this salad would be good minus the tortellini. My family did not like this one.

This recipe was a big hit. So far I made it once for events at work and twice for a parties. Everyone raved and asked for the recipe. I add one more strip of bacon than called for and I used Buttoni three cheese tortellini (20 oz.) found in the refrigerated section of a local supermarket. Thanks for the recipe!

i know am i the abnormal one here - but i thought this was bland. I made it exactly like the recipe BUT i added salt and pepper. I also added italian salad dressing power / mix (which i add to EVERYTHING). it seemed to give it some zing! Hope thats helpful ....

This was very good with a few changes. I thought that two heads of broccoli was enough with the amount of pasta. Also, there was not enough dressing, in my opinion. I increased the mayonnaise to 1 1/2 cups, the cider vinegar to 3 tablespoons and left the amount of sugar the same. This allowed for an even coating. Other than that - I left it as written and it was a tasty side dish, for sure!

Great taste!

The greatest thing about this recipe is that you can make it your own. I doubled it for a pool party, and it was a huge hit. I also cut the amount of sugar and onion in half and added craisins instead of raisins. Forgot the sesame seeds though. Like fine wine and women, this salad gets better with age!!!

Oh my goodness! This is a wonderful recipe. I made it for the girls at work and everyone loved it. Thanks so much.

Delish! Make sure to do these few things, and your salad will be Fabulous. 1.) Blanch brocolli peices in almost boiling water for about 1 minute, scoop out and put in ice water to shock and produce a beautiful green 2.) toast sunflower seeds 3.) if you use frozen tortelinni, cook for only 2-3 minutes in not-quite-boiling water- they will be done enough, any longer and they will be mushy and fall apart 4.) make 4 times the dressing called for, use a combo of miricle whip and mayo and only 1/2 cup sugar. Lastly, mix pasta, broccoli, craisins and 2/3 of the dressing the day before and let it marinate! Top with the rest of the dressing, seeds and bacon (i didn't use onion) right before serving. Your family will love this!

This was awful...followed the recipe to a T therefor I can truly give it 1star. Will not be making this again.

Delicious!!!!! I halved the recipe but I didn't use a lot of sauce because I wanted to make it less fatty.

This definately needs to soak in the refrigerator overnight. It gets sooo much better. Next time I would use Miracle Whip instead of Mayo. I used 1# of bacon, and dried cranberries instead of raisins. Also used dried totellini (cooked) and didn't care for the cheese filling, so next time I will buy a better brand and see if that helps. This recipe is good, but not the one I would choose to really, really impress special guests.

I was a bit hesitant to try this recipe because I couldn't picture how all the flavors would fit with each other. But I thought it was great, really light and yummy sweet + salty combo. The only thing I changed about it was I doubled the dressing (but used half the sugar, else it would have been too sweet). I also blanched the broccoli to make it easier to eat. Next time I think I'll use dry tortellini's because they did get a little too soft after sitting in the fridge for a couple hours but in my opinion it didn't hurt the taste/texture of the salad. I kept the raisins on the side to sprinkle on after serving as my husband wouldn't eat them, but they went really well :) Will have this again.

Made this for Easter, hoping for leftovers but no luck. Took the advise and doubled the dressing, half the sugar. Turned out great. Thanks.

As much as my family and I wanted to like this recipe, it just didn't happen. Something was off with the taste combination.

Good recipe, but Im guessing the sunflower seeds should have been hulled. whoops. Oh yeah, and it definitely needed twice the dressing and half the sugar.

I L-O-V-E this recipe. I never would have thought these ingredients would taste so good when put together but YUMMY. I love it as-is, no changes necessary (I like sweet and salty flavors together). I usually bring this as a dish for potlucks and always get asked for the recipe.