Light & Creamy EASY Broccoli Salad Recipe

Name: Light & Creamy EASY Broccoli Salad Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1lb. fresh broccoli florets; 1lb. bacon (cooked & chopped); 1/2 small red onion (minced/diced); 1/2c. dried cranberries; 3/4c. sunflower seed kernels; 1c. mayonnaise (I love using McCormick’s mayonesa – it has a hint of lime juice!); 1/2c. sugar; 2tsp. white vinegar

by My Sweet Home

8 servings

20 min

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Let me start this recipe post by saying… Once you make this broccoli salad recipe, it will immediately become one of your favorite “go-to” recipes for any potluck or holiday dinner.

…and you will always get requests for the recipe! …trust me, it’s just. that. good.When i worked as an elementary teacher, in the public schools, the cafeteria ladies would make a very similar dish that, one day, i accidentally discovered that i liked… ha!“Like” turned to “love” and eventully prompted me to begin a pinterest hunt for a recipe that i could make on my own. Just like most salad recipes, i discovered that there are tons of slightly different variations of this recipe, but the basic ingredients are typically all the same. However, i say it’s the few “personal additions” that can really make it “yours” ~ For me, my secret addition is the use of McCormick’s mayonesa mayo…

not your “typical mayo” – With its hint of lime juice, it’s just what i have found that gives my brocolli salad the perfect “zip” of flavor!My only regret when making this light and creamy broccoli salad for potlucks and holiday dinners, is that i never make enough to have leftovers for myself!