A Better Broccoli Salad

Name: A Better Broccoli Salad
Ingredients: 4 slices Center-cut Bacon; 6 cups Small Broccoli Florets; 3/4 cups Shredded Carrot; 1/4 cups Chopped Red Onion; 1/4 cups Salted Sunflower Seed Kernels; 3/4 cups Reduced Sugar Craisins; 1/4 cups Olive Oil Mayonnaise; 1/4 cups Plain Fat-free Greek Yogurt; 1 Tablespoon Agave Nectar; 2 Tablespoons Fat-free Buttermilk; 1/2 teaspoons Salt; 1/2 teaspoons Freshly Ground Black Pepper

12 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

4 slices Center-cut Bacon
6 cups Small Broccoli Florets
3/4 cups Shredded Carrot
1/4 cups Chopped Red Onion
1/4 cups Salted Sunflower Seed Kernels
3/4 cups Reduced Sugar Craisins
1/4 cups Olive Oil Mayonnaise
1/4 cups Plain Fat-free Greek Yogurt
1 Tablespoon Agave Nectar
2 Tablespoons Fat-free Buttermilk
1/2 teaspoons Salt
1/2 teaspoons Freshly Ground Black Pepper

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 400 F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and lay the slices of bacon in a single layer. Put pan into the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes until the bacon is crisp. Carefully remove pan from oven. Cool and crumble the bacon.
2

Blanch the broccoli by dunking it in a pot of boiling water for 1 minute. Remove it from the oven and put it in an ice bath until chilled.
3

Combine the blanched broccoli, bacon, carrots, onion, sunflower seeds and Craisins in a large bowl.
4

Combine mayonnaise and the remaining ingredients in a small bowl and whisk to combine. Pour dressing over broccoli mixture and toss well. Chill for 1 hour.