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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook broccoli and apple salad with a honey poppyseed dressing using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Broccoli and Apple Salad with a Honey Poppyseed Dressing:
- Make ready 2 medium heads of broccoli
- Prepare 1 apple, cored and diced
- Prepare 1 large carrot, peeled and grated
- Make ready 1/4 cup roughly chopped pecans
- Take 1/4 cup pepitas (or sunflower seeds)
- Get 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- Prepare 1/2 cup mayo
- Take 1/2 cup sour cream (or plain Greek yogurt)
- Get 2 tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice, divided
- Get 2 tbsp. honey (or more to taste)
- Prepare 2 tsp. poppy seeds
- Make ready pinch salt
Tossed together in a light honey dijon dressing to bring this salad together. Easy to make, great for lunch or parties and makes excellent leftovers! Healthy apple broccoli salad with chickpeas, dried cherries, carrots, pecans and fresh herbs. The dressing recipe makes enough for two good-sized salads.
Steps to make Broccoli and Apple Salad with a Honey Poppyseed Dressing:
- Start by soaking your diced apples in a mix of 1 cup water and 1 tbsp. lemon juice for 5 minutes. This will help prevent them from browning. Then drain them and place them in a large bowl.
- For the broccoli, you want to trim off the florets into small, bite sized pieces. Place them in the bowl with the apples, the grated carrot, the dried cranberries, walnuts and pepitas (or sunflower seeds). Toss it all together.
- Next, make the dressing. In a small bowl, whisk together the mayo, sour cream (or yogurt), the remaining 1 tbsp. of lemon juice, honey, poppy seeds and salt. Taste and add either more lemon juice or more honey, to suit your taste.
- Pour the dressing over the broccoli mixture and toss well to incorporate the dressing onto everything.
- Chill for 2-3 hours before serving and refrigerate any leftovers. This will stay good for 2-3 days.
You can make this a main dish salad by adding cooked chicken. Combine dressing ingredients and mix thoroughly. Toss dressing with salad just before serving. This is the best Broccoli Salad! With a creamy homemade dressing, crisp broccoli, crunchy apple, sunflower seeds and dried cranberries.
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