Broccoli, Cashew, Apple and Pear Salad with Cranberries and chopped red onions with the most delicious homemade creamy salad dressing, made with mayonnaise, sour cream (or kefir or Greek yogurt), honey, and lemon juice!
This broccoli salad is a healthy recipe that you can make any time of the year, but especially during the winter season to get a boost of antioxidants, vitamins, and fiber!
The creamy salad dressing is so delicious – it will literally make the salad disappear off your plates, that’s how good is the flavor combination of all ingredients.
Whenever I make a broccoli salad, I love combining mayo and sour cream together for a creamy salad dressing and love that flavor combination! If you don’t like sour cream (or don’t have it), feel free to use kefir or Greek yogurt in place of sour cream for an equally good flavor! I also add lemon juice, honey, and salt. Make sure to soften the honey (by heating it up gently) before adding it to other salad dressing ingredients, to make sure it blends in smoothly.
If you still have any doubt about this salad, just take a look at these delicious healthy ingredients: Broccoli, Cashews, Apple, Pear, dried Cranberries, chopped red onions:
Broccoli, Cashew, Apple and Pear Salad with Cranberries and chopped red onions. The homemade dressing is made with mayonnaise, sour cream (or kefir or Greek yogurt), honey, and lemon juice!
- 5 cups broccoli florets , chopped into small bites
- 1 apple , cored and diced
- 1 pear , cored and diced
- 1/4 cup red onion , diced
- 1 cup cashews , toasted or roasted
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup sour cream or kefir or Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/4 cup honey , softened or warmed up
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- In a large bowl, combine together chopped broccoli, diced apple, diced pear, diced red onion, cashews (toasted or roasted) and dried cranberries.
- In a small bowl, stir together mayonnaise, sour cream (or kefir or Greek yogurt), lemon juice, honey, and salt. Note that honey should be soft and runny, warm it up if needed, so that it mixes easily. Whisk the ingredients until well combined and smooth. Add salt if needed.
- Add the dressing to the broccoli salad and stir everything together.
What could you substitute for the cranberries? Not a fan.
I made this salad last night and the entire family enjoyed it. It a very unique in flavor and texture (especially love the pears and cashews) and is quite refreshing. I used a lot more Kefir as it created a healthier version. Our family doesn’t care for mayonnaise. Overall a perfect salad to add pizzazz during the winter season as you state
Thank you, Wendy, for such a positive comment! So glad you tried this salad and enjoyed it! 🙂
This looks delicious! Can this be made in advance, and if so, for how long?
You could make this 1 day in advance and keep it refrigerated in an air-tight container. I would add cashews right before serving, though, to preserve their crunchiness.
This is so yummy! I’m not a fan of raw onion so I left that out, so next time I’ll cut the honey a bit since it’s plenty sweet with the fruit. But I devoured a huge bowl of this for dinner tonight!
So glad you liked this salad! Thank you for sharing your comment! 🙂
Sounds delicious! I could also see adding chopped chicken breast to make it a main dish kind of salad.
Yes, you could add chopped cooked chicken breast!
i appreciate you including the nutritional info. However, I need to know how much a “ serving?” Is? A cup? Half cup?
If you could please share this info I’d be very grateful! Thank you!
The recipe states that it makes eight servings. Just by eyeballing the ingredients, the salad, including dressing, appears to make approximately seven cups. So a serving would be a little over a cup.
Salted or unsalted cashews?
Either kind will work.
This was a huge hit at a family gathering. Oops, I forgot the lemon juice but still tasted awesome and it all went!! I used fresh broccoli that I steamed for color and better flavor. I dislike raw broccoli.
So glad you tried this recipe and liked it! Thank you for stopping by and sharing your kind comment!
Jicama would work for crunch and wouldn’t get soggy.