Broccoli Cauliflower Salad is loaded with vegetables, bacon, cheddar cheese and almonds! This no cook side dish is perfect for holidays and potlucks!

Broccoli Cauliflower Salad

This Broccoli Cauliflower Salad is the ultimate side dish! This salad is salty, crunchy and super satisfying. You won’t even realize you’re getting in a ton of veggies! This dish has fresh broccoli and cauliflower, sharp cheddar cheese, salty bacon, crunchy almonds, and tangy red onions, all wrapped together by a sweet mayonnaise vinaigrette!

Broccoli Cauliflower Salad is full of fiber and contains a surprising amount of protein, so it’s perfect for lunch, as a side dish to any meal or to bring to a party! When you bring this no cook side dish into any gathering, potluck or barbecue, get ready for it to go fast and for everyone to ask for your recipe! This dish recipes no cooking and comes together in a flash. There’s also less than 4 net carbs per serving, so it’s a great keto side dish!

Ingredients in Bacon Broccoli Salad

As always, here is a quick overview of the ingredients used in our keto Broccoli Salad. For the complete recipe, just scroll to the bottom of the page.

Produce Items: Broccoli and cauliflower florets, as well as chopped red onion
Cheddar cheese cubes, crumbled bacon, chopped almonds
Dressing Ingredients: Mayonnaise, sugar or monkfruit, apple cider vinegar

How do I make Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad?

This easy low carb Broccoli Salad comes together in only 3 easy steps!

Add the broccoli, cauliflower, cheese cubes, crumbled bacon, almonds and red onion to a bowl.
Combine the mayonnaise, sweetener of choice and apple cider vinegar.
Stir the dressing into the salad until well combined. Serve chilled.

Do I have to cook real bacon?

I highly encourage you to take the extra step to cook fresh bacon verses using bagged, pre-cooked bacon bits. The flavor is so much better with fresh bacon! It is absolutely worth the small step.

How to make Bacon Bits

Slice your raw bacon and cook on the stove top until almost done- your bacon will crisp up as it cools. I recommend taking it out of the pan with a slotted spoon, so you can leave a lot of the grease in the pan. Move to a paper towel lined plate and allow to cool.

How to Store this Bacon Broccoli Cauliflower Salad

To store this cauliflower salad, keep in a plastic or glass container with an airtight lid and keep in the fridge. This salad will keep for up to 3 days. However, I prefer to enjoy this salad within 24 hours of preparing it. The texture is still very crunchy and the taste is super fresh.

Tips for the Best Broccoli Cauliflower Salad

Bite Size: make sure you break the broccoli and cauliflower into small bite size pieces so you can enjoy all the different elements of the salad in each bite. Alternatively, if you prefer a chopped salad, you can chop the ingredients for a more uniform texture.
Real Bacon: skip the bagged precooked bacon for this salad. While the precooked bacon can work in a pinch the flavor of freshly cooked bacon is unbeatable. It is absolutely worth the extra step.
Cheese Cubes: you can use shredded cheese is you prefer, but the cheese cubes hold their texture much better in this salad, especially if you are making ahead of time.
Sweetener: this salad needs a smidge of sweetener in the dressing to balance the apple cider vinegar. You can use monkfruit if you are low carb, or traditional granular sweetener if you are not counting carbs.

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