This salad is so named because of it's extremely popular demand in my social circles. It gets lots of "wow's" and is firmly requested by people when I offer to bring them a meal after a surgery, new baby, event etc. "Oh thank you for offering, can you bring THE salad?" "I want THAT salad at my baby shower." It's just a salad though right? Toss a bag of lettuce into a bowl, add a few cherry tomoatoes and call it good! Not this one, it's a little more involved. It has also been called the 18 ingredient salad, and Summer Salad. It originates from a place my BFF used to work back home. The salad part of the recipe can be adjusted to your liking of certain items, which is why I didn't put amounts there. For example, I just usually use a whole head of lettuce, a whole large can of oranges a whole package of strawberries, one bunch of green onions, about two handfuls of almonds etc. This amount feeds several people, or you can have it the next day too! Enjoy.
Summer Salad
Lettuce
Mandarin oranges (drained/patted dry)
Strawberries (sliced)
Almonds (slivered, toasted)
Green Onions (chopped)
Craisens
Parmesean cheese (shredded)
*Chicken (cooked/sliced or shredded)
*I usually only use chicken if I am using this salad as the main dish. As a side dish or to take to events, I leave the chicken out.
Dressing
3 T. Poppy seeds
¼ C. Minced white onion
¾ C. Sugar
1 C. Olive oil
¼ C. Lemon juice
1/3 C. Apple cider vinegar
¼ T. Ground Mustard
½ T. Paprika
¼ T. Worchestershire sauce
¼ T. Salt
In one cup of hot, hot water add the poppy seeds and onion. Let them soak while you assemble the remaining dressing ingredients (or about 5-10 minutes) Drain, then add to the other ingredients. Dressing can be stored in the refrigerator for about a week.
