I just had dinner with most of my family at my sister’s house and now I’m sitting in the living room of my parent’s house with two of my brothers, one sister-in-law and a toy poodle aptly named Turbo. I’m trying to get this article written and I have to say, it is a good thing I don’t write it on paper first anymore or I’d be using the excuse: “My dog ate my homework.” I don’t really know if the editor would have believed me, but it would have been true.
Everyone from the adults to the kids had at least one helping of it and by the end of the night it was gone. That is saying something when my family eats a vegetable salad.
Turbo is all over the place trying to get at whatever it can get its jaws on. We just watched him open my sister-in-law’s handbag and get the cell phone out before we could get to him. Maybe he has friends in the pound he wanted to call? Usually, it is anything paper he goes for and my brother really has done some inventive things to sort of dog-proof the house.
Anyway, dinner was great and, believe it or not, I almost got away with not cooking a thing. That was until my sister forgot how to tell when the meat was done and I just told her I’d take care of it.
While we were watching the psycho poodle charging around the house, we were talking about the dinner and my brothers were both saying how much they liked the salad. I also liked the salad and it was evident at the party because everyone from the adults to the kids had at least one helping of it and by the end of the night it was gone.
That is saying something when my family eats a vegetable salad. I’m giving you the exact recipe, but this is one that could be varied in quite a few different ways to appeal to all tastes. Try it out the next time you are looking for a salad idea and enjoy.
Broccoli Salad
1 large bag broccoli flowerets
2/3 C red onion, chopped
½ C raisins
¼ C walnuts, chopped
¼ C crumbled bacon
1 C mayonnaise
½ C sugar
2T red wine or cider vinegar
Salt & pepper
Blanch the broccoli; cool and dry it. Combine all the ingredients down to the crumbled bacon. Mix the mayonnaise, sugar and vinegar in a bowl. Toss it in with the salad. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
