Holiday Broccoli Salad

By: Natalie Monson

Classic broccoli salad bursting with fresh seasonal ingredients for a holiday flare. 

How to Make Holiday Broccoli Salad

If you haven’t even made broccoli salad before, you might have a few questions about this recipe.  Some of the most common question we get are:

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Do you have to cook the broccoli for broccoli salad?

Typically raw broccoli is used in broccoli salad.  BUT – because broccoli is a cruciferous vegetable, it can taste kind of bitter, especially to kids.  If your kids aren’t used to eating raw broccoli, it might be a good idea to blanch the broccoli just for 2 minutes or quickly steam it.  It will soften the florets just slightly and take the bitter edge off.

How do you cut the broccoli for broccoli salad?

Bite size pieces are the preferred size for broccoli salad.  The stalk of broccoli can be kind of tough to chew through and so we like to cut it off as much as we can for this recipe.

How do you make broccoli salad creamy?

Our broccoli salad recipe calls for a homemade dressing that is slightly sweet and slightly tart made with Greek yogurt, mayo, apple cider vinegar and honey.  It is super delicious and is what really makes this salad!

What are the ingredients for broccoli salad?

Typical ingredients for broccoli salad include: broccoli, red onion, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, and sometimes bacon.  We wanted our broccoli salad to have a holiday flare and so we used pomegranate aerials in place of dried cranberries.  It definitely makes it more fresh and delicious, but you can always substitute the dried cranberries if you don’t have pomegranates available.

Can you make broccoli salad ahead of time?

Yes!  Because broccoli holds up so well, this is a great salad to make ahead of time.  Depending on when you plan on serving the salad, you can leave the ingredients in the salad and the dressing separate until a few hours before you plan on serving it.  We do like to add the dressing a few hours before anyway to let the flavors marinate a bit.

How to Get Kids to Eat Broccoli

Broccoli is one of those vegetables like Brussels sprouts that can get a bad wrap with kids.  With most vegetables, the way you cook and serve them is incredibly important as to how well your kids will receive them.  If you take raw broccoli and boil the heck out of it, it won’t taste good!  Appearance, texture, and flavor are all super important when serving veggies to kids.  If you have tried serving steamed broccoli to your kids (even if it is perfectly cooked) and they don’t like it that way, our suggestion is instead of serving steamed broccoli to them 10 more times, try another way of preparing it!  We have SO many different recipes with broccoli as the star that you should have plenty of ideas to try.  Keep reading to see some of our other favorite broccoli recipes.

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