Spicy Cucumbers With Mint, Scallions and Crushed Peanuts

• 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice 
• 1 tablespoon palm sugar or dark brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
• 2 teaspoons fish sauce
• 2 small Thai chiles (not bird’s-eye), very thinly sliced, or substitute 1 serrano chile
• 1 Fresno chile, thinly sliced crosswise
• 450 g cucumber, preferably Persian, sliced ¼ inch thick
• 3 or 4 scallions, both white and green parts, thinly sliced on a long bias

• Salt
• ¼ cup fresh mint leaves, some whole, some torn
• ¼ cup small basil leaves (preferably Thai or cinnamon basil)
• 2 tablespoons roughly chopped cilantro
• ⅓ cup salted peanuts, crushed using a rolling pin or mortar

PREPARATION

Step 1
Make the dressing: Put lime juice and sugar in a small bowl. Stir to combine, allowing sugar to dissolve. Stir in sesame oil and fish sauce. Add the Thai and Fresno chiles. Set aside.

Step 2

Put cucumbers and scallions in a serving bowl. Sprinkle very lightly with salt and toss. Add the dressing and toss well to coat. Refrigerate to chill, about 30 minutes.

Step 3
Top with mint, basil and cilantro. 

Sprinkle with crushed peanuts.

Zucchini Loaf

Recipe:

1 and 3/4 cups of all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
A few cracks of sea salt
1 and 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp of ground nutmeg or 1/4 tsp of allspice
1/2 cup melted coconut oil or 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup of granulated sugar
1/2 cup of brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup of Greek yogurt
2 tsp of pure vanilla extract
1 and 1/2 cups of shredded zucchini
(sometimes I add more)

In a bowl, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, sea salt, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, and mix.

In a separate bowl, add sugars, eggs, melted coconut oil, Greek yogurt, vanilla extract, and shredded zucchini.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients bowl and mix.

Pour into a loaf pan.

Bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes (or whenever a toothpick comes out of the middle cleanly without any raw batter on it)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOBO13UjpBL/