Delicious Broccoli Salad
Yes, yes, yes, I’m making a salad – but at least it’s not just your basic leaf lettuce salad. My Mother-in-law makes a version of this and I absolutely love it, so I thought I would take a run at this, and make it my own (but make no mistake, hers is awesome!). This simple salad doesn’t take long to assemble what so ever and the flavour definitely packs a punch! The best part, it’s hearty enough to eat alone for lunch, and perfect as a side for dinner. Plus you could easily double this, and take to a potluck if you had to! Today I’m sharing Delicious Broccoli Salad!
- 2 heads of broccoli
- 2 cups of grapes (I prefer using red seedless), cut in half
- 1/2 red pepper, diced
- 1/4 cup red onion, diced
- 4 slices of bacon, cooked & crumbled
- 1/2 cup light mayonnaise
- 2-3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp sugar
- salt & pepper to taste
- In a small bowl mix the dressing: mayo, lemon juice, sugar, salt & pepper.
- In a large bowl add all of the vegetables. Add the dressing and mix well ensuring everything is coated.
- Add the bacon, and refrigerate for an hour or so until everything is cold.
- Serve cold! You can also top with shaved parmesan cheese just before serving!
I love this salad as is! If you wanted to kick it up a notch try adding grilled chicken, toasted sunflower seeds or any other protein of you choice! It’s filling and the dressing isn’t too much leaving all of the wonderful flavours of the vegetables and bacon to shine through!
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Have a wonderful weekend friends and next week I have some pretty fantastic things to share with you!
Cheers xo
This broccoli salad has just the right amounts of sweet and salty from the grapes and bacon. This would be a great side for any cookout or get together. Looks wonderful.
Cool, a broccoli salad! I am not much of a veggie person, so I really like finding flavorful vegetable recipes that I can enjoy. 🙂
LOVE a broccoli salad. This one seems so simple to throw together and I bet my kids would devour it. Great combo with grapes and bacon!
This looks so comforting and I bet the broccoli adds a nice crunch to the salad! Lovely addition to use grapes!
I love broccoli salad and usually bring it to potlucks or cookouts. I make mine very similar to yours – so delicious!