Lemon-Ginger Alaria Salad

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup alaria, (soaked and sliced)
• 1 medium carrot (grated or sliced in very fine matchsticks)
• 1/2 red onion (sliced in thin half-moons)
• 1/2 cup cucumber (diced)
• 1/2 cup celery (cut in ¼ in slices)
• 1-2 scallions (sliced thinly on the diagonal)
• 1 pear (cut in ½ in chunks)
• 1/4 cup walnuts (coarsely chopped )
• 1 inch piece of fresh ginger (grated and juice extracted)
• juice of 1 lemon
• 1/4 cup brown rice vinegar
• 1 tsp umeboshi vinegar ((optional))
• 1 tbsp rice syrup or honey
• 1/4 cup olive or sesame oil