Pacific Rim Salad

In our household we toss around a couple receipes that are our go to. Sometimes those recipes get old, but this one never disappoints. I love it to because it's 100% husband approved. I could make it every night and he'd be over the moon.

Over time I've made tweaks and I'm pretty happy with the results. This salad is super quick and always a crowd pleaser, light and refreshing. 

Ingredients

3 medium heads of romaine

2 packages oriental ramen 

1 can mandarin oranges 

Juice from mandarin oranges 

Green onions

2 tsp sesame seeds 

1 can water chestnuts 

1/4 cup slivered almonds

3 tbs white vinegar

3 tbs canola oil

1/2 tsp sesame oil

Directions

In a small pan, toast almonds. Cook until golden brown. Set aside. 

Chop up romaine heads and bunch of green onions. We like a lot of green onions, so use as little or as much as you want. 

Open up the packages of ramen and pull out the seasoning packets. Save for the salad dressing. Crunch up the uncooked ramen noodles, and set aside. 

Drain can of water chestnuts and slice into smaller pieces. 

Dressing:

Drain your mandarin oranges juice into a blender. Add your two ramen seasoning packets, vinegar, canola oil, sesame oil and sesame seeds. Blend together. 

In a large bowl combine crunched ramen, oranges, water chestnuts and almonds in with the romaine and onions. Pour dressing over salad and toss.