Broccoli Pasta Salad
Broccoli Pasta Salad is a creamy pasta salad with rotini, fresh broccoli, bacon, red onion, Craisins, sliced almonds, and apple cider vinegar dressing.
Equipment
- Large bowl
- Smaller bowl
- Pot
- Colander
- Skillet
Ingredients
- 8 z. Rotini pasta (uncooked)
- 1 head fresh broccoli
- 6 slices of bacon
- 1 small red onion
- 3/4 cup Craisins
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 3/4 cup mayonaise
- 2 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Cook rotini according to package instructions.
- While water for rotini pasta is heating, cook bacon until golden brown on each side, and crumble.
- Wash broccoli, and cut out center stem, then break or cut the florets into bit-sized pieces.
- Chop, or thinly slice onion.
- When pasta is done cooking, drain, and rinse with cold water.
- Tass pasta, bacon, broccoli, onion, almonds, and Craisins together in a large bowl, and set aside for a minute.
- In a smaller bowl, combine mayonnaise, apple cider vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper, and mix well.
- Drizzle over broccoli-pasta mixture, and toss to combine.
- Serve.