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 cheddarcheese 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
Do I Need to Cook Broccoli or Cauliflower?
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.
Can I Substitutethe Ingredients?
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
Author: Valentina
4.95 from 34 votes
Easy and quick recipe for a cauliflower broccoli salad recipe with dried cranberries, cheddar cheese, bacon bits, red onion and a homemade dressing.
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes
5 minutes minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 6 servings
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
US Customary – Metric
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!
Nutrition
467kcal Calories24g Carbs8g Protein38g Fat8g Saturated Fat36mg Cholesterol397mg Sodium368mg Potassium3g Fiber18g Sugar495IU Vitamin A65.3mg Vitamin C178mg Calcium1.1mg Iron
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Nutrition Facts
Cauliflower Broccoli Salad Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 467Calories from Fat 342
% Daily Value*
Fat 38g58%
Saturated Fat 8g50%
Cholesterol 36mg12%
Sodium 397mg17%
Potassium 368mg11%
Carbohydrates 24g8%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 18g20%
Protein 8g16%
Vitamin A 495IU10%
Vitamin C 65.3mg79%
Calcium 178mg18%
Iron 1.1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
(The nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.)
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
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100 comments
- Debra E Stutzman
Was looking for a recipe to use leftover broccoli and cauliflower from making veggies pizza and found this. I didn’t have enough broccoli and cauliflower so I added the shredded carrots that I had leftover and omitted sunflower seeds since I didn’t have any. It is delicious! Nice way to use up leftover veggies.
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- Valentina’s Corner
Debra, I’m so glad you enjoyed the salad and were able to twist it to make it your own.
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- Joyce
I make this a couple of times every year and it’s easy and delicious!
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- Valentina’s Corner
I’m so happy to hear that, Joyce. Thank you for being a part of our online family. The cauliflower and broccoli are such a great combination for salad.
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- Linda J
A friend fell a few days ago. I offered to bring dinner to her. This was on my menu so I just added additional amounts of veggies, doubled the dressing and I will add that before I drop it off to she and her family tomorrow. I did sub green onions because I didn’t have a red onion. 😀
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- Valentina’s Corner
I’m so sorry to hear about your friend, Linda. I hope she is feeling better. What a wonderful friend you are to make her dinner, I hope the salad was enjoyed.
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- Sara
I come back to this recipe all the time and my family loves it. I make it vegan and my non-vegan dad has no idea and requests it for parties.
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- Valentina’s Corner
Sara, thank you for trying our cauliflower broccoli salad recipe! We are so glad you enjoy this recipe as much as we do!
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- Sue K
First of all there is no cook time other than for the bacon. Then it has to cool so you can crumble it. I personally used real bacon pieces/crumbles. Also you are not considering the fact in the prep time that most people would need to cut all the broccoli and cauliflower and onions into small pieces. It took me more like a half hour or maybe a little longer to cut the veggies into the small pieces indicated in your pictures. Beyond that it is a pretty good broccoli salad recipe and i enjoyed my test bite of it. Poppy seed dressing or a nice ranch dressing could be used as well.
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- Valentina’s Corner
Sue, I’m sorry for the confusion. I’m so glad you enjoyed the salad recipe.
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- Deb
I’ve made this at least 5 times & my family always wants more! Very tasty & I always need to double the recipe so my sister can take some home with her. Thanks so much!
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- Valentina’s Corner
Deb, thank you so much for always making our cauliflower broccoli salad recipe! So glad you enjoyed this salad.
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- Sara
Super easy salad to whip up – made it vegan again this year for Easter and you would never know. Vegan shredded cheddar, vegan Mayo and Baco’s – even used baking stevia in place of sugar to bring down the calories a bit. Golden raisins in place cranberries are an option as well. Really yummy!
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- Valentina’s Corner
Sara, thanks for trying our broccoli salad recipe!
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- Colleen
Salad looks yummy! Can you make it a day ahead?
- Valentina’s Corner
You sure can! Just make it and refrigerate unmixed. Then just mix and serve.
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