Saturday 8 December 2012

BROCCOLI SALAD


This is an easy dish you can prepare for a hot summer day, you can pack it as a lunch, or bring to a pot luck to impress your guests! Maybe you will even change their minds about broccoli ;) Its my favourite vegetable!




INGREDIENTS:

2  heads of broccoli
1 1/2 cups of red or black seedless grapes
4 - 8 slices of bacon
1/2 red copped onion
1/2 cup crushed pecans ( or almond slivers)
handfull of Cherry or grape tomatoes
1/2 cup of mayonnaise ( you can do half mayo half sour cream if you prefer, also try adding in the bacon grease!)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 TBS Apple cider vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS:

- Cook bacon in frying pan and chop into small pieces
- Cut up broccoli florets as well as onion
- Add in Tomatoes , grapes and additional veggies
- Mix together sauce and poor over top coating everything