Mandarin Orange Salad

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/2 head iceberg lettuce
• 1/2 head romaine lettuce
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
• 2 green onions
• 1 can mandarin orange (11oz.)
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds
• 6 teaspoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 combine 1/4 cup sugar, salt, pepper, vinegar and oil.
• 2 heat until sugar dissolves.
• 3 cool.
• 4 meanwhile cook almonds and 6 tsp.
• 5 sugar over med-low heat in saucepan stirring constantly until sugar melts and almonds coated.
• 6 cool and break apart.
• 7 break apart lettuces into bite size pieces.
• 8 add thinly sliced celery, cut on diagonal and thinly sliced green onions.
• 9 5 minutes before serving toss with drained mandarin oranges, sugared almonds and cooled dressing.
• 10 if desired can add a few pieces of chunked pineapple and top with a few crunchy chow mein noodles.