Broccolli Salad

Ingredients

• 2-3 broccoli crowns, just the florets, finely chopped (5-6 cups)
• 10 bacon slices, crisp-cooked and crumbled (I used about ½ C of the precooked bacon from Macey’s -found by the ham in the meat dept.- remove the fat, chop it up, and microwave it until crisp)
• 1/3c red onion, diced
• 1/3c sunflower seeds
• 1/3c dried cranberries, chopped (golden raisins are equally good)
• 1/2c mayonnaise
• 2T apple cider vinegar
• 2t sugar (I doubled to 4t)
• salt and pepper
• Add 1 C bow tie pasta cooked to package directions

Instructions

1. To a salad bowl, add broccoli, bacon, onion, seeds, and cranberries. In a small bowl, mix mayo, vinegar, and sugar. Pour dressing mixture over salad and toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve (at least one hour).

Notes

This serves 4-6.

I use about half the amount of mayo as other broccoli salad recipes. Feel free to increase the amount if you prefer your salad more dressed.