We discovered this wonderful site Holy Basil, a couple weeks ago.  Not only does it wet your appetite visually;  but, now we can say that the recipes, literally do as well.  I am always looking for some new things to try out in the kitchen, ones that are easy for weekday cooking and do not involve pasta!  Christine is doing this wonderful series, the “weekly salad” and all of them look wonderful.  She seems to be switching off weekly between “French” and “Asian”.  We decided to go with something completely different from what we usually cook, the Spicy Calamari Salad.

The recipe is very simple, the most work involved is prepping the veggies.  The Calamari cook up within a minute and then you have a complete meal.  I could not find the Thai peppers so I did substitute with a jalapeno pepper;  which, gave it a lot of kick and bite.  The lime juice cooled the spiciness down and the sugar rounded it into a really great sweet and savory flavor, that lingered for the right amount of time on your tongue.  You will not be bored with this salad as there is a lot going on with it;  crispiness of the veggies, coolness of the cilantro and the calamari was not chewy at all due to the quick cooking.