About This Recipe
I know you’ve eaten the famous Broccoli Bacon salad; you know, the one with the grapes (or raisins) and sweet creamy dressing? That’s a fabulous salad, but I’ve come up with a great improvement. There’s about 1/2 cup of sugar in that classic salad recipe, and sometimes that feels like too much. So instead, I add honey mustard.
And I add pasta to turn this great combination into a main dish salad. And I like to add dried cherries in place of the grapes; their sweetness and chewiness is perfect with the other ingredients. The dressing is sweet, savory, and sharp; the broccoli is tender and delicious; the dried cherries are chewy and tart; the bacon is crisp and salty; and the almonds are crunchy. This is a salad for the ages!
You can, of course, add other ingredients to this salad. I have added cooked flaked salmon, cubed cooked chicken breast, and some cooked medium shrimp. They are all fabulous in this wonderful recipe. Enjoy every bite.
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Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add some salt and add the pasta. Cook until the pasta is tender, about 9 minutes. |
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While the pasta is cooking, combine the mayonnaise, yogurt, both kinds of mustard, and lemon juice in a large bowl and mix with a wire whisk to blend. |
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Add the bacon, dried cherries, almonds, and broccoli to the salad dressing in the bowl and stir gently to mix. |
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When the pasta is cooked, drain and add to the salad. Mix gently. Cover and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours to blend flavors before serving. |
