Healthy Broccoli Salad

Everyone needs a good go to Healthy Broccoli Salad for potlucks, holiday side dishes, parties, or summer BBQs. Adding broccoli to your salad is the perfect base to complement cheese, veggies and a favorite dressing.

What is broccoli salad?

Broccoli salad is an easy salad that traditionally is made with broccoli of course, raisins, bacon bits, red onion, sun flower seeds and a creamy mayo-based dressing. My recipe varies a little bit, but no matter what you toss in, everybody needs a good broccoli salad in their arsenal and mine is the best! Promise ?

How to make Broccoli Salad

Ingredients

For the salad

• 2 heads broccoli, chopped into small florets (~6-8 cups)
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1 cup red grapes, halved
• 1/2 medium red onion, diced
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1/2 cup walnuts, roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup feta cheese

For the dressing

• 2/3 cup plain, full-fat Greek Yogurt
• 2/3 cup mayonnaise
• 2-3 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 2 Tbsp. honey, plus more as desired
• salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

1. Chop the broccoli into bite sized pieces and place in large mixing bowl with the dried cranberries, grapes, red onion, celery, walnuts and feta cheese. Toss.
2. In a smaller bowl, whisk the yogurt, mayo, honey, and lemon juice together until all ingredients are blended. Taste and adjust, adding more honey or lemon juice as desired.
3. Pour the dressing over the broccoli mixture and stir. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Chill for about 20 minutes, or longer, then enjoy!

Notes

Some substitutions and variations:

• Feel free to add bacon crumbles, diced apples, cubed cheese or shredded carrots
• Use all Greek yogurt instead of mayo, if preferred. Use vegan mayo if needed.
• Use sunflower seeds or pine nuts instead of walnuts.
• Use raisins instead of dried cranberries.
• Use apple cider vinegar instead of lemon juice.

Storage:

• Salad can be made up to 24 hours in advance.
• Leftovers should be refrigerated in an airtight container and consumed within 5 days.