Mandarin Orange Spinach Salad

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/3 cup salad oil
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 4 cups torn spinach (or any combination you'd like of romaine, iceburg, spinach etc.)
• 1 cup diced celery
• 1/2 cup sliced green onion (or sometimes i use red onion)
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin orange segments, drained

Recipe

• 1 in a jar, combine all ingredients for the dressing.
• 2 shake well and refrigerate for at least one hour to blend flavours.
• 3 (i make it the night before) in a heavy skillet, cook almonds and sugar over medium heat until sugar melts and coats almonds, stirring frequently.
• 4 cool.
• 5 break apart if necessary.
• 6 in large bowl, combine spinach, celery and green onions.
• 7 just before serving, add almonds and orange segments.
• 8 toss gently.
• 9 pour dressing over salad and toss.
• 10
• 11
• 12 p.s.i always double the amount of almonds because they really add a wonderful flavour to the salad-- and because some mysteriously disappear before they make it to the salad!