Christmas Salad
They say the holidays are never a good time to start a new diet. There is just too much food around and I know that I cannot resist.
That’s what New Year’s is for! Christmas Salad is one of those delicious recipes that graces our family’s table.
It’s called Christmas Salad because the ingredients have all the colours of Christmas!
Christmas Salad
This fresh, bright salad is made with broccoli, cauliflower, red onion and cherry tomatoes mixed with a creamy dressing. It’s the kind of salad you want to heap on your plate. It’s so good! I love each crisp, crunchy and creamy bite.
Christmas is my favourite time of year. Giving and receiving gifts feels wonderful and seeing the joy on everyone’s faces when they open their presents.
Most of all, I love all that food! I enjoy spending time in the kitchen with my family preparing recipes. It’s a time of lots of laughs and togetherness. Family and making memories.
This Christmas Salad is easy to prepare and you can make it ahead of time and leave it in the fridge. I brought it to our last family gathering and everyone raved about how good it was.
It gave my mom’s Pineapple Cheese Salad a run for her money.
How to Make Christmas Salad
Grab a big salad bowl and add in the broccoli, red onion, cauliflower and cherry tomatoes.
In another bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream and sugar. Pour over the veggies and toss until everything is coated with the dressing. Put in the fridge for a minimum of one hour to marinate. Serve chilled.
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If you would have served me this Christmas Salad 30 years ago, I would have balked and run for the hills. I hated all vegetables with a passion. I wouldn’t even try them.
Fast forward to today and I cannot get enough of them. I don’t know what happened. It was like a veggie hating switch flicked when I turned 20 years old.
I feel bad for all the trouble I gave my mom at the dinner table as a child. Sorry Mom!
For more salads to serve this holiday season, check out my Chicken Salad with Grapes, Broccoli Salad, Beet Salad, Waldorf Salad and Creamy Fruit Salad.
You’ll also like Christmas Pretzel Salad, Christmas Lasagna, Christmas Ham and Christmas Fluff.
Christmas Salad
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Ingredients
- 1 head broccoli chopped into florets
- 1 head cauliflower chopped into florets
- 1 red onion thinly sliced
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes halved
Dressing
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 tbsp sugar
Instructions
- Add veggies into a salad bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream and sugar. Pour over veggies and toss together.
- Chill in the fridge one hour before serving.
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I used this dressing. It gave it just a little kick. If you recognize it that’s because it’s the same dressing that goes on cucumber salade .
1 cup Mayonnaise
1 cup Sour cream
• ½ cup White Sugar
• ¼ cup White Vinegar
• Salt and Pepper to taste
Are the veggies raw or boiled?Â
Can I substitute Greek yogurt for the mayo?
Sure, you could try it out!
Hi this just what I’ve been looking for.  We are having Christmas ham and a pineapple cheese salad would go wonderfully.  Can you share your moms pineapple cheese salad recipe?
Thank you, Linda
I will ask her for it and then do a post!
I make this salad too and I add some crispy cooked bacon to top it off. Yummy!
I need to have this salad at an open house by 9am but they will not serve it until 12 pm so is it ok for the dressing to sit on the salad for that length of time
Yes, it will be fine.
Have you ever blanched broccoli and cauliflower for a salad like this? Would it help maybe for digestion, but still maintain the crunch? And would leaving onions out affect the taste?
I haven’t tried it that way! If you don’t like onions you could leave them out.
This looks SO good Stacie – I’ve been looking for the perfect salad to make at Christmas – think I just found it!
Thanks for sharing with us at Inspire Me Monday at Create With Joy – congrats – you are one of our Featured Guests this week!
Anything I can substitute instead of sugar?
You could try a sweetener like stevia or monkfruit sweetener.
This is similar to the one I make. Try throwing in some crispy chopped bacon and grated cheddar cheese!! Delicious!!
Hi! Your salad was the most clicked at our Best of the Weekend Link Party! Stop by and see it tomorrow….
Your salad looks refreshing, we make the Sweet Tomatoes broccoli salad thats on the sweeter side, this would be a nice change.
This sounds amazing – pinning! Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJs!
Such a pretty and delicious looking Christmas salad. Yummy looking.
I’m adding this to my list of what to serve for our Christmas Eve open house! Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty
I love the combination of veggies for your Christmas Salad! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday. Hope you have a great weekend and come back soon!
Miz Helen
You are right about the holidays and dieting. It is just too hard to do! Such a great idea to have this Christmas Salad made and in the fridge to help with those tempting moments. It looks delicious! Thank you for sharing at Celebrate It!
This salad looks so good! I love a nice creamy dressing too
This salad sounds wonderful. I love vegetables and always have – some of my children – not so much. Thank you for sharing at Tasty Tuesdays.
That sounds delicious! Pinned.