What's Cooking? - Broccoli Salad!

If I want to keep this blog going, I'm going to have to write about more than deep issues and inspirational thoughts...I only have so many! So I've decided to start sharing some recipes! I have recently gotten into what I'm calling "housewife mode" and I can't seem to stop looking at DIY projects and new recipes. And my parents love it because I'm making new things for them and they don't have to do anything!

One of my favorite foods is the Broccoli Salad from Ruby Tuesday's. One year for my birthday, my mom got a huge tub of it from their kitchen! (Best birthday present EVER.) So in my recent recipe search I found a very similar (but much easier) version of this and...guess what? I liked it even more!! It's delicious and it doesn't include any obscure ingredients that require a fresh market. (Bonus.)

Broccoli Salad

Ingredients:
1 head of broccoli, chopped into small florets (or, if your grocery store is lacking like mine was, 3-4 crowns of broccoli)
8 pieces of bacon, fried crispy and crumbled (or the "real bacon" bacon bits, like I used...much quicker!)
1 1/2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
Diced red onion - the recipe I used called for 1/2 of a red onion, but that is a ridiculously large amount for this recipe. If you're a red onion lover, have at it. If you're in the rest of the 99.475% of the country, just dice up a little pile like I did in the picture below.
2/3 cup of mayonnaise
1/8 cup of granulated sugar
1/4 cup red wine vinegar

In a large bowl, combine the broccoli, red onion, bacon, and cheese.

In another bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, sugar, and red wine vinegar until it's well blended. This shouldn't take very long at all.

Pour the sauce mixture onto the dry ingredients and mix well!

Voila! Your very own, restaurant worthy, broccoli salad!

This recipe was a breeze to make and it is absolutely delicious. If you're not a huge red wine vinegar fan - I am - then you could add a little more sugar to dampen the bite, but that's all to your preference. Happy cooking!

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