Deciding whats for dinner every night is hard enough, but trying to come up with different, tasty side dishes, I think, is an even harder project. My family gets in ruts where we end up eating mashed potatoes or rice then we make corn or some kind of spinach salad. I love corn and I love spinach, but sometimes I wish for something different.
I’ve been thinking about broccoli, but broccoli can be boring so I searched and found this recipe that uses broccoli and bacon and other goodies and now I have a new side dish! There’s nothing to making this dish, you cook the broccoli and then blend everything else with it. It’s so easy and yet different and tasty. I have served it with beef and chicken and it would probably go well with seafood too.
Here’s what you need:
6 slices bacon, cooked crisply and crumbled
2 broccoli heads or 8 cups
1/2 red onion, sliced very thin
2/3 cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup sour cream
1/4 teaspoon celery seed
Salt and freshly ground pepper
The full instructions can be found on Food Network. Thanks to Patrick and Gina Neely from the show Down Home with the Neely’s for their recipe. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do!
