Spinach Salad
photo by KateL
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
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Salad
- 6 ounces baby spinach leaves
- 1 -2 medium carrot (grated or julienned, about 1 cup)
- 1⁄2 cucumber, peeled and sliced (seeding optional)
- 4 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds (white, black, any combination)
- 1 cup grape tomatoes (optional)
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Sesame-Ginger Dressing
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 -3 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon teriyaki sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey or 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 -2 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- salt and pepper, to taste
directions
- Combine all dressing ingredients in a blender, food processor or covered cruet and process or shake well until blended (I let my blender mince garlic I had sliced).
- Combine salad ingredients except for sesame seeds into a large bowl. Toss well with dressing and sprinkle with sesame seeds to serve.
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Reviews
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Loved getting my veggies this way, and DH did not complain for once that "I don't eat salad, you know." The salad dressing was perfect for us; I used 1 tablespoon of sesame oil, so the rice vinegar, ginger and garlic stood out as an extremely pleasant non-creamy and non-oily salad dressing. The fixings were all things we love, and this fit into my WW plan very nicely. Thanks for posting this recipe, Kumquat the Cat's Friend! Made for Spring 2009 Veg*n Swap, but I will make this often from now on.
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New York City, 72
<p>Clockwise from upper left, my dear friends Cranberry, Quincy, Kumquat and Kiwi. All of our cats were born in the wild and adopted by us. Zaar Chefs I have met so far: Elmotoo, justcallmeToni, ~Rita~, Midwest Maven, Bird&Buddha (both of them) and most recently, Ms*Bindy from upstate New York:) Wonderful, sweet, friendly people and great chefs! Most relevant thing to mention here is that I am a vegetarian, and recently became a vegan (almost 100%). To put vegetables and other things not meat or fish on the table I work as an actuary (in my case anyway, a combination of statistician, number-cruncher and/or programmer). For fun I like to travel. Just came back from Namibia, a peaceful democracy in Africa with lots of animals! Got some terrific pictures of lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, rhinocerous, hyenas, all kinds of antelopes, giraffes and zebras. Namibia is the second most sparsely populated country per square mile, just behind Mongolia. Update: We went to Italy this Spring. We had lots of pizza and pasta. The pizza is so much better in Italy, particularly the crust. The Amalfi coast was absolutely beautiful. Spectacular natural scenery (Canada and Alaska are really beautiful, Patagonia in Chile is sublime, Iceland is unique) has been my latest passion as far as travel destinations but I have seen quite a few big cities too (Paris, Berlin, London and Madrid to name a few). On my bulletin board at work I keep a list of every country I've visited (other than the U.S. of course). So far I've made it to five continents: Europe, Africa, South America, Asia and North America of course. I've got only two other continents to conquer:) I don't usually have difficulty finding vegetarian dishes here in the U.S. or overseas, but finding vegan dishes is much harder. I have no kids, just cats, Kumquat, Cranberry, and more recently Quincy and Kiwi. They are purebreds, of the breed alley caticus (okay, American shorthair I guess). Our cats are not vegetarians, though my boyfriend (significant other, long-term partner, whatever) is. I am a friend of all animals both tamed and wild. In addition I am a freethinker and my boyfriend studies philosophy. Either way, we get along pretty well. Also, please allow me to say that my BF and I recently bought a condominium in NYC.:) Pet peeve? Okay, I don't like public scenes, especially parents yelling at their children, lovers' spats, etc. If it must be done please do it in private:D Participation & Awards:</p>