Creamy Broccoli Salad
The BEST broccoli salad you will ever have!!! With cheese, cashews, onion and dried cranberries. And the creamy dressing is HEAVEN!
I must start by saying.
Don’t be fooled by those yellow blocks of cheese.
It looks a lot like butternut squash.
But it’s not.
It’s cheese.
Because I wouldn’t do you guys wrong like that.
We need that pile of cubed cheese in our broccoli salad.
We just do.
And we also need the creamiest dressing of all time.
A dressing so good, you can take your spoon and guzzle it down.
Creamy Broccoli Salad
The BEST broccoli salad you will ever have!!! With cheese, cashews, onion and dried cranberries. And the creamy dressing is HEAVEN!
Ingredients
- 5 cups coarsely chopped broccoli florets
- 3 ounces cheddar cheese, diced
- ⅓ cup cashews
- ¼ cup diced red onion
- ¼ cup dried cranberries
For the dressing
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup milk
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
Instructions
- To make the dressing, whisk together mayonnaise, milk, sugar and apple cider vinegar in a small bowl; set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine broccoli, cheese, cashews, onion and cranberries. Stir in mayonnaise mixture and gently toss to combine.
- Cover and chill 1 hour before serving.
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Lovely recipe. Just also added bacon bits, roasted sunflower seeds and some apple. Made the sauce thicker as well. The bacon cuts into the sweetness and works perfectly.
Fantastic, made a few Improvises, have nut allergies in the family so I added shredded carrot large shred, added a little garlic powder and A dash of cayenne pepper to the dressing. Fantastic will make it again.
I was suspicious, but this is delicious! Simple. Didn’t have cashews so I used pecans from the roasted beet salad I made last night. Definitely will make it again. 🙂
Also didn’t have dried cranberries so I used dried tart cherries.
A very good salad-type pot luck dish or for the family. I can’t have sugar so I eliminated that part of the dressing recipe. Yes, the dressing was thin but covered the salad well and stayed that way.
I’m wondering if buttermilk is an acceptable sub for the milk and then would the vinegar be eliminated? To this you may add all sorts of goodies. If no cranberries golden raisins or dried cherries. Thanks for the recipe
Don’t wait until summer to try this recipe. Although I love cooked broccoli, this recipe looked interesting. All the ingredients are available year-round in the Midwest. I prepared the recipe as directed and refrigerated it overnight in 9″x13″ portable baking dish. I gave it a quick stir and unveiled it on the potluck lunch buffet the next day. It was a pretty presentation and tasted better than it looked. This recipe passed from my “test kitchen” ranking to the “girlfriend, where did you get that recipe?” file. Thank you!
I honestly LOVE this recipe, came across it because it’s gluten free & my mother-in law has celiacs.I read some reviews was worried because a lot of people commented on the dressing being too watery but I think it’s delicious & coats everything perfectly. I add bacon bits & use peanuts instead of cashews(had a big bag laying around needed to use but also don’t care for cashews). I’ve made it twice so far & was officially told I have to make this every time we have events or anything. This salad is addicting.
Excellent and super fast and easy. I added golden raisins, which I thought was a good addition. My family loved it!
I just made this and was disappointed. It’s way too sweet and so thin and runny that it didn’t stick to the broccoli at all. I added another 1/2 cup of mayo and some salt but it was still was too sweet and runny.Next time I’d leave out the milk. I like the addition of cashews and dried cranberries, though.
My hubby loved it. And, he doesn’t like broccoli!!! Oh and I took out the red onion because neither of us like it.
It was delicious!
Wow, big compliment from a non-broccoli lover! Thanks for sharing, Liz! 🙂
This was easy to make and quick, no fancy expensive ingredients, and yummy yumm yum!!! Thank you for sharing this recipe! I am adding it to my permanent recipe collection. I made it last night and it was a hit! The only change I made was to use heavy cream instead of milk, mainly due to trying not to have to go back to the store :).
We are so happy to hear this made it into your regular rotation, Tasha!
I have been avoiding cheese the past two weeks. I may add some crispy tofu, though I am not yet sure what the spices will be, maybe nutritional yeast coating.I’m not a vegetarian, but I like may of its choices.
I’m sure it’ll turn out so great! 🙂
Good recipe for a traditional broccoli salad. I found the dressing to be too thin. Next time I am going to substitute heavy cream for the milk.
Love this salad!! Replace cheese with feta… mmm so good
The broccoli salad is the best. The dressing is my go to for cole slaw.
Thank you!
Just wondering whether elbow or fusilli pasta will go well with the recipe? For mayonnaise, is any kind of mayonnaise fine? My mayonnaise is of the Japanese kind and I understand that its a tad different from the regular kind.
Yes, elbow or fusilli would be great! But I recommend using American mayonnaise, not Japanese.
This looks amazing
This looks delicious! Can’t wait to give it a try!
WONDERFUL, thanks so much, Chungah! And may I just share something with you? My husband & son are the pickiest souls you’ve ever met. They are choosy AND they both have a problem with certain food textures. My husband dislikes anything from a crockpot for this reason, yet when I tell him “it’s a Chungah recipe, relax,” he is completely okay with it. My son is even worse, but he likes Asian food. They both love your food. I like that your recipes are not complicated! Oh…and I also love your recipes. We are a family of Chungah fans. I thank you so much for helping me feed my family.
Can you use coconut or almond milk in this recipe to substitute regular milk? Thanks!
Yes, of course.