Best Broccoli Salad
An easy raw broccoli salad recipe with bacon and sunflower seeds that's delicious, simple, and easy to adapt. We seriously mean it when we say this is the best broccoli salad recipe ever!
Ingredients
- 2 heads of broccoli tops only (chopped into bite size pieces)
- 8 cooked bacon slices chopped
- ½ cup red onion diced
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- ½ cup salted sunflower seeds
- ½ cup raisins or dried cranberries optional
- 1 cup mayonnaise **see recipe note
- 2 T fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon granulated sugar or monk fruit or honey
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix the mayo, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and sweetener. Set it aside or put it back in the fridge.
- In a large bowl combine the chopped broccoli, cooked bacon, red onion, sunflower seeds, raisins, and the shredded cheddar cheese.
- Add the dressing to the salad and combine well.
- Chill for 1+ hours before serving for the best flavor. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Instead of raisins or dried cranberries, you can also skip the fruit entirely or you can use currants, dried berries, or fresh fruit like graps, blueberries, or apple slices.
- This salad tastes best using a high quality mayo. You can use half Greek yogurt or sour cream to cut the fat or reduce the mayo, but if you aren't watching your calories we'd really recommend sticking to the mayo for best flavor. We make it both ways depending on whether we're making it for a BBQ or holiday, or making it as a meal prep lunch for the week.
- You can also make a raw cauliflower broccoli salad instead of just broccoli for variety.
- Use apple cider vinegar if you don't have fresh lemons. Do not use lemon concentrate!
- The broccoli salad with bacon recipe keeps up to 4 days in the fridge.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 388kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 12gFat: 30gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 749mgFiber: 4gSugar: 12g
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