Weekly meal planner: Cool dishes for hot days

Weekly meal planner: Cool dishes for hot days

Chill out this week with these simple cool meals perfect for hot weather.

Neil Perry's soba noodles in chilled chicken broth recipe.

Three Blue Ducks' heirloom tomato gazpacho soup recipe.

EASY

Three Blue Ducks' heirloom tomato gazpacho ...

< 30 mins

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Borscht with buttered bread.

EASY

... or Adam Liaw's chilled borscht with buttered bread

30 mins - 1 hour

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Chicken noodle salad.

EASY

Adam Liaw's store-bought chicken noodle salad ...

30 mins - 1 hour

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Cold sesame noodles with pork and kimchi.

MEDIUM

... or cold sesame noodles with pork and kimchi

< 30 mins

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Peanut butter noodles with roast chicken.

EASY

... or peanut butter noodles with chicken

< 30 mins

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Neil Perry's seared tuna salad is colourful and nutritious.

EASY

Neil Perry's seared tuna salad ...

< 30 mins

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Kylie Kwong's Chinese-style coleslaw.

EASY

... or Kylie Kwong's Chinese-style coleslaw with Asian herbs

< 30 mins

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Adam Liaw's delicious gado gado salad with eggs and peanut dressing.

EASY

Indonesian gado gado egg and peanut salad ...

< 30 mins

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Cold tofu and spinach salad.

EASY

... or Neil Perry's cold tofu and spinach salad

< 30 mins

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Cold noodle soup for hot days.

EASY

Neil Perry's easy soba noodles in chilled chicken broth ...

1-2 hours

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Warm weather-friendly ramen.

EASY

... or chilled vegetable ramen for summer

30 mins - 1 hour

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All-things-nice yoghurt.

EASY

Adam Liaw's all-things-nice yoghurt (for breakfast)

2 hours +

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Luke Mangan's zucchini slice.

EASY

Luke Mangan's cold zucchini slice (for lunch)

30 mins - 1 hour

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Iced tea with lemon, mint and cucumber.

EASY

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's iced tea (for afternoon tea)

2 hours +

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If it's too hot, sub in tinned lentils for this summery duck salad.

EASY

Crisp-skinned duck, lentil, broccoli and walnut salad (for dinner) ...

30 mins - 1 hour

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Chicken tonnato salad.

EASY

... or chicken tonnato salad (for dinner)

< 30 mins

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Glazed pork musubi - or use Spam.

EASY

Adam Liaw's glazed pork musubi (for lunch)

2 hours +

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Vietnamese-style steak tartare

EASY

Karen Martini's Vietnamese-style steak tartare (for dinner) ...

< 30 mins

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Cold roast beef carpaccio with tuna mayonnaise.

MEDIUM

... or Adam Liaw's cold roast beef carpaccio with tuna mayonnaise (for dinner)

2 hours +

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Two-tone peach Melba slushies.

EASY

Peach Melba slushies (for dessert)

2 hours +

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