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Broccoli Salad With A Creamy Dressing

Miranda | My Anosmic Kitchen
Very excited about this salad! Raw ingredients with a creamy flavor bomb of a salad dressing! A wonderful combination of sweet, slightly tangy, a little heat and a whole of crunch, delicious!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 broccoli head florets only
  • ¼ cup dried cranberries
  • sweet snack bell peppers
  • ¼ cup diced red onion
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
  • salt and pepper for seasoning
  • vegetable spice for that extra lift!
  • ¼ cup chopped toasted walnuts

For The Dressing

  • ⅓ cup sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
  • 2 tbsps. fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon harissa paste
  • 1 tbsp.. honey
  • salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Nuts Toast the Nuts Dry the toast the walnuts in a pan and set aside to cool.
  • Dressing Dressing Add all the ingredients into a blender and give a mix for a couple of seconds. If it's thick add a tablespoon at a time of water and season as you go.
  • Toss salad Combine all the salad ingredients together, broccoli, cranberries, tomatoes, onion and bell peppers followed by the seasoning and vegetable spice.
  • Serve Serve with the salad dressing.

Notes

Raw Broccoli Not into raw broccoli florets? 
  • Place them into a bowl, pour boiling water over and let them sit for a minute
  • Add the florets to a pot of boiling water and cook for a minute
Here's the catch! Don't let them sit longer or they become mushy and ruin the salad :(  Unless you're prepared to take them out the boiling water and straight into a ice bath. 
What's an ice bath? Ice in a bowl, this will help stop the broccoli from overcooking and still maintain its bright green color. 
Really? But is all that necessary when you can just enjoy them raw? I would say the intent is no cooking, quick, healthy and delicious!
  • Eat them raw, they're good for you and the salad dressing is so divine you won't even notice!
Broccoli stems save the broccoli stems to include in a vegetable roast or in a homemade stock. You can store them in a sealable freezer bag in the fridge for a day 2, if you're not ready to use them, pop the florets into the freezer for when you need them. 
Bell Peppers If you can't find snack peppers (the smaller ones) use 1 medium or one half of the yellow or orange, the taste is not such a bite as the green.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 159kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 2gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 93mgFiber: 2gSugar: 11g
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