Bright Citrus Salad

This refreshing salad is a nutritious combination of compaction (from the broccoli as well as sunflower seeds), sweetness (from the oranges as well as raisins) as well as a pleasant "full feeling" from the dark beans.  
It is the perfect side dish for whatsoever barbecue or potluck!!

This refreshing salad is a nutritious combination of compaction BRIGHT CITRUS SALAD Measurements given hither are guess (except for the dressing). YOU determine how much of each cistron y'all would similar inward your salad. The amounts given hither are catered to OUR sense of savor buds. 

 3 modest heads of broccoli (bite size pieces)
1 reddish bell pepper (diced finely)
1 loving cup raisins
2 oranges (peeled and sliced thickly)
15 ounce tin of dark beans (rinsed and drained)
1/2 cup  toasted sunflower seeds
1/2 loving cup finely sliced dark-green onion tops

 Dressing:
1/2 loving cup mayonnaise (I operate light)
1/2 loving cup milk (I operate 2%)
2 teaspoons white vinegar
1/4 loving cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon dark pepper
Pinch of cayenne powder
Wash the broccoli as well as milkshake dry. Remove equally much of the stem as well as stems equally y'all tin thence y'all tin intermission the florets into seize amongst teeth size pieces. Add (small diced) reddish bell pepper, raisins, oranges, dark beans, sunflower seeds as well as dark-green onions.

 Mix dressing ingredients amongst a whisk as well as pour nearly 1/2 loving cup of it over the salad just earlier y'all serve it. Toss gently as well as sense of savor to meet if y'all desire to a greater extent than dressing. You may non involve or desire all of the dressing. 
NOTE: Peel the oranges, removing equally much of the white equally y'all can, thence spell the orangish into thick slices; cutting the thick slices into 4 wedges.

 NOTE: Let your imagination instruct wild with this salad, y'all tin add together merely nearly whatsoever veggies that strike your fancy.
ENJOY !!!

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