Mandarin Lettuce Salad

This is one of my favorite salads to make for a gathering. It can be assembled early and just add the almonds and vinegrette at the last minute and toss. I got the recipie from my sister. It is one of her most recommended recipies. I can even get my carnivourous son to eat this because it's a little sweet :) Honestly, the number of servings is just a guess. Sorry.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 1 salad

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  dash black pepper, to taste
• 2  tablespoons sugar
• 2  tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1⁄4 cup  oil
•  Tabasco sauce, to taste
• 1⁄4 cup  slivered almonds
• 1  tablespoon sugar, plus
• 1  teaspoon sugar
• 1⁄4 head iceberg lettuce, broken
• 1⁄4 head romaine lettuce, broken
• 1  cup  chopped celery
• 2  green onions, chopped
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges

Directions

1. For vinegrette:
2. Combine salt, pepper, 2T.
3. sugar, vinegar, oil, and tobasco.
4. Shake or whisk to combine.
5. For candies almonds:
6. Combine 1 T.
7. plus 1 teaspoons sugar in a small non-stick pan.
8. Stir over low hear until carmalized and brown.
9. Remove from pan onto waxed paper and separate as much as possible.
10. Allow to cool completely.
11. For Salad:
12. Combine remaining ingredients.
13. Toss in vinegrette, then almonds.
14. Serve immediately.