Crunchy Romaine Salad

Salad Ingredients:

4 cups Romaine lettuce

4 cups Iceberg lettuce

½ cup chopped green onions

1 crown chopped broccoli florets 

2 can mandarin oranges, drained

1 cup (or more) sliced strawberries

Mix all ingredients, cover, and refrigerate until ready to use.

Crunchy Ingredients:

1 package ramen noodles, seasoning removed

1 cup chopped pecans

¼ cup butter

Melt butter in skillet over low heat.  Crumble noodles and add to skillet along with the chopped pecans.  Saute until slightly toasted.  Set aside until ready to serve salad.  Sprinkle on top of salad.

Salad Dressing:

½ cup sugar

½ cup canola or olive oil

¼ cup red wine vinegar

1 tsp soy sauce

Mix all ingredients.  Don’t pour on salad until you are ready to serve as the vinegar will wilt the lettuce.  You will need to remix before pouring over salad.