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Best Broccoli Salad

Edna Miller
This broccoli salad recipe is an easy side dish to make! Tangy, refreshing, and full of yummy sweet and salty flavor, it's a healthy version of classic Broccoli Salad, made with home made mayo. This recipe does not include any refined sugar, meat, or dairy.
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Ingredients
  

Healthy & Nourishing Ingredients

  • 1 pound organic broccoli, washed and chopped into ½" pieces
  • ⅓ cup red onion, diced
  • ⅓ cup raisins, cranberries, or chopped dried apricots

Homemade Broccoli Salad Dressing

  • 3 TB extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 ½ tsp fresh lemon juice
  • ¼ cup raw, unsalted cashews or pistacios
  • 1-2 garlic cloves
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ¼ tsp onion powder
  • ¼ tsp sea salt
  • pinch pepper
  • 2 TB water
  • 1 TB + 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • 2 ½ tsp dijon mustard
  • 2 tsp maple syrup

Smoky Almond & Pumpkin Seeds

  • ½ cup raw, unsalted almonds
  • ½ cup raw, sprouted pumpkin seeds
  • 1 TB coconut liquid aminos
  • ½ tsp maple syrup
  • ¼ tsp smoked paprika

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Chop the broccoli into ½ inch pieces and add to a large bowl.
  • Chop the red onion and add to the broccoli.
  • Add the raisins, cranberries or chopped dried apricots to the broccoli and onions.
  • Add the almonds, pumpkin seeds, coconut liquid aminos, maple syrup and smoked paprika into a small bowl and stir well.
  • Brush a stainless steel pan with olive oil and pour the almonds and pumpkin seed mixture onto the pan in a thin layer. Bake for 14 minutes until golden brown and cool.
  • Add all of the ingredients for the homemade Broccoli Salad dressing into a blender and blend. Pour the homemade dressing into the broccoli salad bowl and stir well.
  • If you like your broccoli salad a little sweeter, you can add 1 additional teaspoon of maple syrup.
  • Add the almonds and pumpkin seeds into the broccoli salad and mix well. Reserve some of the mixture for topping the salad.
  • This salad will last for 5 days in the refrigerator.

Notes

Recipe Adapted from from Love and Lemons Best Broccoli Salad
Salad Dressing in our recipe was adapted to be homemade using Vegan Cashew Mayo recipe
 
RECIPE CONTRIBUTOR
This recipe recommendation is from Edna Miller, she is Cheryl's mom and is an excellent cook!  Edna raised four children and enjoys gardening and canning.  This is Edna's favorite broccoli salad recipe.