I have been meaning to make this recipe since the summer started and I was happy to still find rainbow carrots at the farmer's market this morning. I love the colors and how cheery it made this salad. I also loved the trick of icing the ribbons to make them crispy - it really worked! I could not find pea shoots at a couple of different markets so I just left it out. All of the other flavors were great and the dressing was quite tart with the garlic and Meyer lemon which offset the feta.
I ended up serving this salad with cold Japanese noodles since it was so hot today and that turned out to be a bad idea. Feta does not go well with other dishes that have a soy sauce base.
Things I learned from this recipe:
I used pineapple mint and apple mint found at my farmer's market. Both have very unique flavors that I really enjoyed.
Do not serve goat's-milk feta cheese with Japanese food.
Would I make this recipe again?:
Yes