Recipe: Broccoli Salad

This recipe comes from my sister, Dena, who got it from a co-worker around 1990 when working at a nuclear power plant (of all places). It is been a favorite of her family ever since. I served it with Sunday Dinner on May 4, 2013. Serves 3-4.

Ingredients 

 

1 bunch fresh broccoli
½ cup shreddedmozarella cheese
&frac12. pound bacon
1 cup mayonnaise
&frac12. cup sugar
1½ tablespoons distilled vinegar

Instructions

1. Fry the bacon until crisp, drain and cool on paper towels, then crumble.
2. Clean and cut the broccoli into bite-sized florets, discarding the stem.
3. In a medium serving bowl, mix together the broccoli, cheese, and bacon.
4. In a small bowl, which together the mayonnaise, sugar, and vinegar.
5. Mix the dressing into the broccoli mixture and serve immediately.

Fry the bacon until crisp, drain, and crumble.

One bunch (or is is a head?) of broccoli.

Cut it  into individual florets, discarding the stalk.

Mix the broccoli, bacon, cheese, and dressing, then serve immediately.