Yesterday I whipped up a huge batch of this creamy broccoli apple salad recipe and I plan on eating it for lunch every day this week. The last few weeks have been rather chaotic and I need a serious break for a while. We had a series of unplanned home repairs that created a huge mess as well as a giant expense. Torn up wood floors, leaky dishwasher, leaky washing machine, and water dripping out of ceilings. Seriously…I am ready to just ditch this house for a new one if things don’t stop breaking. Then, the day after we got everything ALMOST fixed we left for a 2-week long road trip to see family up north. Needless to say, there hasn’t been a lot of ‘me time’ this month. Not to mention the fact that I have eaten more fast food and packaged foods than is probably good for me. But, now that life is kind of settling back to normal, I am back to cooking from scratch and feasting on fresh fruits and vegetables. This broccoli apple salad recipe was a huge hit with the family…even the ones who aren’t thrilled with broccoli!
I have seen a lot of broccoli salad recipes but most of them use bacon which my daughter doesn’t like. Weird, huh? Who doesn’t like BACON? But, to accommodate her weird food aversions I made this one without the beloved bacon added into it. Everything in here is really fairly healthy which I’m happy about since we gorged ourselves on vacation. One night I ate a huge platter of batter fried whole belly clams and I am not sorry one tiny bit! I only have them when I go up north so when I finally get them in front of me, I am not sharing with anyone! But, now that I am home, I am back to healthy recipes for a while or I won’t be able to button up my pants. Don’t the colors look fabulous?
The dressing for this broccoli apple salad recipe is half mayonnaise and half Greek yogurt. Replacing half the mayo amount is a great way to cut the fat and make it even healthier without sacrificing flavor or using some weird ‘low fat’ version of mayonnaise. Just whisk some salt, pepper, sugar and lemon juice into the mayo and yogurt and you have a simple dressing for your broccoli salad that takes only a few minutes to make. You can store the broccoli salad in the fridge for several days once you add the dressing. Nothing gets soggy or limp and it will be a quick and healthy lunch for me this week as I try to finish digging out from vacation laundry and the mess of home repairs. I think I need a vacation from my vacation!
Creamy Broccoli Apple Salad Recipe
Creamy Broccoli Apple Salad Recipe
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Prep time
20 mins
Total time
20 mins
Serves: 8 servings
Ingredients
4 cups fresh broccoli florets (about 2 medium heads)
2 large apples, chopped
½ cup shredded carrots
½ cup dried cranberries
¼ cup red onion, chopped
½ cup chopped pecans
2 tbsp Lemon juice (about half a lemon)
½ cup Mayonnaise,
½ cup Greek yogurt
⅛ tsp Pepper
¼ tsp Salt
1 tbsp Sugar
Instructions
In a large bowl, place the broccoli, apples, cranberries, pecans, onion and shredded carrot
In a smaller bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, yogurt, salt, pepper, sugar and lemon juice.
Pour the dressing over the salad ingredients and mix until everything is coated.
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