Salad Recipe ✓ Poppy Seed Salad

Mandarin oranges add the color and the dressing adds the zing to this mixture of greens. You can use spinach or iceberg lettuce in place of romaine, or use a combination of any of them.

Ingredients

• 2 heads romaine lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces
• 3 (15 ounce) cans mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 bunch green onions, chopped
• 5 ounces slivered almonds
• ¾ cup white sugar
• ½ cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 ½ tablespoons poppy seeds

Cooking Directions

1. Mix lettuce, oranges, green onions, and almonds in a large mixing bowl.
2. Blend sugar, vinegar, salt, and mustard in a blender. Stream oil into the dressing while blending. Continue to blend until the dressing emulsifies. Add poppy seeds and blend briefly to mix. Drizzle dressing over the salad and toss to coat.

Nutrition Facts

• calories514.8
• carbohydrateContent42.7 g
• fatContent37.4 g
• fiberContent5.4 g
• proteinContent6.6 g
• saturatedFatContent5 g
• sodiumContent894.2 mg
• sugarContent35.3 g