Broccoli salad is usually drowning in a creamy, often very sweet, dressing and studded with 1/2 pound crumbled bacon, making it more about the creamy dressing and bacon than about the actual broccoli. Ours uses a combination of canola mayonnaise and Greek yogurt to keep the calories in check. We opt for center-cut bacon (a bit less of it) and swap the usual raisins for lower-sugar dried cranberries to pack a subtle punch of tart. The best part of this salad? The longer it sits, the better it gets.

Cranberry-Almond Broccoli Salad

red onion

canola mayonnaise

2% reduced-fat Greek yogurt

cider vinegar

honey

salt

black pepper

broccoli

almonds,

cranberries

bacon slices,

Soak red onion in cold water for 5 minutes; drain.


Combine mayonnaise and next 5 ingredients (through pepper), stirring well with a whisk. Stir in red onion, broccoli, and remaining ingredients. Cover and chill 1 hour before serving.


This is so great with Bratwurst, HBs, wings.... I love it with everything! 

Just made it for a BBQ gathering and it was well received.  I added chopped apple to it and thought it was a great addition.  

Loved this! Had to add an extra little bit of honey, otherwise there was no hint of tangy sweet, just tangy. Could be because I buy no sugar yogurt. Came out perfect, everyone enjoyed it.

GREAT - MADE THIS FOR THANKSGIVING AND WILL MAKE IT AGAIN FOR CHRISTMAS!  WONDERFUL COMBINATION OF TASTES!

I made this for a family get together and everyone loved it!  It is delicious and easy to make.  I couldn't find the canola mayo and just used regular mayo.  

Most delicious salad ever! Made it for dinner tonight and it was a super winner! Low calorie, tasty, nutritiousand the dressing masked the broccoli flavor! (Hubby is no-fan of broccoli)  Easy to make, uses ingredients on hand!  Love it! Love it! Love it!  

Added chopped grapes and apple, swapped almonds for walnuts as I had those on hand. Sprinkled with crumbled bleu cheese, AWESOME! 

As another reviewer stated this salad is delicious with or without the bacon.

Easy to made and very tasty.  Recipe says 6 servings so I halved it (just one of me) - more like 4 servings.  Didn't have Greek yogurt so used sour cream instead.  Next time will make full recipe, and even double it when kids and grand kids come over - they all liked the small taste of leftovers I had.  Per suggestions, will try with cauliflower too.

 Husband is not a fan of raw broccoli but the flavor combination of this recipe got him on board! I used reviewer suggestion of grapes in lieu of bacon and recipe is delicious! Also agree with making in advance: allows the flavors to combine &amp; makes the dish even better 

Very good. I had to adapt as at the last minute I realized I didn't have broccoli so my review is with cauliflower &amp; without bacon. Still great!

Even though I loved this salad I tried to "improve" it by adding chopped chicken to this salad... Definitely not better. This salad is perfect 'as is.'

We prepared this to have as a side to BBQ pulled-pork.  We swapped dried cherries for the cranberries as I had them on-hand.  My children (ages 3 and 5) ate it up and my husband and I enjoyed it as well.

 This recipe tastes exactly like WF's Broccoli Crunch salad!  The dressing is creamy, with just the right hint of sweet from the honey and the combo of almonds, cranberries and bacon works so well with the crunch of the raw broccoli.  I'll be making this all summer long, I know it! 

This is really good but instead of bacon I used sliced green grapes. Good for meat free salad.

cranberry-almond broccoli salad

Total: 1 hours, 15 minutes

Servings: 4.5

Author : Callie Nash

Ingredients

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