Craisin Salad

Name: Craisin Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 head romaine lettuce, torn into medium sized pieces; 2 whole green onions, chopped; 1 cup craisins; 1/4 cup sliced almonds; 1/2 cup diced celery; 1 medium chopped avocado (I have never added this item.) (optional); 1/4 cup vegetable oil; 2 tablespoons cider vinegar; 2 tablespoons granulated sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper or 1/4 teaspoon white pepper

Submitted by CarrolJ

"I was given this recipe years ago when I lived in Colorado. It is a very simple but delicious salad. It always gets lots of compliments and completely disappears at potlucks."

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photo by Bev I Am

Ready In:: 15mins
Ingredients:: 11
Serves:: 6

ingredients

Salad
1 head romaine lettuce, torn into medium sized pieces
2 whole green onions, chopped
1 cup craisins
¹⁄₄ cup sliced almonds
¹⁄₂ cup diced celery
1 medium chopped avocado (I have never added this item.) (optional)
Dressing
¹⁄₄ cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon black pepper or 1/4 teaspoon white pepper

directions

Heat dressing ingredients until sugar dissolves, stirring constantly.
Cool dressing.
Mix salad ingredients.
Just before serving pour dressing over salad and toss well.
Serve and enjoy.

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Reviews

This was really good- I took it to a potluck, with good success. I also did not use avocado- it doesn't seem like the texture would match the rest of the salad. I used coarse ground pepper, and may try 1/4 tsp of cajun seasoning next time

didyb
Instead of avocado I used strawberries. Great flavors and crunch with each bite!

Cheffette Teresa
We loved this salad! I made a few changes: tripled salad amounts, added a little red onion, provel cheese (mostly a St. Louis area cheese), and used 2-9 oz. bags of a romaine salad mix. I also tripled the amount of dressing just in case, but doubling it would have been fine.

aviva
i made this every night for dinner for a month straight. that's how good and easy it is. i did not add the celery or avocado and it was still awesome.

adinascotch
I made this twice (once with white and the other brown sugar). It was good both times, although I prefer the white. I added a bit of the juice from the mandarin oranges, too. I'll make this a lot. Thanks for posting, Carol! Roxygirl

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