The perfect sweet and spicy summer salad

Spinach Salad with Ginger Mustard Vinaigrette
(with mesclun thinnings from the garden!)

basic salad ingredients:
baby spinach
black olives, roughly chopped
green pepper, diced

dressing:
1 part dijon mustard
2 parts olive oil
tiny knob of ginger, minced
a squirt of orange juice

extra:
baby mesclun thinnings from the garden

This summer salad was spontaneous magic. The black olives and green pepper were pizza topping leftovers from last night's dinner. The crunch and spice of the green pepper turned out to be perfect with the ginger mustard vinaigrette. Black olives gave a deep and savoury foundation to the flavour combo of sweet and spicy.

The light tones of the mesclun mix from the garden were probably overshadowed, but their taste combo was also a mix of hot and sweet, so I thought they were a pretty addition to my salad, and of course, eating what I'd grown myself made it that much sweeter.

<3 pamplemousse