Tasty Fresh Salad

This is a great salad.  Don't use fancy flavored oil or vinegar for the dressing.  Keep it simple and clean-tasting so that you can taste the salad ingredients.

This is also a BIG salad.  It's a good one to bring to a party or potluck dinner.

Ingredients

• 1 head iceberg lettuce, chopped or torn up
• Spinach to taste (a lot or a little)
• 1 purple onion, chopped fine
• 2 cans Mandarin oranges
• 3 avocadoes, chopped
• 4 oz. sliced almonds
• Mushrooms - a big handful or 2, sliced
• Crunchy chow mein noodles to taste
• 1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries or cherries

Ingredients for dressing

• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/4 cup white vinegar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. dried mustard
• a few drops Tabasco
• 1/2 tsp. super finely chopped onion

Toss all of the salad ingredients in a large bowl.  Mix all of the dressing ingredients, and then pour on top of the salad and gently toss it all together.