Spring Salad with Orange Dressing

Author: Janet Peterson, "Remedies for the 'I Don't Cook' Syndrome" (Deseret Book)
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Ingredients

2-3 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/2 cup sugar
1/4- 1/3 cup sliced almonds
1 head red or green leaf lettuce, torn
3 to 4 cups spring mix (loose or in package in produce section)
1 jicama, cut in thin strips
6 kiwis, sliced
1 bunch red or purple grapes, cut in halves
2 cups sliced strawberries

Melt butter in a small skillet. Add sugar and almonds. Stir until sugar is dissolved and almonds coated. Cool. Combine lettuces, spring mix, jicama, kiwis, grapes and strawberries in a large salad bowl. Add sugared almonds.

Dressing:
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup rice vinegar
1/3 cup orange juice
1 cup olive oil
1 (.7-ounce) envelope Good Seasons Italian dressing mix


Directions

Mix sugar, rice vinegar, orange juice, olive oil and Italian dressing mix. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Serve with salad.