7 recipes best enjoyed at room temperature for low-stress, no-rush meals

They’re definitely handy when you’re wrangling your family to finally sit down to eat, but room-temperature recipes are also ideal for picnics or patio meals, or just the style of graze-as-you-go, small-scale entertaining we may be having with our vaccinated loved ones now. (As a reminder, to prevent bacterial illness, the government recommends not leaving food out for more than 2 hours, or 1 hour if temperatures are above 90 degrees.)