Cauliflower Salad Recipe – Cookie and Kate

Craving a contemporary salad with substance? This cauliflower salad recipe is perhaps proper up your alley. It’s crunchy, chewy, daring and sudden. You’ll love this salad in the event you get pleasure from contemporary Mediterranean flavors and attain for uncooked cauliflower on veggie trays.

Sure, this salad is made with uncooked cauliflower. The one cooking you’ll must do for this recipe is toasting the almonds for a couple of minutes. The cauliflower soaks up the flavors within the French dressing throughout a 30-minute relaxation.

This recipe is slaw-like in texture, and like all good slaws, it retains properly within the fridge for days. I like to begin my meals with a wholesome salad that’s able to serve. Not solely is it scrumptious and nutritious, nevertheless it’s additionally an awesome follow for maintaining blood sugar ranges extra steady.

I based mostly this salad on my Greek broccoli salad, which remains to be one in all my favorites. In the event you’re hesitant to do this cauliflower idea, begin there!

Cauliflower Salad Components

You’ll discover the complete recipe under. Right here’s a rundown of the elements, plus notes and alternate options.

Uncooked cauliflower: Cauliflower varies in dimension, so you’ll want to select a big one for this recipe. It ought to weigh over two kilos. You probably have bother digesting uncooked cauliflower, strive chewing on some fennel seeds earlier than or after your meal—it actually helps.

Chopped almonds: Chopped almonds add crunch and shade to this salad. Toasting them earlier than stirring them into the salad brings out their nutty taste. In the event you don’t really feel like chopping almonds, use sliced almonds. You too can substitute roasted pistachios to skip the chopping and toasting step.

Contemporary parsley and basil: For simplicity’s sake, use all flat-leaf parsley, or use half parsley and half basil for extra-fresh taste. It’s as much as you.

Solar-dried tomatoes: I like the candy and tangy, umami flavors that sun-dried tomatoes deliver to this recipe. Use tender sun-dried tomatoes from a jar (rinse earlier than utilizing) or a bundle. In case your tomatoes are dry and hard, rehydrate them in scorching water earlier than chopping them.

Crimson onion: Uncooked crimson onion provides shade, crunch and savoriness to the recipe. We’ll use simply one-third cup to maintain the recipe balanced. You can flip the leftovers into quick-pickled onions for one more meal.

Feta cheese or Kalamata olives: These elements take the salad to the subsequent stage. Each choices provide daring, salty, tangy flavors and a comfortable texture that contrasts properly with the crisp cauliflower. Select olives for a dairy-free, vegan recipe.

The dressing is daring and zippy with Italian French dressing vibes. You’ll want fundamental elements to make it: olive oil, crimson wine vinegar or lemon juice, garlic, dried oregano, Dijon mustard, salt and crimson pepper flakes (omit in the event you don’t like spice).

Watch The right way to Make Cauliflower Salad

Extra Hearty Facet Salads

These salads are chewy, hearty and satisfying like this one. Since no leafy greens are concerned, the salads retailer properly for days. This weblog gives many salads and cauliflower recipes if you’d like extra.

Please let me understand how your cauliflower salad seems within the feedback. I like listening to from you.

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