BEST TOSSED SALAD

Best Tossed Salad image

Provided by park26

Categories < 30 Mins

Time 30m

Yield 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 16

Previous Next

2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
1 tablespoon poppy seed
1/2 cup sugar or 1/2 cup Splenda granular
2 teaspoons minced onions
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 head romaine lettuce (Use half romaine and half spinach.)
3 ounces spinach
1/8 cup raisins
1 cup sliced strawberry
1/4 cup mandarin orange
1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
1 small cucumber, sliced
2/3 cup whole candied pecans (recipe below)

Steps:

Whisk together first eight ingredients and refrigerate.
To glaze pecans, melt 1/3 cup of sugar over medium high heat. When sugar is melted, add 2/3 cup of pecans and coat. Spread on buttered waxed paper to cool. Break apart.
Mix together rest of ingredients except for nuts.and refrigerate until time to serve. When read to serve, add nuts and salad dressing.
( Salad dressing will need to be shaken to mix as it tends to settle.).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 312.1, Fat 21.6, SaturatedFat 2.8, Sodium 23.3, Carbohydrate 29.7, Fiber 4.5, Sugar 22.7, Protein 3.5