Fresh Broccoli Salad with Raisins and Sunflower Seeds

Ingredients:

• 1lb of broccoli crowns
• 1/2 red onion (or 1/3 of a big one)
• 5-6 strips of bacon (about 5oz)
• 1/2 cup of raisins
• 1/2 cup of roasted sunflower seeds, peeled and unsalted
• 2 teaspoons of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of white balsamic vinegar
• 1/2 cup of mayo

How to prepare, step-by-step:

1. Prepare ingredients:

   

2. Pour hot boiled water over raisins and set them aside:

   

3. Wash broccoli, separate florets, slice these into smaller pieces, move to a mixing bowl; grate remaining broccoli stalks on big slots of the grater to the same bowl:

   

4. Peel and chop onion, add to the bowl:

   

5. Drain liquid from raisins, add them to the bowl:

   

6. To prepare dressing mix mayo, sugar and balsamic vinegar in a mixing bowl:
   

   

   

   

   
   
   
7. Pour dressing to the bowl:

   

8. Mix good, cover bowl with a plastic wrap or a lid and put it to fridge for about 2 hours:

   

9. Arrange bacon strips in a pan and cook them in the stove until desired crispness (remove excessive grease if needed), then get bacon out of the stove, and arrange on a plate laid with paper towels to cool down and dry:

   

10. Mix sunflower seeds in right before serving the salad: echoua.com

    

11. As well as crumbled bacon:

    

12. Mix well, then fresh broccoli salad with raisins, sunflower seeds and bacon is ready: