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Assemble a no-cook meal These quick and simple “1, 2, 3” preparation steps will turn your raw ingredients into a delicious meal.Experiment with your own combination of ingredients listed in the chart opposite.
Pantry ingredients
A few lifesavers in the cupboard will help perk up meals in minutes .Scatter mixed olives over salad leaves. Serve caper berries with cooked meats and pâtés. Pickles and chutneys enhance cheese. Horseradish sauce goes well with smoked meats and fish. Mustards, honey, sweet and hot chilli sauces, and soy sauce, all make great dressing ingredients. A jar of mayonnaise is a must. Canned cooked pulses and beans, tuna, crab, or sardines make an instant meal, as do canned corn, bulgur wheat, or easy-soak noodles. Dried fruits, nuts, and seeds enhance salads.

Deli salad.
A fresh and filling salad can be made up in minutes with salad and deli ingredients.

Recipe for Raw Food

Step 1
Slice 3 baby zucchini, or the vegetable of your choice, thinly using a vegetable peeler,and add them to a bowl. Season with salt.

Step 2
Mix together 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil,1 tbsp cider vinegar, ½ a red chile, deseeded and finely chopped, and 1 tablespoon freshly chopped mint leaves. Add to the zucchini, and gently toss together using your hands.

Step 3
Serve: Season the mixture with salt and freshly ground black pepper, and pile it onto a serving plate. Sprinkle with some shaved Parmesan cheese, and a few torn fresh mint leaves.

Perfect pairings A mixture of classic and the more :
Unusual the key to marrying flavors is to experiment!
• Combine fresh peaches or apricots with Parma ham.
• Crumble some feta cheese over fresh figs.
• Dish up juicy strawberries with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar.
• Serve cured meats with melon.
• Team smoked salmon with horseradish.
• Toss cooked shrimp with lemon grass and fresh root ginger.
• Try smoked mackerel with beets and fresh dill or fresh tarragon.

• Try raw shredded red cabbage with freshly grated root ginger and fresh dill or a blue cheese dressing.
• Enjoy goat cheese with honey.
• Serve raw fennel with sliced oranges and finely chopped rosemary leaves.
• Pair radicchio with blue cheese and walnuts.
• Toss spinach with pomegranate seeds and pine nuts.
• Drizzle soy sauce, chile, and lime juice over smoked salmon.