How to Make the Best Broccoli Salad

Published Feb 26, 2024 By Elle Ann

Image credit: The Cooking Foodie via YouTube

This refreshing and yummy salad is the perfect dish to serve when you have guests coming over, if you’re planning to host a party, or whenever you feel like having some delicious salad. This is pretty easy to prepare and the ingredients are all up to you, you can change most of it, or take it to the next level by adding in more seeds, sweetener, or fruit, whatever you want!

This is one of my favorite salad versions ever because it’s super tasty and healthy, when broccoli is served this way, I can eat a lot of it in just one sitting. So, if you’re also looking for a great recipe to try with broccoli, then you might just love this one by The Cooking Foodie on YouTube.

Ingredients for Broccoli Salad:

Salad

2 heads of broccoli, chopped
½ red onion, chopped
½ cup of dried cranberries
1/3 cup of sunflower seeds
¾ cup of pecans or walnuts, toasted and roughly chopped
1 apple, chopped

Dressing

½ cup of mayonnaise
½ cup of sour cream
2 tbsp of lemon juice
2-3 tbsp of honey or maple syrup, optional
Salt, to taste
Black pepper, to taste

How to Make Broccoli Salad:

Easy Broccoli Salad Recipe — Image credit: The Cooking Foodie via YouTube

First, wash the broccoli well, then chop them into small pieces, and set them aside while preparing the other ingredients. Chop the red onion and apple, then toast the nuts, and chop them as well. In a large mixing bowl, add the chopped broccoli, apple, red onion, dried cranberries, toasted pecans, and sunflower seeds, then in a smaller bowl, add the mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon juice, honey, salt, and pepper, and whisk everything until smooth and fully combined. Add the dressing into the large bowl with the broccoli, then toss everything together until well combined and evenly coated. Serve and enjoy!