Candied Walnut Orange Salad

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• vegetable oil cooking spray
• 3 tablespoons sugar, for top
• 3 tablespoons orange juice, from can
• 2 cups walnuts, chopped large
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 heads butter lettuce, washed and dried
• 16 ounces mandarin orange segments, 2 cans
• 1/2 red onion, very thinly sliced
• 2 avocados, chopped
• 2 tomatoes, chopped large
• 1 cup asian-style dressing (such as miso dressing or ginger dressing)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 line a large cookie sheet with foil and spray with nonstick spray. in a 10-inch skillet over medium heat, add 6 tablespoons sugar and mandarine orange juice. bring to a simmer, and then add walnuts. cook until sugar is absorbed and mixture starts to caramelize around walnuts, stirring constantly, about 2 minutes.
• 3 in a small bowl, mix cinnamon and remaining 3 tablespoons sugar. toss walnuts in cinnamon-sugar. place walnuts in single layer on prepared cookie sheet. bake until walnuts appear crystallized and toasted, about 8 minutes. set aside
• 4 chop lettace. mix all ingredients together.
• 5 drizzle 2 tablespoons of dressing on top of each salad and serve.