Best Tossed Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
1 tablespoon poppy seed
1/2 cup sugar or 1/2 cup Splenda granular
2 teaspoons minced onions
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 head romaine lettuce (Use half romaine and half spinach.)
3 ounces spinach
1/8 cup raisins
1 cup sliced strawberry
1/4 cup mandarin orange
1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
1 small cucumber, sliced
2/3 cup whole candied pecans (recipe below)

Preparation

Whisk together first eight ingredients and refrigerate.
To glaze pecans, melt 1/3 cup of sugar over medium high heat. When sugar is melted, add 2/3 cup of pecans and coat. Spread on buttered waxed paper to cool. Break apart.
Mix together rest of ingredients except for nuts.and refrigerate until time to serve. When read to serve, add nuts and salad dressing.
( Salad dressing will need to be shaken to mix as it tends to settle.).