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Broccoli, Cashew, Apple and Pear Salad

Published: Oct 22, 2017 | 16 Comments

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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!

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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:

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Broccoli, Cashew, Apple & Pear Salad
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 

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!

Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 335 kcal
Author: Julia
Ingredients
Salad:
  • 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
Creamy Salad Dressing:
  • 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
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, combine together chopped broccoli, diced apple, diced pear, diced red onion, cashews (toasted or roasted) and dried cranberries.
  2. 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.
  3. Add the dressing to the broccoli salad and stir everything together.
Nutrition Facts
Broccoli, Cashew, Apple & Pear Salad
Amount Per Serving
Calories 335 Calories from Fat 180
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 20g 31%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Cholesterol 13mg 4%
Sodium 195mg 8%
Potassium 368mg 11%
Total Carbohydrates 37g 12%
Dietary Fiber 4g 16%
Sugars 25g
Protein 5g 10%
Vitamin A 9.3%
Vitamin C 65.8%
Calcium 5.3%
Iron 9.7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Filed Under: Apples, Broccoli, Cashew, Cranberries, Fruit, Gluten Free, Healthy, Nuts, Pears, Recipe, Salads, Vegetables Published: Oct 22, 2017 16 Comments

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  1. Arlene Reno

    Dec 04, 2019 at 8:01 am

    Some people in the family are not fans of nuts. If I leave them out we would miss out on the crunch factor. Would substituting broken pieces of pretzels or dried ramen noodles work? Or would they get too mushy?

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  2. Cate

    Nov 28, 2019 at 6:29 pm

    Served this for first time at Thanksgiving today and the family loved it. They requested plenty of this salad in their take home containers A definite keeper recipe and will serve at holidays from now on. I needed a healthy salad with a light dressing to counter all the rich foods on the table and this was definitely it. Only changes I made were using light sour cream and added apple cider vinegar and cut back on the lemon juice in the dressing.

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  3. Regina

    Nov 27, 2019 at 9:19 am

    Do you think you can do cauliflower instead of broccoli

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  4. Tracy Dean

    Oct 30, 2019 at 1:10 pm

    Hi!! Could I Substitute red onions with minced onions & carrots?

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    • Julia

      Oct 30, 2019 at 8:25 pm

      Yes, you could!

      Reply
  5. Cindy Hesseltine

    Oct 18, 2019 at 11:55 am

    Hi there. I was wondering if you can make this a day ahead?

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    • Julia

      Oct 31, 2019 at 2:57 pm

      You could make this a day ahead and keep it refrigerated in an air-tight container. Add the dressing right before serving.

      Reply
  6. Barbara

    Mar 24, 2019 at 4:31 pm

    Sounds delicious but what gives it such high carbs?? I am diabetic and have to eat low carbs; this doesn’t fit. Are there any ingredients I can swap out?

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    • Diane

      Apr 05, 2019 at 1:15 pm

      this is not my recipe but my guess about the high carb count would be from the cashews and the dressing. so you could for starters leave out the nuts and then use a light mayo/sour cream or find a different dressing more of a vinaigrette with the honey lemon combo. good luck

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      • Anndy

        Nov 26, 2019 at 7:06 pm

        The carbs are from the fruit and honey , Cashews, mayo and sour cream are lower carb foods . And , if you sub “light” sour cream and mayo, you are ADDING , not lowering , carbs, due to added suger .

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    • Melissa

      Nov 13, 2019 at 8:08 am

      You could switch from cashews to pecans, almonds or walnuts. They have much lower carbs than cashews.

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      • Tracey

        Nov 21, 2019 at 3:04 am

        The high carb count is from the fruit, apples, pears, dried cranberries. There’s only 1/4 c honey in the dressing and salad serves 8 and nuts dont contain carbohydrates. Eat half a serving or let others enjoy if worried about too many carbs. If you swap out all the fruit, it’s not the same salad.

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  7. Bec

    Jun 23, 2018 at 1:19 pm

    Oh my god – this salad is incredible! I can’t stop eating it – so yummy but still light and fresh. This is my new fave.
    Thanks!

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    • Julia

      Jul 16, 2018 at 7:06 pm

      Thank you! So glad you like this recipe! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Agnieszka

    May 09, 2018 at 4:41 pm

    How about broccoli? Should I cook it before?

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    • Julia

      May 23, 2018 at 6:53 pm

      You can cook the broccoli. But I used raw broccoli. I just chopped raw broccoli into really small pieces. With the creamy salad dressing, raw broccoli tastes great!

      Reply

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