*GIANT GREEN SALAD

Taste of Home
By: Rebecca Cook Jones, a Taste of Home's field editor from Henderson, Nevada

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Ingredients

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3 tablespoons butter (1 tea.)
4 cups walnut halves (2/5 cup)
1/4 cup sugar (1 ½ T.)
4 bunches romaine, torn (½ bunch)
16 cups torn leaf lettuce (1 ½ cup)
6 cups dried cranberries (3/5 cup)
4 medium sweet yellow peppers, diced (½ small pepper)
4 cups (16 ounces) crumbled feta cheese (½ cup or 1.6 oz.)
Coarsely ground pepper, optional
4 envelopes Italian salad dressing mix (½ envelope)
2 cups canola oil (3 T.)
1 cup balsamic vinegar (1 ½ T.)
3/4 cup water (1 T.)
Directions:
● In a large heavy skillet, melt the butter. Add walnuts; cook over medium heat until toasted, about 4 minutes.
● Sprinkle with sugar; cook and stir for 2-4 minutes or until sugar is melted. Spread on foil to cool.
● Meanwhile, in several large salad bowls, combine the romaine, lettuce, cranberries, yellow peppers, cheese and pepper if desired.
● In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the dressing ingredients; shake well.
● Drizzle over salad and toss to coat.
● Sprinkle with sugared walnuts..