A pretty salad for a holiday buffet. And it is one more “variations on a theme”.

Ingredients:

• 8 lbs broccoli
• 1 lb bacon
• 1 red onion
• 1 basket cherry tomatoes
• 1 c garlic dressing (Store bought or try Dominico’s Garlic Dressing)

Directions: 

1. Blanch broccoli flowers for 1 minute. (If using stems also, slice them thin and blanch for about 5 minutes, until tender.)
2. Drain, rinse with cold water.
3. Cut bacon into 1/2 inch pieces.
4. Cook until crisp.
5. Drain on paper towels.
6. Slice onion into quarters and then into thin slices.
7. Mix everything with dressing at last minute.

Serves: 20 – 25 on a buffet.

Source:  VAK

Notes: You can add grated cheddar cheese, slices mushrooms, anything else left in the frig.  Mayo can be substituted for the garlic dressing (but it won’t be nearly as good.)