Mandarin Orange & Poppyseed Salad

• 2 bunches green leaf lettuce, rinsed, dried and ripped into pieces
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 (3 ounce) can rice noodles (like La Choy)
• 3 green onions, chopped
• Candied Almonds
• 3/4 cup slivered almonds
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• Dressing
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/4 cup white vinegar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons poppy seeds
• 1 tablespoon Aunt Jane's Krazy Mixed Up Salt

1. Make or buy candied almonds.
2. To make candied almonds, melt butter in a small frying pan over medium-low heat.
3. Add almonds and sugar, cooking until golden brown.
4. Remove from heat, transfer to a different dish to cool. As almonds are cooling, continuously separate using a fork or another utensil (if you don't, the almonds will be stuck together and will be hard to separate once cool).
5. To make dressing, mix/shake all dressing ingredients together in a salad dressing cruet, or another tightly sealed container.
6. Rinse and dry lettuce leaves. Rip into bite-sized pieces.
7. Mix together lettuce, green onions, rice noodles, cooled candied almonds, and mandarin oranges.
8. Before serving, pour dressing over lettuce and mix using salad tongs.

mandarin oranges, rice noodles, green onions, slivered almonds, butter, sugar, dressing, oil, white vinegar, sugar, pepper, poppy seeds, s krazy mixed up salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/mandarin-orange-poppyseed-salad-463031 (may not work)