Party Spinach Salad with Snow Peas and Almonds
This selection from our Green Days collection of salad recipes in the June issue of Canadian Living is great for parties — you can prepare all the ingredients early, then toss them together at serving time. For a simple weeknight supper, simply cut the recipe in half.
Servings: 6 to 8
Ingredients:
| Nutritional Info | |
| Per each of 8 servings: about | - |
| cal | 140 |
| pro | 4 g |
| total fat | 11 g |
| sat. fat | 1 g |
| carb | 9 g |
| fibre | 3 g |
| chol | 0 mg |
| sodium | 289 mg |
| % RDI: | - |
| calcium | 5% |
| iron | 13% |
| vit A | 31% |
| vit C | 73% |
| folate | 35% |
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1 bag (10 oz/284 g) spinach, trimmed and torn
1 cup (250 mL) snow peas, trimmed and thinly sliced
1 can (8 oz/227 g) sliced water chestnuts, drained and rinsed
1 sweet red pepper, thinly sliced
1/2 cup (125 mL) toasted slivered almonds
1 green onion, thinly sliced diagonally
Ginger Dressing:
1/4 cup (50 mL) vegetable oil
2 tbsp (25 mL) soy sauce
2 tbsp (25 mL) rice vinegar
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp (5 mL) minced gingerroot
1/4 tsp (1 mL) pepper
Preparation:
Ginger Dressing:
In jar, shake together oil, soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, ginger and pepper. Set aside. (Make-ahead: Refrigerate for up to 1 week.)
Arrange spinach in large bowl. Top with snow peas, water chestnuts and red pepper. (Make-ahead: Cover bowl with damp towel and plastic wrap. Refrigerate for up to 2 hours.)
Add dressing; toss to coat. Garnish with almonds and green onion.
Source
Canadian Living Magazine: June 2005
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