Strawberry Broccoli Salad (w/ Poppy Seed Dressing!)

This strawberry broccoli salad is tossed in a selfmade poppy seed dressing for the last word summer time salad. Get pleasure from as a facet or a major dish!

Tremendous Recent Strawberry Broccoli Salad

This strawberry broccoli salad with poppy seed dressing simply tastes oh so FRESH. From the mix of contemporary veggies, fruits and herbs, to the amazingly gentle lemon poppy seed dressing, you’ll be able to’t go fallacious serving this salad to your loved ones and associates!

Featured Components

The elements for this strawberry broccoli salad come down to 2 elements. The salad and the dressing, in fact! You’ll want:

Broccoli Salad

• Broccoli: this salad options contemporary broccoli chopped into bite-sized items.
• Pink onion: we love utilizing a mandolin to thinly slice the pink onion for this salad.
• Strawberries: you’ll additionally wish to thinly slice your strawberries — strawberries in each chew!
• Raisins: raisins add nice taste to this strawberry broccoli salad! Be happy to make use of one other dried fruit like craisins or dried cherries.
• Recent mint leaves: roughly chop your contemporary mint leaves to infuse this whole salad with its superb taste.
• Pecorino romano: white cheddar cheese is a superb different if you happen to choose it! You’ll be chopping it into small cubes.
• Toasted slivered almonds: any toasted chopped or slivered nut will do. 

Do-it-yourself Poppy seed Dressing

This selfmade poppy seed dressing is finest made in a jar with a lid. Make a double or triple batch for later! You’ll want:

• Olive oil
• Plain, nonfat Greek yogurt
• Lemon juice
• Apple cider vinegar
• Honey
• Poppyseeds
• Salt

Don’t wish to make your personal dressing? Any store-bought lemon poppy seed dressing may even work for this recipe.

The way to Make Strawberry Broccoli Salad

Put together veggies & fruit

First, slice your broccoli into bite-sized items after which place in a big salad bowl with pink onion, strawberries, raisins, mint leaves and cheese. 

Put together poppy seed dressing

Put together the dressing (if making our selfmade poppy seed dressing) after which pour the dressing over the broccoli and different elements, and toss the salad in order that all the elements are coated. 

Toast almonds

Subsequent, toast the slivered almonds in a small skillet over medium warmth. Transfer the almonds round with a wood spoon and prepare dinner them till golden brown. Sprinkle the almonds and salt over the broccoli salad and toss the salad once more. 

Chill salad, then get pleasure from

Cowl the salad and place the salad within the fridge and let the salad chill for 1 hour. This salad will get higher over time, so be happy to make the salad the day earlier than serving 😀

High Suggestions for Strawberry Broccoli Salad

Make forward: This salad will get higher with time because the flavors mix, so be happy to make it the day earlier than serving.

Tenderize the broccoli: As a result of broccoli florets are a hearty vegetable, we propose reducing the broccoli into bite-sized items and allow them to sit in dressing for an hour or in a single day.

Poppy seed dressing: Don’t have time to make your personal poppy seed dressing? Be happy to make use of your favourite store-bought selection.

Storage

Retailer this strawberry broccoli salad in an hermetic container within the fridge for 3-5 days.

When you find yourself able to eat your leftovers, strive tossing your salad in a little bit of further poppy seed dressing if you happen to discover that the salad has dried out a bit.

For meal prep: We love that this salad will get higher in a single day, so be happy to make a double batch to get pleasure from all through the week, or on the very least prep it the night time earlier than serving.

Strawberry Broccoli Salad

This strawberry broccoli salad is tossed in a selfmade poppy seed dressing. You may love the colourful taste of this summery salad.

Prep:1 hour 20 minutes

Whole:1 hour 20 minutes

Fats 21

Carbs 23

Protein 10

Components

Broccoli Salad

• 4 cups uncooked broccoli chopped into bite-size items
• ¼ giant pink onion thinly sliced
• 2 cups strawberries thinly sliced
• ⅓ cup raisins
• ¾ cup contemporary mint leaves roughly chopped
• 4- oz. pecorino romano or white cheddar cheese ~½ cup chopped, chopped into small cubes (we used pecorino romano)
• ⅓ cup slivered almonds toasted
• ½ teaspoon salt

Do-it-yourself Poppyseed Dressing*

• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 3 tablespoons plain nonfat Greek yogurt
• ½ tablespoon lemon juice
• ½ tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 2.5 teaspoons honey
• 2 teaspoons poppyseeds
• ⅛ teaspoon salt

Directions 

• First, slice your broccoli into bite-sized items.

• Place the broccoli, pink onion, strawberries, raisins, mint leaves, and cheese into a big salad bowl.

• Put together the dressing (if making selfmade dressing) after which pour the dressing over the broccoli and different elements. Toss the salad in order that all the elements are coated.

• Subsequent, toast the slivered almonds in a small skillet over medium warmth. Transfer the almonds round with a wood spoon and prepare dinner them till golden brown, about 3-5 minutes.

• Sprinkle the almonds and salt over the broccoli salad and toss the salad once more.

• Cowl the salad and place the salad within the fridge and let the salad chill for 1 hour. The salad will get higher over time, so be happy to make the salad the day earlier than serving.

Suggestions & Notes

• Poppyseed dressing: be happy to make use of ⅓ – ½ cup of your favourite poppyseed dressing.
• As a result of broccoli florets are a hearty vegetable, we propose reducing the broccoli into bite-sized items and allow them to sit in dressing for an hour or in a single day. Toss the salad earlier than serving.
• We used pecorino romano, however cheddar cheese would work, too.

Diet info

Energy: 308kcal Carbohydrates: 23g Protein: 10g Fats: 21g Fiber: 5g Sugar: 6g