{"id":8569,"date":"2015-06-19T11:58:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T15:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=8569"},"modified":"2015-06-19T11:58:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T15:58:16","slug":"broccoli-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/19\/broccoli-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Broccoli Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mayo-influenster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mayo-influenster.png\" alt=\"mayo influenster\" width=\"187\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mayo-influenster.png 187w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mayo-influenster-74x250.png 74w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mayo-influenster-89x300.png 89w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a>It sounds really weird that I was excited when I was invited to try out the new Hellman&#8217;s mayonnaise squeeze bottle through Influenster. \u00a0But, I have to confess that I&#8217;ve always been a big mayo fan. I&#8217;m talking a mayo sandwiches in 2nd grade kind of fan (literally mayo only on white bread!) \u00a0Except this time I wasn&#8217;t excited for myself and my passion for mayonnaise, I was excited because mayo is dairy free so it&#8217;s something Doodle can actually have and we&#8217;ve come to rely on it for pretty much anything creamy. \u00a0Plus Hellmann&#8217;s uses real sugar instead of corny syrup so I know it&#8217;s a brand I can trust!<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t had a lot of cravings this pregnancy, but one did pop recently: Sweet Tomatoes&#8217; broccoli salad. \u00a0It has always been a favorite of mine with its sweet zing! \u00a0So I looked up some copy cat recipes online and decided to try it out at home. \u00a0I was surprised to see the dressing was basically just the same as I would put on coleslaw and while my recipe wasn&#8217;t\u00a0<em>exactly<\/em> like Sweet Tomatoes&#8217;, it did hit the spot!<\/p>\n<p>All you need is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 bunch of broccoli (I actually used frozen which unfortunately left us with a lot of stem pieces but the taste was the same)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup cooked bacon<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup nuts of your choice (I like pecans)<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup craisins or raisins<\/li>\n<li>1 cup mayonnaise<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar<\/li>\n<li>Salt and pepper to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Cook the bacon until crumbly and pat of excess fat on a paper towel and let cool.<\/li>\n<li>Chop broccoli into bite sized pieces.<\/li>\n<li>Mix together the mayonnaise, sugar, cider vinegar, salt and pepper. \u00a0Let rest a few minutes to let flavors come together.<\/li>\n<li>Combine broccoli, bacon, nuts and craisins.<\/li>\n<li>Add dressing and mix. \u00a0Serve immediately or chill for later.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boccoli-salad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boccoli-salad-782x1024.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"680\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boccoli-salad-782x1024.jpg 782w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boccoli-salad-300x393.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boccoli-salad-600x786.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boccoli-salad-191x250.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boccoli-salad-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boccoli-salad-1000x1309.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boccoli-salad-390x511.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boccoli-salad.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a>Since my this post already got weird with my mayo obsession confession, let me take it one step farther: I actually remember my first bottle of squeeze mayonnaise. \u00a0The flat spout was heaven for making sandwiches! \u00a0But then you get down to the bottom of the bottle and the mayo backs up and all you get is mayonnaise farts all over the place and you end up throwing the bottle away with plenty of good mayo still trapped inside!<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, Hellmann&#8217;s felt my pain (and apparently the pain of millions of other mayo wasters) and redesigned their lid to make it not only less wasteful but more user friendly. \u00a0Kids can draw pictures on their sandwiches with the small, stay clean spout. \u00a0You can easily measure out small spoon-sized amounts for a recipe. \u00a0And (so far as I can tell since I&#8217;m not nearly done with the bottle yet), you don&#8217;t get large air bubbles which result in those irritating mayonnaise farts. \u00a0And I can tell that getting the last little bits out will be much easier! \u00a0A little banging on the counter and the remaining mayo will slide right down the funnel shaped cap to the spout and squeeze right out!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mayo-cap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mayo-cap-826x1024.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"680\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mayo-cap-826x1024.jpg 826w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mayo-cap-300x372.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mayo-cap-600x744.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mayo-cap-202x250.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mayo-cap-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mayo-cap-1000x1239.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mayo-cap.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It sounds really weird that I was excited when I was invited to try out the new Hellman&#8217;s mayonnaise squeeze bottle through Influenster. \u00a0But, I have to confess that I&#8217;ve always been a big mayo fan. I&#8217;m talking a mayo sandwiches in 2nd grade kind of fan (literally mayo only on white bread!) \u00a0Except this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[397],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8575,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8569\/revisions\/8575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}