This affordable and simple strawberry-mandarin-orange salad is perfect for the summertime. This salad is always a hit with the crowd and may be prepared the day before.
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 40 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
Ingredients
- ½ cup sliced almonds
- 3 tablespoons white sugar
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- hot sauce
- 2 ½ tablespoons white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 dash ground black pepper
- 1 (12 ounce) bag spring mix lettuce
- 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
- 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
- 1 cup chopped celery
- ½ cup chopped red onion
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Heat a heavy-bottomed pan over medium heat. Stir almonds and 3 tablespoons sugar together in the skillet; cook until the sugar has melted and coats the almonds; 15 to 20 minutes. Set aside.
- Whisk vegetable oil, vinegar, hot sauce, 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar, salt, and pepper together in a bowl. Toss spring mix, oranges, strawberries, celery, onion, and parsley together in a large mixing bowl; drizzle the vegetable oil mixture over the lettuce mixture and stir gently to coat. Sprinkle toasted almonds over the salad to serve.
Reviews
Very good! I added a 1Tbs+ water to the SUGAR/NUT combination when heating. Felt like I could use slightly LESS oil, but that’s a matter of taste. EXCELLENT and PRETTY.
Fantastic blend of flavors and a hit with everyone! I took another cook’s suggestion regarding cutting sugar to 1 Tablespoon, and halved salt as well. Because of health reasons I cannot consume raw onions, so left those out. Two and three year old grandchildren loved it as well!
This is a favorite I had lost the recipe for: I used slivered almonds because that was what my original recipe called for.
Very easy to put together. A nice, refreshing salad.
Super good salad. I added a hard boiled egg and chicken to make it a meal. I will make it again for sure!
The only change I made was to use less sugar, and the recipe was delicious. I only used 2 TBS and will probably use only 1 the next time i make this. I eat a lot of salads, and this was a nice treat.
Amazing salad, now one of my most requested items to bring to get togethers
Served for dinner party, and received rave reviews. I am always nervous about these kind of salads as you always have the one person. Do you have ranch dressing for the salad? Really???? I never have it either as I always make my own dressings, and there is a world way beyond ranch. LOL I did have the same trouble with the sugar clumping into little balls, so I might try whole almonds next time to see if that would add more oil to the situation and produce a different outcome. It was still such a beautiful and yummy salad.
Served for dinner party, and received rave reviews. I am always nervous about these kind of salads as you always have the one person. Do you have ranch dressing for the salad? Really???? I never have it either as I always make my own dressings, and there is a world way beyond ranch. LOL I did have the same trouble with the sugar clumping into little balls, so I might try whole almonds next time to see if that would add more oil to the situation and produce a different outcome. It was still such a beautiful and yummy salad.
This is easy and delicious. First almonds I did brunt. I cooked them too long, second time did them in 1/2 the time
Made it for a cookout and it received a great reviews. Was also asked to make it for other events. It’s a delicious, cool salad for summer.
Tasty and colorful. I cheated on the almonds and the parsley. For the almonds, I used store-bought honey roasted sliced almonds (sold near the croutons), and instead of fresh parsley, I added some dried parsley to the dressing cruet, giving it maybe ten minutes or so to rehydrate before using. I served it alongside some thinly sliced cold rotisserie chicken. It made a very nice, light and flavorful summer meal.
DELICIOUS!! Make no changes!
THIS salad was REALLY good. It’s easy enough to make, and can be prepped ahead of time (don’t put fruit on too early). The almonds are easy enough to make (cam also be made well in advance). I had a hard time keeping myself away from just eating those! Dressing was easy and yummy, too. I don’t like the preservatives and artificial ingredients in packaged salad dressings, so that was great for me. Everyone at my Easter party loved it. Even my kids liked it, and they DO NOT like salad.
This was absolutely amazing!! I followed the directions almost exactly, with one exception. I added a tablespoon of water to the pot of sugar and almonds (I did almonds and pecans) per someone’s suggestion. It was delicious and everyone loved it. I will be making this again soon!
My family and I loved this salad! The dressing is a perfect enhancement to all the ingredients…bursting with flavors!! Will definitely make again!! =-)
The girls loved it! Will make it again. I was in a pinch and ran out of sugar so I used real homemade maple syrup instead for the almonds and in the dressing. I added extra almonds, strawberries and celery and less onion than the recipe. Next time I might add some pulled chicken or quinoa (or both) to make as a meal.
Perfect summer salad. The kids love the fruit and vegetables together.
I made too much dressing for my spring mix, so I put half the dressing. Not sure if I did something wrong, but it was a little too much vinegar for me. I did like it quite a bit though.
First salad I’ve made and it turned out to be a big hit with the crowd of 16. I used half baby spring mix and half kale and very much enjoyed it. easy and delicious.
Great salad. I happened to have all the ingredients and this worked great for our weight loss class tonight. I normally do not like vinegar but this worked well. I left out the nuts since we didn’t need the extra calories. Amazing difference for a salad.