Broccoli Salad
Hey y’all! I hope you are having a good week! This past weekend, I made a delicious and easy broccoli salad for our church potluck. This broccoli salad recipe is from my mom and I modified it just a tad to reduce the sugar. The crunch of the broccoli and sweet raisins with the tangy onions and dressing is a delicious combination.
Broccoli Salad
- 2 heads broccoli, flowers only
- 12 slices bacon crumbled {I used AppleGate Farms Turkey Bacon}
- 1/2 cup pecans
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup chopped red onion
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar
Combine mayonnaise, sugar and apple cider vinegar in a bowl and refrigerate overnight or at least for several hours. Gently mix remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Pour dressing over and toss. Chill and serve.
YUM!
*Note – Since I’m avoiding most sugars, I reserved some of the broccoli mixture before adding the dressing. I just topped mine off with a little salt, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. It was good that way too. 🙂
Broccoli Salad is a perfect salad to enjoy as the weather begins to warm up.
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Do you enjoy eating salads? What kind is your favorite?
xoxo
Myra
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Deffenitley will try this!! It looks soo yummy and it has bacon.
Thanks for sharing!
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Found a way to make this quick and easy when in a hurry.(I am sure that I am not the only one that remembers a commitment really late the night before)
For Broccoli use a bag of prewashed Broccoli flowers (cut in half or thirds) plus a bag of broccoli slaw.
For bacon bits use the real bacon bits(or real turkey)
Also, for diabetics this works great with splenda.
This is one of my family favorites…
I make this salad quite often in the summer, but use sunflower seeds instead of the pecans. Also, it’s much better the second day! =)
So different than the broccoli salad my mom makes (cheese, bacon, broccoli, mayo, etc.). This doesn’t look as “heavy”, but still delicious! Adding broccoli to my shopping list. 🙂
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Instead of sugar, I use about 1/8 tsp of NuStevia Pure White Stevia Powder. Yummy.
This is a great recipe – I’m glad to have a “less sugar” version! This recipe is also good with dried cranberries!
Blessings,
Lanita
Great recipe! We enjoy this often in the summer. Like your version with the reduced sugar.
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A friend gave me this recipe years ago, she didn’t use nuts but did use carrots and celery. I thought it was about the best thing I’d ever tasted. Her dressing directions were really vague, mix mayo, sugar and vinegar in a one cup jar.
Great way to enjoy broccoli!
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my mom use to make something like this all of the time, I love it. Thanks for the recipe!
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I love this!! Thanks so much for this recipe. I am going to try this and I will let you know how it goes. I am new to blogging and still trying to get the hang of it. Thank you again! Oh by the way, I love your blog!
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I love brocoli and yesterday i did your recipe brocoli salad… ummmmm
I love your blog 😉
Hi!
It looks delicious! I’m wondering.. you put the broccoli uncooked? or you boil it a bit first?
I’m gonna try it!
Thanks 😉