Healthy Broccoli Salad
Made with grapes, almonds, craisins, and apples, this Healthy Broccoli Salad is fresh and crunchy, with loads of flavor. Cashew cream replaces mayo to turn this into a vegan broccoli salad everyone will love.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 253kcal
Ingredients
- 4 cups broccoli cut into bite sized pieces
- 1 small red onion chopped into small pieces about ¼ cup
- 1 ½ cups seedless grapes cut in half, I used red grape however, any seedless grape can be used
- 1 apple cut into small pieces about ½ cup. I used Fuji for this recipe any apple will work. A more flavorful/tart apple is best
- ½ cup craisins you can sub for raisins
- ½ cup almonds chopped
- ½ cup cashews soaked for 2 hours or soak in boiling water for 10 minutes
- 2 medjool dates if your dates are small use 4
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- ½ tsp garlic powder you can sub for 1 clove of garlic
- ½ tsp salt and pepper maybe more for taste
- water
Instructions
- If your cashews haven’t soaked, make sure to put them into some boiling water and allow to soak while you chop your veggies.
- Chop your broccoli, red onion, grapes, and apple into small bite sized pieces. I do recommend cutting your red onion into very small pieces.
- Chop your almonds - optional you can roast your almonds for 5 minutes at 325 degrees F.
- Place your soaked cashews, dates, apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, and salt and pepper into a high speed blender. Slowly add in water to allow the mixture to become creamy.
- In a large bowl place your chopped broccoli, red onion, grapes, apple, craisins, and almonds. Mix to fully combine them.
- Drizzle the prepared cashew cream over the mixture.
- Stir and mix to fully incorporate the cashew cream throughout the salad.
- Serve in a bowl as a salad or on the side of your favorite main dish!
Nutrition
Calories: 253kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Sodium: 218mg | Potassium: 547mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 432IU | Vitamin C: 58mg | Calcium: 81mg | Iron: 2mg