Tart and sweet salad with broccoli florets
with crisp bacon, red onion, raisins and pecans in a creamy dressing.
This version has 48% fewer calories than the original, but they
won't be missed!
Broccoli and Bacon
Salad
- 1 large head broccoli
1 small red onion, halved and thinly sliced
1/2 cup raisins
1/3 cup chopped pecans or sunflower seeds
3/4 cup light salad dressing or mayonnaise
1/2 cup Equal® Spoonful*
2 tablespoons fat-free milk
2 tablespoons white vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste
4 slices bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
- Clean, trim, and chop broccoli into a
large bowl. Add onion, raisins and pecans.
- Blend salad dressing, Equal®, milk
and vinegar until smooth. Pour dressing over salad. Add salt
and pepper to taste. Refrigerate, covered, overnight.
- Top with bacon bits before serving.
Makes 8 servings.
* May substitute 12 packets Equal sweetener
Nutrition Information Per Serving: calories
153, protein 3 g, carbohydrate 17 g, fat 9 g, cholesterol 9 mg,
sodium 226 mg.
Food Exchanges: 3 vegetable, 2 fat.
Recipe provided courtesy of Merisant Corporation ® and the
NutraSweet Company, makers of Equal®.
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for more information on the artificial sweetner Aspartame.
