Broccoli Salad with Homemade Ranch Dressing
You are what you eat. If that’s the case, then I want to eat foods that make me feel good and let my radiance shine from the inside out. Fresh vegetables are the way to go. They are in abundance at local farmers’ markets and stands and I’m in my glory picking up lots of deliciousness to serve my family. One of my favourite salads to make (and eat) is Broccoli Salad. It’s always a hit at our summer family barbecues and often I’ll get my family requesting that I bring a batch with me.
The traditional dressing for this type of salad is made with white sugar but I’ve discovered another dressing that tastes even better and is healthier too! I modified a recipe for Ranch dressing I found on DrinkSilk.ca and was so pleased with how it turned out. This dressing would be great on any tossed salad, but it’s utterly divine on my Broccoli Salad. Your tastebuds will love it!
It incorporates a blend of textures with the crunch of the fresh broccoli and the softer sweetness of raisins. If you are tasked to bring a dish to a get-together this summer, bring this salad. It will be a sure-fire hit and you’ll have people asking you for the recipe.
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You might also like Broccoli Cheddar Soup and Chicken & Broccoli Salad.
Disclosure: This post was brought to you by Silk via Glam Media Canada. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Silk.
Broccoli Salad with Homemade Ranch Dressing
Ingredients
- 2 heads broccoli cut into bite size pieces
- 1 small red onion roughly chopped
- 8 strips bacon cooked and crumbled
- ¾ cup golden raisins
- ¾ sliced almonds
Homemade Ranch Dressing
- ½ cup Silk Original Unsweetened soy beverage
- 1 ½ tsp lemon juice
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp fresh dill roughly chopped
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- pinch salt & pepper
Instructions
- Combine salad ingredients in a large bowl and set aside.
- To prepare the dressing, combine Silk and lemon juice in medium bowl and let sit for 10 minutes.
- Whisk in the remainder of the dressing ingredients.
- Add in dressing to the salad and toss together until completely combined. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
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Nutrition
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I do love broccoli ad this homemade ranch dressing sounds great.
I’ve made this with Mayo, but not with the added spices, soy and lemon juice from your recipe. I will have to try it. Last time I made my broccoli salad I used cranberries instead of bacon (was cooking for some vegans). The cranberries were awesome and I didn’t even miss the bacon 🙂
That looks so good and healthy! Great idea and recipe!
I love broccoli and it’s so good for you. Unfortunately broccoli is the one food my son won’t eat.
This is so me I love salads of all kinds and can live off of just salads I am going to try this dressing
Thanks for the recipe! I am definitely going to try this!
This salad looks good, but I won’t eat ranch dressing and my fiance can’t eat onions, so we would change those. We have 3 broccoli plants in our garden this year and hopefully they will grow and give us a lot of broccoli to eat this year.
This looks amazing, can’t wait to try it, thanks for sharing!!
oh wow, this looks amazing!! i need to try this and soon!
This salad has a bit of a new twist on it with the dill in it.I love all the recipes you post though so I will have to try this one too.Thanks so much!