Vegetables Marinated In A Garlic Dressing

Total Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 cups cauliflower florets, blanched
• 2 cups cherry tomatoes, stems removed
• 1 large yellow bell pepper, seeded, thinly sliced (or red pepper)
• 1 (8 ounce) can jumbo pitted ripe olives
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/3 cup wine vinegar (or apple cider vinegar)
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 4 garlic cloves, slivered
• 1 -2 teaspoon sugar, to taste (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 3 cups broccoli florets, blanched

Recipe

• 1 blanch cauliflower and broccoli by bring water to a boil in a pot and then add in both vegs. leave in 1 minute, then remove to a bowl of ice cold water to stop the cooking process. drain well.
• 2 in a medium glass bowl(or stainless steel), combine cauliflower, tomatoes, pepper slices, and olives.
• 3 in a jar with tight fitting lid, combine oil, vinegar, mustard, garlic, sugar if using,salt, basil, and black pepper.
• 4 cover tightly and shakke until well mixed. pour over vegetable mixture; cover tightly and refrigerate several hours or overnight.
• 5 cover and refrigerate broccoli separately.
• 6 just before serving, add broccoli to marinated vegetables and toss to combine well. enjoy!