Our oven is in the middle too. And the kitchen is already the hottest place (or, almost). How do you all grill all summer? We'd die from the heat of being outside in the hottest part of the day! Maybe if we had a gas grill it would be different? Just in and out? I don't know! Our back door is about 500 million degrees in the summer.
I love red beans and rice (I use a recipe from Kevin and Amanda but their website isn't responding for me right now:
http://www.kevinandamanda.com/recipe...ins-style.html)
And this penne pasta with black beans and mango(we love mangos!):
http://esrecipecorner.blogspot.com/2...and-mango.html