add zing

If it is not already part of a dish, the obligatory salsa de mesa stands by to add zing and heat.

This early crop of green pods can be used fresh in cooking, or to make an infused oil that’s used to add zing to stir-fries and other dishes.

Minced jalapeños give the vegetables heat and lemon juice and zest add zing.

The team had been working to cut sodium, and was now searching for something else to add zing.

You can add zing in other ways, as well, with acidity being an especially favourite tool in professional kitchens: “Look how a dish is transformed by a squeeze of fresh lemon or lime in the final moments,” Miers says, “or how a dash of vinegar can lift a sauce.”