夏天如何吃得好、过得爽还花得少？

Putting a meal in the slow cooker saves you from needing to heat up the kitchen later in the day. Put it in your basement or on the porch to keep it even cooler in the house.
用文火慢慢炖着，可以省去在傍晚时分到厨房里加热。放在地下室或是在门廊上能让它们凉的更快。

5. Make smoothies
做些沙冰

When I am too hot and tired to cook or eat, I’ve found making smoothies helpful in getting something in our stomachs, refreshing us, and they are simple to make.
当我感觉又热又累而不想做饭或吃饭时，我发现沙冰爽口又提神，而且做起来很容易。

6. Just buy part of your meal out
叫些外卖

During our recent 90-degree-plus week, I sometimes grabbed a box of cooked organic white rice for the girls and then made a salad, and open a can of high-quality seafood for our dinner. Super simple and definitely not fancy, but certainly not as expensive as eating our whole meal out. Combining simple at-home recipes with a few “take-out” items could save you money, time, and make eating at home (preferably in the shade) more enjoyable.
在最近的高温天气里，有时我为女孩们备了有机大米蒸饭，做了一盘沙拉，开一罐品质优异的海鲜食品，这些就成了我们的晚饭。极其简单，却并不花哨，而且这跟我们出去吃相比并没有贵多少。几盘家常小菜，配上几道外卖，这样的组合既节省了金钱和时间，又为在家吃饭增添许多乐趣。

7. Sleep during the heat; eat dinner at 7 or later
在炎热的时段里睡觉；在7点或7点以后吃晚饭

In some countries where it is common for it to be uncomfortably hot during the afternoon, they have long traditions of sleeping during the afternoon and then eating a late dinner once it has cooled down. While not all schedules would allow this, if you can swing it, a nap and a late dinner would be wonderful during the hot weeks.
下午炎热又令人心神不安，这在某些国家是常见的现象，他们有一个由来已久的传统，就是在下午这个时段睡觉，而吃晚饭的时间会晚一些，因为那时会稍微凉快一些。然而不是所有的行程都允许这样进行，如果你能做些调整，中午打个盹，晚一点吃晚饭，这种过法在炎热的日子里是很不错的。