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Gretchen's table: Tahini-ginger noodle salad the answer to zucchini overload

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A zucchini noodle salad with an East Asian-inspired tahini-ginger dressing is an easy, low-carb summer dish.

A zucchini noodle salad with an East Asian-inspired tahini-ginger dressing is an easy, low-carb summer dish. (Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS)

A zucchini noodle salad with an East Asian-inspired tahini-ginger dressing is an easy, low-carb summer dish.

A zucchini noodle salad with an East Asian-inspired tahini-ginger dressing is an easy, low-carb summer dish. (Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS)

Like many home cooks who also garden, I get great satisfaction using the herbs and vegetables I grow each summer in whatever I'm cooking that day. As such, one of my favorite things to do during my early-morning walks is to check out other people's gardens to see how my green(ish) thumb stacks up.

When it comes to summer squash, I always lose out to an elderly neighbor who grows some of the best-looking zucchini I've ever seen in an unlikely spot: behind his garage, on a tiny patch of grass alongside an alley.

A zucchini noodle salad with an East Asian-inspired tahini-ginger dressing is an easy, low-carb summer dish.

A zucchini noodle salad with an East Asian-inspired tahini-ginger dressing is an easy, low-carb summer dish. (Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS)





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