Summer Salad With Citrus, Lavender Dressing

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup rice noodles, soaked &; drained (bean thread noodles are even better)
• 1/2 raw green mango, peeled, chopped into small pieces
• 2 carrots, cut into matchsticks
• 1/2 cup scallions/green onions, both green &; white part very thinly sliced
• 1.5 cup black beans, cooked &; drained
• 1-2 tomatoes, chopped into small pieces
• lots of spicy sprouts (alfalfa &; radish)
• fresh snap peas
• 1/2 cucumber cucumber, peeled &; diced
• toasted walnuts, roughly crushed
• 1/2 cup slices of oranges
• 4 tablespoons organic lemon &; lavender mix (3 tablespoons lemon juice + 1.5 tablespoon honey + 1/2 teaspoon crushed dried lavender)
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro/coriander leaves, finely chopped
• 1 fresh hot pepper minced
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest
• salt – very little (just for the balance of taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper