Crunchy Romaine Toss

Dressing:

1/2 C sugar
1/2 C vegetable oil
1/4 C cider vinegar
2 t soy sauce

In a jar with a tight fighting lid, mix together dressing ingredients. Shake the ever loving life out of it, then sit it on the counter.

Salad:

head of romaine lettuce
1 small head of broccoli
a few chopped green onion
Ramen Noodles
Sugar coated walnuts

Chop up a head of romaine lettuce, throw in your salad bowl. Finely chop up 1 small head of broccoli, add to the lettuce. If you want, add a few chopped green onion. In a small skillet, melt 2 T butter. Smash the snot out of a bag of ramen noodles. Saute the ramen in the butter until golden brown. When cool, add to salad along with walnuts. Dress and enjoy! I normally make the dressing last so everything can cool. I also just add the walnuts and ramen to everyone's individual salad so it doesn't get soggy. Then you can eat the leftover salad the next day and it's still all fresh! =)


Sugar Coated Walnuts:

1 cup Water
1/2 cup Sugar
1 cup walnuts

In your glass measuring cup, mix together 1 C water, 1/2 C sugar and 1 C walnuts. Microwave on high at one minute intervals stirring between each interval until water is mostly dissolved. Then microwave at 30 second intervals until the water is gone and the walnuts are nearly dry. Spread onto a cookie sheet to cool.