The first thing that comes to mind when we think of seafood is freshness - frozen food just gets a chilly stare.

Hold on, though: Prantalay frozen seafood comes with a guarantee that it's the freshest, best-quality seafood from Japan, North America and Europe.

Prantalay insists you can taste no difference between its products and the fresh goods at the market, but with its frozen items you also get the convenience of quick preparation.

Prantalay offers three different types of products: ready to cook, ready to eat, and Sushi Japanese Food.

And here are a couple of great recipe ideas.

Vietnamese Fish Salad - serves four

Prantalay ready-to-cook red snapper - 3 bags

Chopped spring onion  - quarter cup

Half a carrot, sliced vertically

Cucumber, sliced horizontally - quarter cup

Half an onion

Mint leaf - quarter cup

Cherry tomatoes sliced in half - quarter cup

Crushed roasted peanuts - 1tbsp

Fried onions - 1tbsp

Salad Sauce

Crushed big chillies - half tbsp

Chopped garlic - 1tsp

Sugar - 1tbsp

Lemon juice - 1tsp

Fish sauce - 1tsp

Cook the red snapper slices in boiling water and let them sit.

In a big bowl, toss in the spring onions, onions, carrots, cucumber, mint, tomatoes, fish sauce, lemon juice, sugar, garlic and chilli, and mix well.

Then add the red snapper slices into the bowl, add the salad sauce, and serve with roasted peanuts and fried garlic on top.

Squid fried in tomato sauce - serves four

Prantalay ready-to-cook Squid Meat and Tentacles - 2 bags

Six sliced tomatoes

Sweet pea pods - 10 pods

Three big onions, thinly sliced

One yellow sweet pepper, diced

Chopped ginger - 1tsbp

Grounded garlic - 1tsbp

Vegetable oil - 3tsbp

Tomato Paste - 3tsbp

Chicken broth

Salt

Pepper

Sugar

Warm the pan on medium heat, add the garlic and ginger and cook.

Next add the squid, followed by the sugar, salt and pepper. Then add the tomato paste, tomatoes, onions, sweet pepper and sweet peas and fry.

Add a little broth and stir for another minute, then taste and serve.