Mandarin Orange Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup oil
1/2 head iceberg lettuce
1/2 head romaine lettuce
1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
2 green onions
1 can mandarin orange (11oz.)
1/4 cup sliced almonds
6 teaspoons white sugar

Preparation

Combine 1/4 cup white sugar, salt, pepper, vinegar and oil.
Heat until sugar dissolves.
Cool.
Meanwhile cook almonds and 6 tsp.
sugar over med-low heat in saucepan stirring constantly until sugar melts and almonds coated.
Cool and break apart.
Break apart lettuces into bite size pieces.
Add thinly sliced celery, cut on diagonal and thinly sliced green onions.
5 minutes before serving toss with drained mandarin oranges, sugared almonds and cooled dressing.
If desired can add a few pieces of chunked pineapple and top with a few crunchy chow mein noodles.