Strawberry Broccoli Salad (w/ Poppy Seed Dressing!)

This strawberry broccoli salad is tossed in a home made poppy seed dressing for the final word summer time salad. Take pleasure in as a aspect or a important dish!

Tremendous Contemporary Strawberry Broccoli Salad

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

Featured Substances

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

Broccoli Salad

• Broccoli: this salad options recent 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 need to thinly slice your strawberries — strawberries in each chew!
• Raisins: raisins add nice taste to this strawberry broccoli salad! Be at liberty to make use of one other dried fruit like craisins or dried cherries.
• Contemporary mint leaves: roughly chop your recent mint leaves to infuse this whole salad with its superb taste.
• Pecorino romano: white cheddar cheese is a superb different when you favor 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 home made 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 need to make your individual dressing? Any store-bought lemon poppy seed dressing can even work for this recipe.

Find out how 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 home made 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 picket 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 take pleasure in

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 😀

Prime Ideas 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 advise 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 individual poppy seed dressing? Be at liberty 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.

If you find yourself able to eat your leftovers, strive tossing your salad in a little bit of further poppy seed dressing when you 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 take pleasure in all through the week, or on the very least prep it the evening earlier than serving.

Strawberry Broccoli Salad

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

Prep:1 hour 20 minutes

Complete:1 hour 20 minutes

Fats 21

Carbs 23

Protein 10

Substances

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 recent 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 home made 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 picket 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.

Ideas & 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 advise 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 details

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