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4 medium carrots, peeled
1/3 cup salted peanuts
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons peanut oil
few drops sesame oil

Nigella says:  Grate the carrots very coarsely, push them through the french-fry cutter blade in the food processor, or just cut them into skinny batons or sticks. In a bowl, combine them with the peanuts and then add the remaining ingredients. I like to eat this, straight out of the Pyrex bowl I mix it in, held up high, under my chin, for ease of eating-action. In fact, the only way I stop eating it is by having someone prise the bowl out of my hands.

Serves 1-2, depending on your compulsiveness or generosity.

Forever Summer by Nigella Lawson Hyperion April 2003

I find it strange how much I like this recipe. Even more strange is that all of our children devour it. I understand why Nigella claims that it must be removed from her hands. I often make it on informal nights as a snack. If I served a bit on each child's dinner plate, it would not get eaten. Yet, if I have a bowlful with a fork handy, the children see me eating and want in on "Mom's Salad." Little do they know that this is one of my little tricks to get them to eat more healthy vegetables!