verb phrase · neutral

use fresh ingredients

/juːz frɛʃ ˈɪn.ɡriː.di.ənts/use FRESH IN·gre·di·ents

Band 4-5speakingtask2

to cook with ingredients that are recently harvested or not processed

Examples

“Good home cooks tend to use fresh ingredients whenever possible.”

“I answered that I prefer to use fresh ingredients for salads.”

“Restaurants that use fresh ingredients usually have more flavourful dishes.”

Band 8 sentence

“For healthier meals I try to use fresh ingredients bought from the local market each weekend.”

Collocations

  • use fresh produce
  • local fresh ingredients

Word family

fresh adjectiveingredient nouningredients noun (plural)

Common mistakes

I like to use fresh food→I like to use fresh ingredients

I use fresh ingredient→I use fresh ingredients

Say it for a higher band

5use fresh food→6use fresh produce→7+use fresh ingredients

Synonyms

cook with fresh produce

Easily confused

use frozen ingredients

“Some recipes are fine with frozen ingredients, but for salads I always use fresh ingredients.”

Related words

cut down on sugarhome-cooked meala balanced dietfood wastestaple foodprocessed foodfood poisoningeat in moderation

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