Minted Zucchini Tagliatelle with Cucumbers and Lemon

The concept here is that zucchini masquerades as pasta in this refreshing summer salad.

Added to the zucchini is cucumber, onion, lemon, nut oil, and a lot mint. I didn't have a sweet onion, so diced a regular yellow, and soaked it in cold water for an hour. It was not hot at all, so that did the trick. I didn't have pistachio oil, and so substituted hazelnut oil. The nut oil was very subtle.

I was happy to use up some zucchini with making this, but my kids didn't really like it. If it were crunchier, it would be better. I did like the mint and lemon combination.

update The recipe warns you not to make this ahead, and so I almost tossed the leftovers. So thankful I didn't - I might like it more today. Maybe this is a better adult salad than a kid's salad, and it makes a really nice lunch on a hot day when you decided to skip going to work ;)