Connie Griffin's Signature Salad

• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup sliced almonds
• 12 cup sugar
• 23 cup oil
• 14 cup vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 12 teaspoon prepared mustard
• 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
• 1 (16 ounce) package mixed salad greens
• 4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
• 2 kiwi, peeled and sliced
• 1 pint strawberry, sliced
• 1 (8 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained

1. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar into a nonstick skillet; stir constantly until sugar melts and coats almonds.
2. Remove from heat when almonds are brown.
3. Be careful because almonds burn easily.
4. Mix together poppy seed dressing ingredients.
5. Mix dressing with the salad ingredients; chill.

sugar, almonds, sugar, oil, vinegar, salt, mustard, poppy seeds, blue cheese, kiwi, strawberry, mandarin oranges

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/connie-griffins-signature-salad-124077 (may not work)