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Spinach And Roasted Beet Salad With Ginger Vinaigrette

The lively dressing lends a little zip to this fresh-tasting, colorful salad.

Courses: Salads
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

4   Beets - trimmed (medium)
3 tablespoons 45mlRice vinegar
2 tablespoons 30mlVegetable oil
2 teaspoons 10mlReduced-sodium soy sauce
2 teaspoons 10mlMinced peeled fresh ginger
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1/2   Red onion - thinly sliced (medium)
8 cups 320g / 11ozFresh spinach leaves - (abt 8 oz) - trimmed

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wrap beets in foil. Roast until beets are tender when pierced with skewer, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool beets slightly. Peel beets; cut into wedges. Place in medium bowl.

Whisk vinegar, oil, soy sauce and ginger in small bowl to blend well. Season vinaigrette to taste with salt and pepper. Add red onion and half of vinaigrette to beets and toss to blend.

Place spinach in large bowl. Drizzle remaining vinaigrette over; toss to coat. Arrange beet mixture atop spinach.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Per serving: calories, 94; total fat, 7 g; saturated fat, 1 g; cholesterol, 0.

Source:
Bon Appetit, April 2000

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