8 -10 cups fresh spinach cleaned and torn into pieces.....i like the baby spinach  | 
                                                1 - 2 cups fresh mushrooms any type sliced  | 
                                                1 small red onion cut into slices  | 
                                                2 small mandarin oranges ,peeled and cut into sections or 1-2 small tins of mandarin oranges drained  | 
                                                10 slices bacon cooked till crisp and crumbled  | 
                                                dressing  | 
                                                salt and fresh ground pepper  | 
                                                2 tbsp or to taste of sugar  | 
                                                juice of 1 lemon  | 
                                                2 -3 cloves of garlic minced  | 
                                                1/4 c olive oil, light  | 
                                                1/2 c champagne or balsamic vinegar  |