Tuna Apricot Salad

I am posting this recipe to try one day. It placed first in a readers choice cookbook from the local paper.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• SALAD

• 1 (14 ounce) can  apricot halves
• 4  cups lettuce, torn
• 4  cups spinach, torn
• 1⁄2 cup celery, thinly sliced
• 1⁄2 cup carrot, grated
• 1  small red onion, sliced in rings
• 2 (7 ounce) cans tuna, well drained
• 2  small tomatoes, cut in eighths
• 1⁄4 cup  macadamia nuts, coarsley chopped

• APRICOT SOY DRESSING

• 3⁄4 cup mayonnaise
• 3  tablespoons lemon juice
• 3  tablespoons  reserved apricot  syrup
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 1⁄8 teaspoon dried ginger

Directions

1. Drain apricots and reserve 3 tablespoons syrup for the dressing.
2. Toss together the lettuce, spinach, celery, carrot and onion rings in a salad bowl.
3. Place tuna in the centre of the greens.
4. Arrange tomatoes around the edge of tuna, alternating with the apricot halves.
5. Sprinkle with nuts.
6. Serve with Apricot Soy Dressing.
7. For Dressing, thoroughly blend all ingredients together using beater or whisk. Makes about 1 cup.