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rice noodles, zucchini, spring onion, roast pine nuts, mint leaves, chili, coconut & lime, originally uploaded by gorgeoux.

One night last week we were, for reasons now unclear, in a veggie mood, so I threw together this salad with love: a handful of rice noodles, two zucchini fried-steamed in the smallest bit of oil, two spring onions, plenty fresh mint leaves, plenty roast pine nuts (a pleasure to make, but fast to brown), coconut and chili flakes, a touch of olive oil and the juice of half a lime, plus a sprinkle of turmeric, ginger powder, and sea salt. It was divine!

What's it called? No idea. I followed no recipe, not that you can recognise recipes once I'm done with them. The only temptation higher than messing with recipes is turning one good dish into another good dish, and I got to do it the day after, when lunch had to be tasty, simple, and quick as a wink. The remains of the initial salad met a crisp lettuce and the hot paprika salami, another touch of olive oil, another half of lime, and sea salt. Again, divine!

lettuce, salami, rice noodles, zucchini, spring onion, chili, coconut & lime, originally uploaded by gorgeoux.