Bacon Broccoli Salad

 

My Grandmommie is a fantastic cook. So is my mother. It is in our blood! So it is only natural I blog about cooking food, right?

Here is my Grandmommie featured in a cooking article in a local magazine this month, along with a handful of her recipes. So proud of her!

When I was pregnant with my youngest, she brought over this fabulous broccoli salad. Sounds boring, but this dish is FANTASTIC. I ate it all the time. It was ridiculous, I was making a dish of it every few days for a while.


It is slightly sweet, but tangy and savory. It is creamy but it has crunch.  It just crosses the T in every flavor and texture category. This is one of those dishes that I can take to any get together and people want the recipe.

So summer just ended and we were having a back to school block pool party.

Kidlets and back to school swimming block party

 

First day back to school

 

 

I decided that I would take this salad and some strawberry angelfood cake trifle. Guess which recipe they wanted? Yup. Haha! So here it is.

Bacon Broccoli Salad

Adapted from my Grandmommie Finney

Serves 8

*3 heads broccoli crowns, cut into florest (or you can do 1 lbs broccoli florets in pkg)

*1/2 cup craisins (or raisins)

*2 slices bacon, crispy and chopped (or 1/3 cup bacon bits)

*1/2 red onion, finely diced

*1/4 cup slivered almonds (or sunflower kernals)

Toss that with coleslaw dressing (8 oz) but I use the healthified and lower cal recipe below. Keeps overnight if you want to make ahead.

 

 

Coleslaw dressing

*1/2 cup plain nonfat greek yogurt

*1/2 cup mayo (you can do all mayo as well)

*2 tbsp vinegar (I prefer apple cider but any will do)

*2 tbsp sweetener of choice (I used splenda this time but sugar or stevia is fine)

 

 

 

 

 

Nutritional Stats

1 serving prepared, 1/8th of recipe

• Cals 160

• Carbs 8

• Fat 13   

• Protein 5             

• Sodium 142        

• Sugars 4
• 4 weight watchers plus points

 

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