Unique Fruity Green Salad
Description
A green salad adorned with bananas, avocados, almonds, red onion and mandarin oranges, drizzled with a sweet mustard poppy seed dressing.
Ingredients
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1 teaspoon white sugar
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1 tablespoon water
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1/2 cup blanched slivered almonds
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1 head leaf lettuce - rinsed, dried and torn into bite-size pieces
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1 head romaine lettuce - rinsed, dried, and torn into bite-size pieces
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2 bananas, peeled and sliced
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1 avocado - pitted, peeled, and cubed
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2 (11 ounce) cans mandarin oranges, drained
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1 red onion, thinly sliced
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1 cup vegetable oil
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1/2 cup honey
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1 teaspoon salt
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1/3 cup distilled white vinegar
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1 teaspoon dry mustard
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1/2 teaspoon poppy seeds
Directions
1
Stir together water and sugar in a skillet over medium heat. Add the slivered almonds, toss to coat, and cook and stir until the almonds are brown. Remove from heat.
2
In a large bowl, gently toss together the almonds, lettuce, avocado, orange segments and onion, and set aside.
3
In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, honey, salt, vinegar, mustard and poppy seeds. Pour over the salad mixture and toss to coat.