Nutty Mandarin Salad With Poppy Seed Dressing

Submitted by princesskim

"My sister-in-law makes this wonderful salad and I finally got the recipe from her. It is so yummy!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 1 salad
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 heads romaine lettuce or 2 heads butter lettuce
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 small red onion, sliced
• 1⁄2 cup slivered almonds, toasted
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄3 cup oil
• 1⁄4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon mustard
• 2 teaspoons poppy seeds
• 1 teaspoon salt

directions

1. For the salad: Chop lettuce into bite-sized pieces.
2. Top lettuce with drained mandarin oranges and toasted slivered almonds.
3. Slice red onion and add to salad.
4. Toss everything together.
5. For dressing: Mix together sugar, red wine vinegar, mustard, poppy seeds, and salt. Once all other ingredients are mixed together, add the oil and mix well.
6. Serve salad and dressing separately to avoid a soggy, wilted result.

Reviews

[CountryCookinGirl]

i make this all the time it is amazingly good! my favorite

 

[winelover813]

I made this for a wine tasting party the other night and EVERYONE loved it and wanted the recipe! Fabulous! I am going to try it again with splenda instead of sugar.

 

[RecipeTsarina]

This is wonderful. I went a bit easy on the sugar with no problems. I threw in some red grapes too. Will be having this again for lunch tomorrow, can't wait.