Mandarin Orange Salad

"This is a great salad! Try adding some cooked, crumbled bacon to the mix-- it adds to the already wonderful flavors."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
4-5
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a jar with a tight fitting lid, combine the oil, vinegar, sugar, parsley, salt and pepper.
  • Cover and shake well.
  • Refrigerate until use.
  • In a medium saucepan over medium low heat, cook and stir the almonds and sugar until the sugar is melted and the almonds are coated.
  • Remove from heat, cool, and break apart.
  • Store at room temperature until ready to serve salad.
  • In a large bowl, toss together the lettuce, celery, oranges, almonds and dressing until evenly coated.

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  1. Oh how GREAT! Thanks for posting Juenessa! We are in the process of moving a lot of things to our house in Texas, so I have a lot of my cookbooks packed. I'm having friends for dinner Saturday and my husband requested a salad similar to this one. It comes from an old cookbook from Iowa called Pig Out. I love that cookbook, so of course it is one I'm taking to Texas and I couldn't really remember all of the ingredients. This is almost it exactly with a few changes. The other one toasts the almonds instead of sugaring them. It also has 1/2 tsp. or 1 tsp. of almond extract - can't remember. I have literally seen someone pick up the plate to finish off the dressing when he thought no one was looking. Mine also adds 1/3 or 1/2 cup of diced crisp bacon and if I have any, I always throw in some sunflower seeds and toasted sesame seeds. Make sure the lettuce and the dressing are nice and cold. I always put my plates in the frig for a few hours for this dressing and I always use crisp romaine. I think that makes all the difference. Enjoy!
     
  2. I made this recipe couple months ago but forgot to review it. Didn't change a thing. It was delicious, fresh, tasty! Will do again.
     
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