This scrumptious twist on a standard Greek salad makes use of broccoli and cauliflower instead of cucumbers and onions. Stuffed with olives, grapes, and a home made Caesar French dressing, it’s a zesty crowd-pleaser! {Paleo and vegan-friendly}
At this time’s recipe is dropped at you by my former boss. She shared the unique salad at an organization gathering, the place all of us went so bonkers she needed to old-school electronic mail it to us. The place we then proceeded to old-school print it off and old-school put it in an old-school binder. Whereas I’m sure I had a mobile phone at that time, I believe its solely perform was for speaking. In all probability you can depart a voicemail. Anybody’s guess if I really knew find out how to examine messages. So this recipe has been within the Spirited household for nearly twenty years. And it’s nonetheless going sturdy.
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Right here’s the factor about firm potlucks. They go certainly one of two methods. Both the recipes are improbable as a result of workplaces are small and reputations are on the road. OR they’re absolute dumpster fires as a result of John used mayo as a substitute of Miracle Whip within the potato salad. And if my late grandmother, The Gram, have been right here right now, she’d need to know precisely WHO JOHN EVEN THINKS HE IS? Miracle Whip over mayo all the times.
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Thankfully, my boss’s salad was a success, doesn’t use mayo OR Miracle Whip (so disaster averted), and makes sufficient to feed a crowd. Thus, when you want a salad recipe to share at Easter, on the 4th of July, over Labor Day weekend, throughout Thanksgiving, or on Christmas day, mainly Broccoli Cauliflower Greek Salad is your wingman. Or wingwoman.
The unique recipe requires cheese and store-bought dressing. Nonetheless, I paleo-ized this Broccoli Cauliflower Greek Salad, and created a vegan-friendly dressing that completely jazzes up the cruciferous greens.
So seize a big mixing bowl, some veggies, olives, and tomatoes, and let’s do that!
Broccoli Cauliflower Greek Salad substances
Instead of lettuce, Greek salads typically use greens, akin to cucumbers. However on this salad, we’re going to make use of broccoli and cauliflower for the bottom. The result’s tantalizing!
- Broccoli and cauliflower florets. Break the recent veggies down into small-to-medium florets. Ideally, they need to be sufficiently small to simply eat with a fork or spoon however not so small they flip soggy as soon as the dressing is added.
- Black and inexperienced olives. I exploit medium measurement black olives and enormous inexperienced Spanish olives. Serve entire, slice, or halved. It’s as much as you!
- Grape tomatoes. Slice these in half and serve up. Whereas I sometimes use one pint, you possibly can simply double this for a bigger yield or to offset the cruciferous veggies.
- Selfmade Paleo Caesar French dressing. The unique model of this recipe requires a store-bought Caesar Parmesan French dressing. I workshopped another and use it instead of store-bought dressings. Begin with one batch of dressing for this salad, and when you suppose you need extra dressing, then add half of a second batch. Should you’d prefer to be taught extra about including an egg yolk (or not) and anchovies (or not) to this recipe, click on the hyperlink for the stand-alone French dressing recipe.
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The unique recipe additionally requires shredded Parmesan and mozzarella cheeses. I’ve heard via the grapevine that vegan cheese has come a great distance. So you can all the time strive it on this recipe. Moreover, you possibly can add chopped cashews or diced avocado. And, actually, this salad tastes unimaginable with out the dairy. So, there’s no have to complicate issues when you’d reasonably skip these variations altogether.
Find out how to make Broccoli Cauliflower Greek Salad
Use a big mixing bowl for this recipe. It will likely be simpler to retailer the veggies after which toss them with the dressing!
- Break the broccoli and cauliflower into small-to-medium florets and place them in a mixing bowl.
- Add the black and inexperienced olives and grape tomatoes in a big mixing bowl.
- In a jar, mix the substances for the French dressing. Then pour the French dressing over the greens, tomatoes, and olives. Stir till the substances are coated. Let sit within the fridge for 4 hours to let the veggies take in the substances. Then stir the whole lot once more earlier than serving to verify the substances are evenly coated with dressing.
- If desired, make a second batch of dressing and add one other half cup of dressing to the salad, particularly if working with massive heads of broccoli or cauliflower.
If lettuce-free salads are your factor, then take a look at Paleo Greek Salad. It’s one other flavorful salad! And final however by no means least, shoutouts to profitable firm picnics. As a result of typically that’s the place you discover the most effective recipes.
Be nicely, buddies. I’m glad you’re right here. ❤️
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