A colorful salad is exactly what your holiday dinner needs. This cauliflower broccoli salad recipe is made with a sweet and savory homemade dressing. Fresh cauliflower and broccoli florets with crispy bacon pieces, sunflower seeds, dried cranberries, and cheddar cheese make for a delicious combination.
The addition of cauliflower makes this salad a little different than our broccoli bacon salad, but it is still just as delicious! If you love broccoli in a salad, be sure to also try our broccoli bacon cheese salad! So many great flavors you’ll forget you are eating a salad.
This easy broccoli salad is the best for potlucks, parties, and family gatherings, especially around the Holidays! It doesn’t get soggy quickly and will be a hit with kids and adults alike!
Broccoli Salad –
This creamy broccoli salad recipe served cold is so ADDICTIVE! The raw cauliflower, broccoli with cheddar cheese, crunchy sunflower seeds, and craisins are such an unexpected yet perfect sweet and savory combination.
Recipe FAQs
Nope! The broccoli and cauliflower are added to the recipe raw for this broccoli salad with bacon! When the sweet and savory dressing is added, it penetrates the raw vegetables, making them creamy and flavorful and enjoyable uncooked.
Even though the salad is excellent, you can substitute the craisins for raisins or dried cherries. The sunflower seeds may be substituted for sliced almonds. If you don’t like cheese, leave it out altogether. The grated cheese may be substituted for finely cubed mild cheddar cheese.
How to Make this Cauliflower Broccoli Salad Recipe –
- Cook bacon and set aside to cool completely.
- Cut broccoli and cauliflower into small florets.
- Grate a block of cheddar cheese.
- Finely chop the red onion.
- Prepare the homemade dressing by combining mayo, vinegar, and sugar.
- Combine all the ingredients in a large salad bowl.
Make Ahead –
This is a great salad to make in advance. Prepare everything per instructions and refrigerate the salad cover, keep dressing in a separate container. Then combine dressing with the salad right before serving and enjoy.
Other Favorite Salad Recipes to Try:
- Broccoli Salad– A twist off of this salad recipe!
- Broccoli Cauliflower Salad– The perfect salad for picnics!
- Bacon Cauliflower Salad– For the bacon lovers.
- Light Crab Salad – The best crab salad!
Cauliflower Broccoli Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 pack bacon, chopped & cooked (8 oz)
- 3 cups raw cauliflower, small florets
- 3 cups raw broccoli, small florets
- 1/2 medium red onion, finely chopped
- 1 cup mild cheddar, grated
- 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/3 cup craisins (dried cranberries)
Dressing-
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
Instructions
- Cook bacon pieces, set onto a paper towel to cool.
- Cut broccoli and cauliflower into small florets. Finely chop onion.
- Prepare the homemade salad dressing. Combine the mayo, sugar, and vinegar.
- In a bowl add the broccoli, cauliflower, cheese, sunflower seeds, cranberries, bacon and red onion. Add dressing. Combine well and enjoy!