Homemade Broccoli Salad – An easy and tasty salad that requires no cooking

It’s hard to beat homemade broccoli salad.   This is filled with fresh crisp broccoli, and there is bacon, red onion, sharp Cheddar cheese, tomatoes,  and almonds.   This is the perfect side dish to bring to a potluck.

I love going to potlucks you normally get to try everyone’s best dish. This broccoli salad is perfect to bring to a summer picnic or even a potluck. Everyone has their favorite coleslawcole slaw, or even potato salad, but not everyone has a broccoli salad. Best of all this dish is quick and easy to put together. You don’t even need to cook this recipe.

Ingredients for Broccoli Salad

You will simply need some fresh vegetables, you will need a large broccoli crown, or you can buy the regular broccoli and cut off the stalk, but you can save it for a salad, or even some homemade broccoli cheddar soup. You will also need a red onion, white work in a pinch if that is what you have on hand. You will also need some fresh tomatoes, for this, I have used cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, or even Roma tomatoes for this recipe. You will make your own creamy dressing out of mayonnaise, white distilled vinegar, and some sugar. This dressing also works well for coleslaw if you need to make your own cole slaw.

I really like to make this dish the night before I am going to serve it. While perfectly tasty when just made, the flavors to get better the longer you allow this salad to rest before serving. If you cut want to cut the sugar from this you may want to add some Splenda in its place. I personally do like this with raisins, as I am not a fan of raisins, you can add those as well.

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Possible Variations

I hope you give this broccoli salad a try. I make mine with almonds, but I think cashews would work equally as well. The nuts add a nice crispness to this salad that I know you will enjoy. I think you could also easily add some sliced cucumber or even some chopped red bell pepper for a nice flavor.

I hope you enjoy this broccoli salad recipe, I think you will find it a great addition to your picnic or potluck recipes.

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Homemade Broccoli Salad

Broccoli salad is an easy and tasty salad that requires no cooking.

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Course: Salad

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Homemade Broccoli Salad

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Servings: 12

Calories: 372kcal

Author: Stephanie Manley

Ingredients

• 2 pounds broccoli
• 1/2 pound bacon cooked crisp
• 1/2 cup chopped red onions
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds
• 1/2 cup raisins optional
• 8 ounces shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons white distilled vinegar
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed black pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped tomatoes or cherry or grape tomatoes

Instructions

• Wash broccoli and pat dry. Cut off the the broccoli flowers, leaving the stems aside. You can save the stems for use with a different recipe. Place broccoli in a medium sized bowl. Crumble crisp bacon and add to bowl. Add chopped red onions, raisins if desired, shredded cheese and stir. In a small bowl combine mayonnaise, white vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper. Stir the dressing together and drizzle over broccoli. Add tomatoes last and mix the tomatoes in gently. Cover salad and store overnight. You can serve immediately if you desire, better flavors result the longer you let the salad rest.

Nutrition

Calories: 372kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 499mg | Potassium: 418mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 13.8% | Vitamin C: 83.9% | Calcium: 19.6% | Iron: 7.1%

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