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Creamy Broccoli, Cauliflower, Corn, Bacon Salad with Sliced Carrots, Diced Red Onions, and shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese. There are 2 salad dressing options: Ranch dressing made with mayo/sour cream combination or super delicious homemade creamy dressing without Ranch - you choose!
What a delicious salad this turned out to be! Try it for yourself! There are lots of raw vegetables in this salad: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Corn, Carrots, Red Onions.
Ranch dressing, as you can guess, will go great with all these raw veggies. If you don't want to use Ranch, the other option is to combine mayo with sour cream (or Kefir or Greek yogurt) and then mix it with softened honey and lemon juice (preferably freshly squeezed)! You choose which dressing you want with this Creamy Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad.
It's really important to dice broccoli and cauliflower into really small and fine pieces so that the dressing coats more surface, and that makes the salad even creamier and more delicious!
I used store-bought sliced carrots, and I cooked my bacon in the oven. It's really an easy recipe, once you have all the ingredients. Just assemble everything together and mix it with the dressing!
Enjoy!
Creamy Broccoli, Cauliflower, Corn, Bacon Salad
Ingredients
Salad Ingredients:
- 3 cups broccoli florets , finely chopped into small pieces
- 3 cups cauliflower florets , finely chopped into small pieces
- 2 cups carrots , finely sliced
- 15 oz sweet corn , from the can, drained
- ½ cup red onion , diced
- 10 slices bacon , cooked, drained of fat, and chopped
- 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese , shredded
Salad Dressing option 1 (Ranch dressing):
- ½ cup mayo
- ½ cup sour cream or kefir or Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons dry Ranch mix or more, to taste
Salad Dressing option 2 (without Ranch):
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ½ cup sour cream or kefir or Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- ¼ cup honey , softened or warmed up
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
Salad Ingredients:
- In a large bowl, combine together all salad ingredients.
- Use one of the two salad dressing recipes provided.
Salad Dressing option 1 (Ranch dressing):
- In a medium bowl, combine mayo and sour cream (or kefir or Greek yogurt) and add 1 or 2 tablespoons of dry Ranch mix. Mix well and taste to see if you need to add more dry Ranch mix to the dressing.
Salad Dressing option 2 (without Ranch):
- 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.
- Gradually add the salad dressing of your choice to the large bowl with the salad ingredients, and stir everything together.
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Wonderful salad, easy to make. Will definitely make again!
Marcia, I am very happy you liked this recipe!
Super easy to make! Delicious and will eat it over and over again!
Susan, thank you for the 5-star review! 🙂
Great salad! I used the dry ranch dressing option.
Rosemarie, I am glad you gave this recipe a try and that it was a success!
This was a fantastic salad I really enjoyed it I only changed a few things because of my husband’s diet we replace carrots with red bell pepper, and replaced the red onion with sweet onion. Also I added 2 tablespoon of garlic olive oil and 1 Tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce. So the next time we make it definitely not going to add no sugar to the the second dressing it just does not need it other than that it really was a lovely salad thank you
Laura, I love your feedback - so detailed and helpful for other readers. Love your addition of garlic olive oil and Worcestershire sauce, as well as red bell pepper!
Salad came out nice, love the crispness of the raw veggies. Made it 3 times for different gatherings and everyone loved it. Some did not even realize the cauliflower and Broccoli are raw.
I am so glad this salad was a success! Thank you for sharing this positive feedback - I appreciate it!!!! 🙂
Hi
Silly question, but is the broccoli and cauliflower raw or should one blanche it first?
Thank you.
Looks delicious
Hi Leonie! Yes, broccoli and cauliflower are both raw. I did not blanch them first. However, you can blanch them if you like.
How long before serving do you toss the veggies with the dressing?
Hi Anita! For this salad, you can toss the veggies with the dressing either right before serving or even several hours before serving.
How long does this keep in the fridge with the dressing on it?
I would say this will keep well in the fridge for up to 3 days.
How much is a serving?
There are total of 8 servings in this recipe.
Not long at all! It is way to nice to last longer than a few minutes in my house! I cannot think why it should not last at least 2-3 days.Depending on your dressing.
Henriette, I agree. The salad can be refrigerated with the dressing on (in an airtight container) for up to 2 or 3 days.
Is it better to make it the day before you serve it or the day of because I know with a lot of salads it’s better to make it the day before
Looking forward to trying this
Anna, I think this recipe works well either way.
Yum! I made the non-ranch version and it turned out great! I’m eating some leftovers right now .
Glad you enjoyed this salad! Thank you for the comment!
Thank God for a variation without ranch dressing! We just won’t eat it here
I loved this recipe and even my picky husband liked it. I used turkey bacon and added sunflower seeds. It will make a great side dish for BBQ's this summer.
Great looking recipes!
How many calories per serving?
If it’s true but a colorful plate is a healthy plate then this one’s just chocked full of goodies.
Do you know the calories per serving?
I would like to know this also
If you do salad option #2 - use light mayo and greek yogurt instead of sour cream - the total amount of calories is 1,946 - it makes 8 servings so total amount per serving is 244 calories.
It should be called anti-inflammatory salad! Full of good stuff.
For sure! 🙂
It's almost to pretty to eat, almost. Don't worry that won't stop me from eating it! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you!