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12 Ways To Keep Your Kitchen Cool When It's Hot Outside

If you can't stand the heat, read these tips.

Cooking inside during summer can suck. Your kitchen gets hot, you start sweating, and it's just not fun.

1. Stick to recipes that don't use your oven or stove.

2. Embrace your microwave and start cooking entire meals in it.

3. Run your slow cooker during the day to make dinner for later.

4. Batch cook only a few times a week instead of every day.

5. Use the smallest pots you can.

6. If you have access to a grill, try to cook outside whenever possible.

7. Make yourself some no-bake desserts to satisfy your sweet tooth without overheating.

8. Stick to quick and simple recipes that don't require a ton of steps to make.

9. Make salads that are both ~cool~ and exciting.

10. Draw the shades and turn on your vent fan.

11. Cook earlier or later in the day.

12. Make freezer meals.

Let's get cooking (without sweating)!