Spinach & Caramelized Almond With Mandarin Orange Salad

Great spinach salad. Not a typical spinach salad.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 3  tablespoons butter
• 4  tablespoons brown sugar
• 3⁄4 cup  slivered almonds
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges
• 1⁄4 cup  mandarin orange liquid
• 10  ounces  Baby Spinach
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 2  tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1  lemon, juice of
• 1⁄4 cup red onion strip
• 1  minced garlic clove
• 2  tablespoons maple syrup

Directions

1. Melt butter with brown sugar; add nuts & brown. Pour mixture on foil or waxed paper and let harden. Crack like toffee/brittle.
2. Mix all ingredients but onions, oranges & spinach. Add dressing, onions (chopped) & oranges before serving.