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Healthy Savory Broccoli Salad

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Posted by Pepper Ferguson on Apr 16, 2012 in Healthy Recipes, Side Dishes | 1 comment

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I was looking for a recipe to take to Easter dinner, but I wanted to take something healthy. It came to me that it would be very easy to make a healthy broccoli salad. I went on a search where someone replaced the mayonnaise with greek yogurt. But I was surprised to not find any great recipes also surprised to find how the proportions of a broccoli salad very greatly!

I quickly went about creating my own recipe. You may wonder why I call this a savory broccoli salad. Many of the recipes I read used sugar in the recipe, but I wanted to cut this out to save on the calories. If you really really like a sweet broccoli salad you can either add sugar or add a little stevia to the recipe.

Healthy Savory Broccoli Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 lbs broccoli florets fresh
  • 1/8 cup onion chopped very finely
  • 3 slice center cut bacon
  • 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
  • 3 oz plain greek yogurt
  • 2 tbps light mayonnaise
  • 1 tbps balsamic vinegar
  • 1/2 tbps lime juice
  • 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Directions

  1. Blanch broccoli (place in boiling water for 20 seconds) run under cool water to make sure it’s not hot
  2. Mix in small bowl yogurt, mayo, vinegar, lime juice, and Worcestershire sauce
  3. In large bowl add broccoli, onion, bacon, and sunflower seeds
  4. Pour sauce in and fold all ingredients together
  5. You can serve now or set in fridge for 12 or more hours to meld flavors together better.

Recipe on Plan to Eat

Do you like Broccoli Salad? What kind of ingredients are a must in your salad? Grapes, sugar, bacon?

Pepper Ferguson

Healthy Mom = Healthy Family - That is my life motto and I hope to encourage it to be yours too. January 2011 I made the decision to lose weight and lost 80+ pounds. I saw my boys start getting active with me and I realized I wasn't only changing my life but also my boys.

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One Response to “Healthy Savory Broccoli Salad”

  1. Food Stories says:
    at Apr 24

    I love broccoli salad and must have greek yogurt in it. Another personal fave is some type of nut, especially cashews, for crunch.
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