on the coolest foods you can
find. Try vegetables, fruits,
exotic cheeses, breads and
anything else you can find that
doesn’t have to be heated.
Take home your haul and get
going.
Salads are great cool foods,
but they don’t have to be made
of just lettuce and tomatoes.
Invest in different vegetables
like artichoke hearts, fresh
avacados, brussel sprouts,
zucchini, cauliflower, fresh
broccoli or rhubarb stalks. You
now have a salad to beat all
salads.
Before you begin preparing
this work of art, take a hint from
restaurants and put a plate in
the freezer. Your salad will stay
cooler and not get limp as
easily. Now you can make that
salad. Also make a bread and
cheese tray and you will have
the best cool meal in town. And
for dessert? What else but ice
cream!
Of course, it may not be time
for dinner, or you may not want
anything more than a cold
drink. Throw away the soft
drinks, because there are cool
summer drinks that Diet Coke
can’t hold a candle to.
Along with those soft drinks,
get rid of your instant tea
canisters. It’s time for sun tea.
Sun tea is as refreshing as
instant and tastes a lot better.
Just take a gallon container full
of water and a couple of bags of
your favorite tea and set it out in
the sun before you leave for the
day. By the time you get home,
you will have sun tea. Pour over
ice, add a slice of lemon or lime,
and you are ready to go.
If you don’t want tea, don’t
worry because there are still
plenty of refreshing drinks that
don’t contain artificial
sweeteners. For one, there is
always tap water. Pour it over
ice and add a slice of lemon,
lime or orange and ordinary
water becomes a refreshing
drink. Plus, there are always
Perrier, the childhood favorite
Kool-Aid and lemonade.
Cut Your Costs
It’s one thing to enjoy the air-
conditioned buildings where
you are shopping, studying or
working because you don’t
have to pay the electric bill. But
keeping your own thermostat at
70 degrees all summer can
cause heart failure when bills
are due. Never fear — there are
ways to keep your house cool
without keeping your checks hot.
First, keep your curtains
closed when you’re gone. Open
shutters and drapes are
invitations for hot sunlight to
come in, heat up your house
and run up your electric bill.
On cooler nights, you don’t
have to run your air conditioner
at all. Instead, you can use the
fan-and-open-window
approach. Set a fan in front of
an open window and turn it on.
You can keep cool and also
keep money in your bank
account.
It’s that time again, time to
think of ways to beat the
summer heat. No problem.
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