Ginger Salad

Here's the delicious salad we promised. We served this with our salmon dish (Salmon and Caper Delight). The ginger dressing is SO delicious - it's like the ginger dressing from sushi restaurants, but better. It's super easy to make too, I highly recommend it. Who would've thought ketchup goes in ginger dressing?! You could double the dressing recipe and keep it in the fridge for future salads.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons minced onion
• 3 tablespoons peanut or canola oil
• 2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons finely grated fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon ketchup
• 1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Freshly ground pepper to taste
• 10 ounces fresh spinach
• 1 large carrot, grated (you can buy a bag of pre-grated carrots for time-sake)
  
• 1 medium red bell pepper, very thinly sliced

Directions

1. Combine onion, oil, vinegar, ginger, ketchup, soy sauce, garlic, salt and pepper in a blender. Process until combined.
2. Toss spinach, carrot and bell pepper with the dressing in a large bowl until evenly coated.