18 No-Cook Recipes for When It's Too Hot to Cook

It’s a modern culinary quandary – you’re hungry, but it’s far too hot to cook. The solution? No-cook recipes that do away with the stove and oven, but still deliver big flavour. The time calls for fresh salads, raw or cured fish in sashimi and ceviche form, and gazpacho for all. Stay cool. Dinner is on its way.

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Chiu chow raw fish salad

Chiu chow raw fish salad

Tofu, watermelon and radish salad with nahm jim

Tofu, watermelon and radish salad with nahm jim

Zucchini flower, asparagus and fennel salad

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Fig, watermelon and jamon salad

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Victor Liong’s cold silken tofu with peanuts, salted daikon, coriander and black vinegar

Victor Liong’s cold silken tofu with peanuts, salted daikon, coriander and black vinegar

Analiese Gregory’s wallaby tartare with anchovy dressing

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Simple tomato and onion salad with vincotto dressing

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Ultra-green chopped salad

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Louis Tikaram’s cucumber and snow pea salad

Louis Tikaram’s cucumber and snow pea salad

Mexican-style tuna salad with grapefruit, avocado and fennel

Mexican-style tuna salad with grapefruit, avocado and fennel

Mike McEnearney’s fast gazpacho

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Herb salad with peaches and prosciutto

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Nectarine, buffalo mozzarella and rocket salad

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Lemon-cured sardines

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Louis Tikaram’s Mooloolaba prawn ceviche with green chilli dressing

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White fish crudo with avocado, herbs and cucumber-lime dressing

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Cured ocean trout with celery and fennel salad

Chilled melon and cucumber soup

Tuna rice paper rolls

Sashimi of mulloway with a sesame-citrus dressing, edamame and seaweed

Chiu chow raw fish salad

Tofu, watermelon and radish salad with nahm jim

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Victor Liong’s cold silken tofu with peanuts, salted daikon, coriander and black vinegar

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Louis Tikaram’s Mooloolaba prawn ceviche with green chilli dressing

White fish crudo with avocado, herbs and cucumber-lime dressing

Tuna salad with zucchini, radish and sesame dressing

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