Broccoli salad with bacon and raisins is my utmost favorite picnic food! If there is a pot luck supper or cookout and broccoli salad is on the table, you will find me right in front of the bowl grabbing a double-helping! One of the reasons for my unruly behavior is that I am “broccoli salad deprived.”
Why? Because my dear husband doesn’t like the sound of it, look of it, smell of it or taste of it. If I have it in the refrigerator, he complains. “Really? Doesn’t he understand that this broccoli salad is my FAVORITE?”
So, whenever there is a party coming up, I seize my opportunity! This is the dish I bring to pass. And I am not the only one who loves it. I make a big batch because, believe me, there will be nothing left. All gone! Everybody loved it.
There are several versions of this recipe online so I took my favorite parts of a few and put them together.
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Here is my recipe:
Broccoli Salad Recipe with Bacon and Raisins
Ingredients
8 slices bacon, fried
6-8 cups raw broccoli, cut into small florets
1 small red onion, cut into small pieces
1 cup raisins
1 cup Colby Jack cheese, cut into small cubes
2 T sunflower seeds
1 cup mayonnaise
½ cup granulated sugar
2 T white vinegar
Directions
Rinse, dry and cut raw broccoli into bite size florets.
Add bacon, raisins, onion to the broccoli in a large mixing bowl.
Combine mayonnaise, sugar and vinegar in a smaller bowl.
Blend well.
Add the mayonnaise mixture to the broccoli mixture and toss.
Add cheese cubes and gently toss.
Transfer all of it to a clean serving bowl.
Sprinkle sunflower seeds on top.
Refrigerate at least 1 hour.
(Hide what you want to have for yourself in a smaller container in the back of the frig.)
Serves 8-12.
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