Broccoli Salad is a perfect cold summer salad when trying to beat the summer heat by chillin’ at a backyard barbecue, picnic, or potluck.
The theme for this week’s #SundaySupper event, hosted by Alaiyo of Pescetarian Journal, is Summer Chillin’, which means we are sharing recipes for food served cold to beat the summer heat.
For this Summer Chillin’ event, I’m sharing one of my Broccoli Salad recipes. Even if you are not a broccoli fan, you will love this salad. It is slightly sweet, crunchy, and delicious. It combines broccoli, bacon, cheese, dried cranberries, and walnuts in a slightly sweet tangy mayonnaise and greek yogurt sauce.
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Broccoli Salad
Broccoli Salad is a perfect cold summer salad when trying to beat the summer heat by chillin’ at a backyard barbecue, picnic, or potluck.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 205kcal
Ingredients
- 8 slices bacon cooked and drained
- 2 heads broccoli chopped
- 1/2 large red onion chopped
- 1/3 cup light mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup nonfat plain greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 1/2 cups sharp Cheddar cheese shredded
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine broccoli, bacon and onion.
- Prepare the dressing in a small bowl by whisking together the mayonnaise, greek yogurt, red wine vinegar, sugar. Combine dressing with salad.
- Stir in cheese, dried cranberries, and walnuts.
- Cover, and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 205kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 267mg | Potassium: 390mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 783IU | Vitamin C: 91mg | Calcium: 160mg | Iron: 1mg
I love these kinds of salads. You play around with so many great textures and flavors in this, it sounds awesome.
Thanks Shaina!
This looks fabulous and so healthy!
Thank you!
This looks so good, really good.
Thanks Patty!
Yep! Love everything about this salad!!!
Me too!
What a gorgeous Broccoli Salad! So lovely!
Thank you Serena!
There’s nothing like a good broccoli salad! I love the addition of cranberries and nuts, yummy!
Thanks Hezzi. I agree completely!
Michele…what a beautiful salad! I love the bright colors making it the perfect dish for summer entertaining. Thank you for another wonderful recipe!
I would gobble this salad up in a minute!
well I know what I’m doing with my next head of broccoli! Thanks for sharing!
what can i use to replace yogurt and red wine? also do you cook the broccoli?
Hi Megan,
You could use mayonnaise and any other type of vinegar. I did not use red wine itself, just used red wine vinegar. However, any other vinegar would work. And no, the broccoli is not cooked. This is a cold salad made with raw broccoli.