Serves: 8
Total Calories: 398

Sunlight Salad Dressing:
1 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
3 teaspoons freshly chopped parsley, or 1 teaspoon dried parsley
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Salad:
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup sliced almonds
1/2 head iceberg lettuce
1/2 head Romaine lettuce
6 green onions, chopped
1 1/2 cups fresh oranges, peeled and sectioned, or 2 (10-ounce) cans Mandarin oranges, drained

Sunlight Salad Dressing:
Combine dressing ingredients in a jar, and shake until well mixed.

Salad:
Add sugar to frying pan with almonds, and cook over medium heat, stirring and watching closely. When almonds are browned, pour them onto foil and let cool. Tear clean lettuce into bite-size pieces and place in a salad bowl. Add onions and oranges. Pour Sunlight Salad dressing over salad to taste, and toss lightly. Top with almonds and serve.


Fun Fact: Almonds are actually stone fruits related to cherries, plums, and peaches. The world’s largest almond factory in Sacramento, California, processes two million pounds of almonds a day.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 8
Total Calories: 398
Calories from Fat: 315

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