No-Cook Recipes

There are a lot of no-cook recipes in existence, many of which are dessert recipes and, of course, the ever-popular sushi. However, I was able to find some that go outside the dessert and sushi “box”, and I was also able to find some very tasty-looking ones for those of us who must satisfy the multiple sweet teeth in our mouths. I’ve provided some links to my sources, such as Food Network, where you can perform a search of the site using “no-cook” or “no cook”. 

First, let’s address sushi. I bought a small recipe book from my local book store that contained nothing but sushi recipes. Some are very simple, and some are a little more involved. My husband and I got some pointers from the book, then went to our local farmer’s /specialty market and bought the ingredients for simple sushi for two: 

Sushi rice (this will require steaming or boiling – use sushi rice as it contains more starch and will cook to the sticky consistency that is needed)
Sushi Nori (sheets of toasted seaweed)
½ lb. sushi-grade salmon, sliced thinly (you can use any variety of sushi-grade fish you like, but it’s IMPORTANT that it be labeled as sushi-grade)
Wasabi powder
Japanese mayonnaise
Sushi kit (contains a bamboo mat for rolling and, in the one we bought, 2 sets of chopsticks)
Fresh ginger root
Soy sauce