The joy of discovery: Broccoli Salad

I mixed/made a wonderful Broccoli Salad to take to our Unit's picnic last week. Those who know me best are snickering profusely right now. Yes, it was a fantastically dramatic process - my husband was so intrigued by this process, in fact, that he was late for work that morning. If you can imagine it - all my ingredients were spread all over the kitchen counters. What could've should've taken 20 minutes took me 1 hour to create!!


Here's the Recipe I used:

Dressing (in a separate small bowl, mix the following):
3/4 cup mayonnaise (I used a light, olive oil based mayo substitute)
1/3 cup sugar
2 T. vinegar

Salad (in a large bowl, mix the following):
6-7 cups fresh broccoli florets (I chopped mine in half)
6-8 strips of bacon, crumbled
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup raisins
1/3 cup red onion
Mandarin Oranges

Mix salad ingredients, and pour dressing on top. Toss to mix.

My next batch, I might mix a little less dressing (although it seemed like not enough at first, it seemed like way too much by the next day!) - Maybe I'll cut the ingredients back to 1/2 cup mayo, 1/4 sugar, 1 T of vinegar.

Let me know how yours turns out - it really is the easiest, perfect summer-time dish! :)

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