these temperatures we feel a little more tired, and much thirstier, it seems that we want less heavy and lighter dishes. Fresh foods, loaded with vitamins and nutrients and that also taste good, whether it's sweet from watermelon, salty from cheese, or aromatic from basil.
This is a combination of foods that many people, especially those who live in Turkey or Greece, are sure to know well, which they usually eat on these hot summer dates. Because in the Mediterranean now in these months it is hot, so we eat well, and at the same time we cool off.
What refreshing food do you like when it's very hot?
Thanks for reading! Have a delicious and refreshing day.
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