Wholesome Broccoli Salad – Eat Your self Skinny

This Wholesome Broccoli Salad is loaded with recent broccoli, juicy grapes, pink onions, crunchy sunflower seeds and raisins all tossed with a scrumptious zesty honey dijon dressing made with Greek yogurt as an alternative of mayo!

Oh how I like a superb broccoli salad. Sadly, most of them are loaded with a lot sugar that it defeats the aim of consuming all these scrumptious veggies! This recipe is lightened up through the use of Greek yogurt instead of the mayo and a contact of honey as an alternative of refined sugar. Belief me, the grapes and raisins on this salad add their very own sweetness with no need all of the sugar! The result’s a crunchy, flavorful broccoli salad that you may truly be ok with consuming. I additionally LOVE how the raisins simply take in the dressing leaving you with little pops of taste in each chunk!

This wholesome broccoli salad is well made forward of time making it the proper dish to convey to events, potlucks or gatherings! You can even make this forward of time in your meal prep and revel in it all through the week.

Substances You may Want

• Broccoli – that is the star of the dish and you will want about 5 cups of broccoli florets reduce into bite-size items, about 2 small heads of broccoli
• Greek yogurt – we’re swapping out the mayo for some Greek yogurt to make this a a lot more healthy salad! You’ll be able to after all use mayo as an alternative when you favor
• Dijon mustard – this offers such a scrumptious zippy taste and helps to steadiness out that robust Greek yogurt style
• Apple cider vinegar – this provides a pleasant tangy taste
• Honey – provides a little bit sweetness with out utilizing any refined sugar, you could possibly additionally use maple syrup
• lemon juice – provides a recent pop of taste and brightens up this complete salad
• Salt and pepper
• Combine-ins – I used chopped pink onion, raisins, pink grapes and sunflower seeds, however you could possibly additionally add in some cooked bacon, your favourite chopped nuts, and even some shredded cheese!

How you can Make Wholesome Broccoli Salad

I like how fast this salad takes to throw along with just some easy steps!

1. Chop your veggies. Wash and chop the broccoli into bite-size florets, chop the pink onion and slice the pink grapes
2. Make the dressing. In a small bowl or jar, whisk collectively the Greek yogurt, Dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, honey, lemon juice and salt/pepper till creamy and clean. Be at liberty so as to add a contact of olive oil or water if you would like a thinner consistency.
3. Mix every little thing! Combine collectively all of the components for this salad and toss along with the honey dijon yogurt dressing till every little thing is properly coated. Style the salad and season with extra salt and pepper, as wanted.
4. Let chill. You may need to let this salad chill within the fridge for no less than an hour or as much as 24 hours in order that the broccoli actually soaks up that scrumptious dressing and every little thing is extra flavorful!

What to Serve with Broccoli Salad

This broccoli salad is the proper aspect dish to serve at cookouts, pot lucks or actually any social gathering, however I particularly love this chilly, crisp salad through the summer season months! That is additionally a vibrant inexperienced dish to steadiness out all these burgers, pasta salads and different meals objects that are not such wholesome decisions.

Prepping and Storage

I at all times love making this salad the night time earlier than I am serving it in order that the broccoli can actually take in the dressing which makes it a lot extra flavorful! If you happen to aren’t making this the night time earlier than, I recommend letting it chill within the fridge for no less than an hour earlier than serving. This broccoli salad will final within the fridge for as much as 4 to five days.

If you happen to resolve to make this additional forward, retailer the dressing individually in a sealed, hermetic container then toss with the salad a number of hours earlier than serving. I personally prefer to retailer my dressings in mason jars as a result of they’ve a pleasant tight seal, they’re simple to take on-the-go, and you’ll simply add all of your components and provides the jar a superb shake!

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