Sunny Vegetable Salad

Jeff Hammer's Note:

This is hands-down my favorite recipe to make for any family dinner. Sunny vegetable salad is too good for words, you'll see when you make it. It does take a bit of work doing everything from scratch (particularly the broccoli and cauliflower), but I guarantee you'll run out every time because everyone goes for seconds. I posted this recipe as it originally was, but my family always makes it with 1/3 cup instead of a 1/2 cup sugar and it's just as good.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 40 mins
• Prep Time: 40 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 5 cups broccoli florets
• 5 cups cauliflower florets
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 2⁄3; cup chopped onion
• ½ cup raisins
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 6 slices bacon , cooked and crumbled
• ¼ cup sunflower seed

Directions:

1. In a large salad bowl, toss broccoli, cauliflower, cheese, onion and raisins.
2. In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, sugar and vinegar. Pour over salad; toss to coat.
3. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
4. Sprinkle with bacon and sunflower seeds.

Reviews

[Kristi Waterworth]

Super flavor! This is a great salad and a wonderful excuse to make a bunch of bacon that accidentally gets eaten by the cook. ;) Be sure to make a full recipe, I scaled back to serve 4 and it barely hit the table before it was gone!! Nice work.