Connie Griffin's Signature Salad
Created by dienia b on October 18, 2014
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 5m
- Recipe #14735
Ingredients
- ALMONDS
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 cup sliced almonds
- POPPY SEED DRESSING
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup oil
- 1/4 cup vinegar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard
- 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
- SALAD
- 1 package (16 ounce) mixed salad greens
- 4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
- 2 kiwi, peeled and sliced
- 1 pint strawberries, sliced
- 1 can (8 ounce) mandarin oranges, drained
How to Make
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Step 1: Sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar into a nonstick skillet; stir constantly until sugar melts and coats almonds. Remove from heat when almonds are brown. Be careful because almonds burn easily.
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Step 2: Mix together poppy seed dressing ingredients.
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Step 3: Mix dressing with the salad ingredients; chill
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (459.3 g)
- Calories 897.8
- Total Fat - 62.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 14.6 g
- Cholesterol - 80.9 mg
- Sodium - 2377.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 61.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.5 g
- Sugars - 42.6 g
- Protein - 26.5 g
- Calcium - 370.2 mg
- Iron - 2.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 22 mg
- Thiamin - 0.6 mg