No Cook Recipes

[FrugalLil]

Anyone have any No Cook Meal Recipes that can be used for entertaining visitors, especially useful if the power goes out?

Thanks,
FrugalLil

[baxjul]

I like to make three bean salad! I don't have the recipe right on hand, but I'll post it later. It is very healthful, even kids like it!

[sunshine]

Tuna salad, served on lettuce bed and crackers along side.

Ambrosia

Wraps-- totillas, deli meat, mayo, lettuce, etc.

Marinated veggies

Coleslaw

cucumber soup

[Libby]

Tomato Cheese Salad - wedge tomatoes, slice mozza cheese and thinly sliced red onions. Arrange however appealing to the eye, drizzle olive oil and fresh diced garlic over top (or cheat and use the powder lol) and service chilled!

Cheese & Fruit Platter - cube cheeses and slice up some fruits, if you want to be real handy make a quick dip.

Veggie platter w/dip

Preserved Olives and other pickled veggies from a jar - serve with crackers?

No bake cookies? Ive done this a few times and they've turned out alright but I dont have recipie handy.

Popcorn - as munchies, chips as well - serve in separate bowls w/diff seasonings

Pinwheel sandwhiches - cut crusts off loaf bread, flatten with rolling pin or frying pan *lol* smooth on thin layer of peanut butter and then jelly, roll up into a lot and cut in 1/2 " pieces - lil pinwheels! Works same with tuna, egg salad and deli meats etc.

Just off the top of my head

[starsapphire]

Mexican Shrimp Cocktail

1 lb cooked shrimp, peeled and tails removed (you can pre-cook and freeze it, thaw when you need it)
2 avocados, peeled, seeded and diced
1 cucumber, peeled and diced
1/2 yellow or white onion, diced (omit if you don't like onion)
3 cups tomato or vegetable juice
few dashes Tapatio sauce (mexican hot sauce)
a bit of crushed red chili if you like it hot
lime wedges
saltine crackers

Mix everything together except the lime wedges and saltines in a bowl.
Serve in a bowl with lime juice squeezed on top, and saltines on the side.

Yummy! Almost like a gazpacho

[Libby]

star - that sounds marvelous! i cant wait to try it!

[redmaples]

pinwheels with bread
& the mexican shrimp cocktail, both sound good

Here's another one with tortillas, but need to be chilled, good on hot days:

1 8 oz cream cheese, 1/4 sour cream & 1/4 c salsa rolled up in a tortilla & chhilled...sliced later.

[FrugalLil]

No Cook Bread:

Soak 2 cups of whole wheat (certified organic preferably) overnight. Drain and rinse out twice a day for 3 days so they'll sprout. As soon as the tiny leaf sprout appears, process in manual grain mill (not flour mill!) or mash up in mortar & pestal (or process in food processor). Shape into round loaf and leave outdoors in hot sun for approximately 4 hours. Keep covered with cloth to keep off flies and pests. (Alternatively, cook at 120 degrees celcius with oven door slightly ajar for approximately 3 hours). Makes a really yummy bread! Note - it gets too 'chewy' if you allow the leaves to start sprouting.