The perfect Summer Zucchini Salad With Pine Nuts, Pecorino and Fresh Mint. This is a beautiful, fresh Italian side salad inspired by a wonderful Italian woman named Lalitya, a wonderful chef, I knew in Italy many years ago.

This salad was first featured in my 2009 cookbook, Easy Green Organic, so it is tried and true. Although arugula is a peppery lettuce, it's a versatile one. In Italy it is often eaten with endive and radicchio or tossed into a fresh pasta. And one of my absolute favorites.

This cold sesame soba noodle salad recipe is a favorite from my cook book, Anna Getty’s Easy Green Organic, published by Chronicle Books in 2010.