Spinach Salad

November 10th, 2009 filed under Soups and Salads

This is a delicious and refreshing spinach and tomato salad. Adding walnuts and ginger dressing provides a creamy and tangy flavor.

This recipe will serve 4.

Ingredients:

• About 4 cups chopped spinach
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 apple
• 1/4  cup feta cheese (optional)

Dressing:

• 1/4  cup walnuts
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon ginger juice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2  teaspoon black pepper
• About 2 tablespoons water adjust as needed

Method:

1. Wash the spinach and pat dry and chop them coarsely. Keep aside.
2. Cut the tomatoes in halves and remove the seeds, cut them in about half inch pieces.
3. Next peel and cut the apples in small pieces.
4. In a salad bowl toss the spinach, tomatoes and apples together. Keep aside.

Dressing:

1. Shred about 1 inch piece of ginger on fine side of shredder. Squeeze the shredded ginger between your fingers to make ginger juice.
2. Next blend all the dressing ingredients together. Add the water as needed otherwise dressing will be too thick.
3. Pour the dressing over salad, and sprinkle with feta cheese. Enjoy!

Suggested Variations:

1. Tomatoes can be replaced with strawberries.
2. Walnuts can be replaced with roasted peanuts

6 Responses to “Spinach Salad”

1. nina says:

   November 22, 2009 at 4:08 pm

   hello aunty i really enjoy seeing your recipes they are very easy to understand i enjoy learning new dishes the espinach salad is very nice and different thanks for showing your nice recipes

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2. Smita says:

   November 18, 2009 at 9:05 am

   Manjulaji,

   Wow such a healthy salad….thank you so much for sharing this.

   Can you please tell me which grinder/Blender you are using as the one i have is really big and i need the smaller one and i like the one you are using.

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   • Manjula Jain says:

     November 18, 2009 at 10:43 am

     Hello Smita,
     I use Magic Bullet this is small and very handy.

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3. Vidya says:

   November 13, 2009 at 12:53 pm

   OMG!!! You look awesome! so whats going on? I have been watching… first came the glasses, then the new website look, then new hair do & now spinach salad…. I am impressed!!! hmmmmm….Are you expecting?

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4. Prerna says:

   November 12, 2009 at 9:33 pm

   Hi Aunty, I’m very regular at your website and love all your recipes. My husband loves everything I make out of your website. I was going to make spinach dal and ended up making the spinach salad instead which was so amazing . Also, loved your new look

   Thank you for sharing!

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5. Meena says:

   November 12, 2009 at 11:59 am

   Wow Aunty, you are looking so modern and younger with your haircut and kurti! Thank you for another great recipe.

   Meena

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