smoked salmon & watercress salad with red onion-caper vinaigrette

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup drained capers
• 1/2 medium red onion, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 8 cups watercress (preferably the kind that's already trimmed, rinsed, bagged)
• 6 ounces smoked salmon, torn or cut into bite-size pieces

Recipe

• mix lemon juice, vinegar, mustard and a big pinch of salt and pepper to taste in a 1-quart pyrex measuring cup. add capers and onion; toss to coat. slowly add oil, pushing onion aside and beating with a small whisk or fork to form a thick dressing.
• mix watercress and half the salmon in a large bowl. when ready to serve, pour dressing over watercress and salmon; toss to coat. arrange on salad plates, garnishing each with remaining smoked salmon.