Sweet and Sour Salad

Sweet and Sour Salad (from here)

Notes: This is my favorite salad. I take it as a side dish whenever I'm asked to bring a non-dessert side dish, and it's always a hit. It's sooo good. The dressing with the crunchies, broccoli, and green onions are awesome. I don't normally like onions on a salad at all, but it definitely is delicious on this salad. I could eat it as a meal.

Dresssing:

1 c. vegetable oil (can use some water if you want to cut down on the oil, but you eat so little of the dressing I don't bother)
3/4 c. white sugar
1/2 c. red wine vinegar (I've used white wine vinegar too depending on what I've had in the kitchen.)
3 tsp. soy sauce

Blend together and refrigerate. The recipe says to make a day ahead, but I usually just make it whenever I'm making the crunchies and put it in the freezer until it's time to serve so it's nice and cold.

Salad:

1 c. chopped walnuts
1 (3 oz) package Raman noodles
4 tbsp butter (I rarely use this much)
1 head romaine lettuce, dried and chipped
1 head fresh broccoli, chopped
1 bunch green onions, chopped

Melt butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Add crushed noodles and walnuts; toast until warm. (Note: It burns easily, so keep it a medium/medium low heat and stir often. As soon as they start to brown take them out of the pan.)

In a Salad bowl, combine lettuce, broccoli, and green onions. Add the dressing, toss and sprinkle with Raman and walnut mixture.