Description
Creamy broccoli salad offers a delightful twist on classic summer sides without traditional mayonnaise. Greek yogurt and tangy dressing create remarkable flavor combinations for health-conscious guests you’ll surely impress.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb (454 g) broccoli florets – small bite-sized pieces
- 1 cup (140 g) carrots – shredded
- ½ cup (80 g) red onion – diced
- ½ cup (60 g) pistachios – loosely chopped
- 5 large dates – pitted and diced
- ⅔ cup (160 ml) Greek yogurt
- 1 tbsp (21 g) honey
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) olive oil
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) water
- ¼ tsp (1 g) sea salt
Instructions
- Prep Ingredients: Chop broccoli into uniform florets, dice carrots and red onion into delicate slivers, roughly chop pistachios, and slice dates into small morsels.
- Combine Components: Gently mix prepared vegetables, nuts, and dried fruit in a large mixing bowl, ensuring even distribution of ingredients.
- Create Dressing: Whisk Greek yogurt with golden honey, smoothly incorporating olive oil and water until achieving a silky, uniform consistency.
- Season Dressing: Add a pinch of sea salt to elevate and harmonize the flavor profile of the creamy base.
- Dress and Blend: Drizzle the yogurt mixture over the vegetable medley, carefully folding to ensure each ingredient is luxuriously coated.
- Chill and Marinate: Refrigerate the salad for a minimum of 30 minutes, allowing flavors to intermingle and ingredients to become thoroughly chilled before serving.
Notes
- Prep Precision: Uniformly chop ingredients to ensure balanced texture and consistent flavor in every bite.
- Dressing Dynamics: Whisk yogurt, honey, and olive oil thoroughly to create a smooth, creamy base that clings perfectly to vegetables.
- Flavor Fusion: Let the salad rest in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes to allow ingredients to marinate and develop deeper, more integrated taste.
- Nut and Sweet Balance: Roughly chop pistachios and dates to distribute their distinctive crunch and caramel-like sweetness throughout the salad.
- Category: Lunch, Appetizer, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 7
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg