Worth waiting for

Back in January, when I borrowed How to Eat Supper from the library, I had a list of recipes that I didn't get a chance to try. One of them was Thai Cantaloupe Salad with Chile, which we had last night along with fresh spring rolls and a pea and rocket [=arugula] salad. Yum! I didn't have any basil, so I used mint and cilantro, and I replaced the fish sauce with a little bit of soy sauce and some vegan nuoc cham. This was really good: I'm looking forward to trying it again with basil.

The pea salad was pretty good too. I made it up as I went along: peas, rocket, some almond feta (from the freezer), lime juice, salt and pepper. (Hey look, peas and rocket: great minds think alike. And yes, in Noho we are only just now eating like they do in NOLA in January.)