Best Tossed Salad

16 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • 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)

Directions

  1. 1
    Whisk together first eight ingredients and refrigerate.
  2. 2
    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.
  3. 3
    Mix together rest of ingredients except for nuts.and refrigerate until time to serve. When read to serve, add nuts and salad dressing.
  4. 4
    ( Salad dressing will need to be shaken to mix as it tends to settle.).

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