Wendy's Almond Orange Salad

Name: Wendy's Almond Orange Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/2 cup canola oil; 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1 tablespoon white sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard; 1/2 teaspoon onion flakes; 1 can mandarin oranges in juice, well drained; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 1/2 cup slivered almonds; 1 head romaine lettuce, washed and dried

Submitted by Lennie

"This is my sister-in-law's recipe -- always in demand at family potlucks. Hope you like it too!"

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photo by Marg (CaymanDesigns)

Ready In:: 15mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 4

ingredients

¹⁄₂ cup canola oil
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tablespoon white sugar
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon dry mustard
¹⁄₂ teaspoon onion flakes
1 can mandarin oranges in juice, well drained
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons brown sugar
¹⁄₂ cup slivered almonds
1 head romaine lettuce, washed and dried

directions

Tear lettuce into bite-size pieces and set aside.
Combine dressing ingredients (oil through to dried onion flakes) and whisk well-- you can do this in your processor if you wish.
In a nonstick frying pan, melt butter and add brown sugar-- over low or med-low heat.
Add slivered almonds and, stirring constantly, allow almonds to candy.
Remove and cool.
Shortly before serving, toss lettuce with dressing, drained oranges and candied almonds.

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Reviews

I have been looking for this recipe for a long time!!!! Yum... I have already given out the recipe to my sister too. I do think I would try and cut back the oil next time just a bit. Very yummy Lennie!!

LeeAnn
Very good salad. I loved the buttery almonds - they were my favorite part. Colorful and refreshing. Next time, I would use less oil as the dressing was a little too oily.

HeatherFeather
The flavors were good together but I felt the butter used to make the candied almonds was way too much. Mine ended up swimming in butter. I would try using only 1 Tbls. next time. The dressing is a little strong too. There were a few times that it took my breath away when I'd bite into an orange that absorbed a lot of it. A good combo of flavors over all.

Marg (CaymanDesigns)

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