This broccoli bacon salad may throw some food connoisseurs for a loop at first. After all, people don’t normally combine bacon with veggies. But those people are just wasting a good opportunity to take bacon to new unprecedented heights. Combining it with broccoli is a great way to heighten the flavorings of both the broccoli and the bacon. If these two are still not enough to make the ultimate salad, then take it to next level of tastiness and add a little cheese.
Health Benefits
This is one of the few bacon-based dishes that you don’t have to argue with your wife over permission to eat it. That’s because the second primary ingredient in this dish is broccoli, which is hands down one of the healthiest things you can eat. Broccoli contains potent antioxidants that protect your heart and bolster the immune system. They also have bioactive compounds that reduce inflammation and protect the body against the development of certain cancers.
Ingredients
head broccoli – cut into florets: 1 large
small red onion – chopped: 1
cooked bacon – crumbled: 12 slices
raisins: 1 cup
sunflower seeds: ¼ cup
How To Make Broccoli Bacon Salad
- Combine the broccoli florets, onion, bacon, raisins, and sunflower seeds in a bowl.
- Whisk the dressing ingredients together in a bowl, until the dressing becomes smooth.
- Pour over broccoli mixture.
- Stir to coat.
Trivia
Bacon is considered to have been invented by the Chinese over 3,000 years ago.