Mandarin Orange And Spinach Salad

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup oil
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (more or less tabasco is best for this as it just brings some heat to the party)
• 1 dash black pepper
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 4 cups torn romaine lettuce
• 4 cups torn spinach leaves (or any combination of lettuces)
• 1 cup sliced celery
• 1 cup sliced green onion
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained

Recipe

• 1 in jar with tight-fitting lid, combine all dressing ingredients; shake well. refrigerate 1 hour.
• 2 in skillet, cook almonds and sugar over medium low heat until sugar melts and coats almonds, stirring frequently. cool; break apart.
• 3 combine the rest of the salad ingredients.
• 4 toss with dressing and top with almonds--i prefer to top the salad, and at the last minute, as opposed to tossing the almonds in the salad to keep the sugar from being "washed off" by the dressing.