Simple Salad Dressing and Mandarin Almond Salad

Mandarin Almond Salad

If you're not thrilled with the salad dressing you can find in the store, try homemade! It's super easy, I promise, and you probably already have the ingredients. I'll include the full salad recipe I use with the dressing too.

-Anglophile LV

Dressing:
1/4c white vinegar
1 1/2tb sugar
1/2 tsp salt
pepper
3/4c oil

Put ingredients in a tupperware container and shake well, or just stir it. I told you it was easy.

Salad:
1 package of slivered almonds
1-2 heads Boston Lettuce
1 c mandarin oranges
4 green onions chopped
1 ripe avocado
a handful of Craisins
1/4th cup sugar-- yes, sugar.

Ok, so put the sugar in a skillet over low heat until it begins to carmelize, then add the almonds and stir until they're all coated and slightly browned. Spoon them out onto wax paper, or a cookie sheet, and try not to let them clump up. Spread them out flat. When they cool, break them up into little pieces since they stick together otherwise. It's a pain in the ass, but worth it in the end. Toss together with the lettuce, oranges, green onions, avocado, craisins and salad dressing at serving time.