Wendy's Almond Orange Salad

Lennie's Note:

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

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• ½ cup canola oil
• 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon dry mustard
• ½ teaspoon onion flakes
• 1 can mandarin oranges in juice , well drained
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• ½ cup slivered almond
• 1 head romaine lettuce , washed and dried

Directions:

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

Reviews

[LeeAnn]

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!!

[HeatherFeather]

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.

[Marg (CaymanDesigns)]

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.