BROCCOLI APPLE SALAD
You’re looking for ideas for vegan lunch or dinner?! Try out this recipe of delicious, easy and healthy broccoli apple salad. This dressing is creamy and with interesting sweet and sour taste and perfectly combines with the apple and dried fruit. The salad is suitable plant based or vegan diet.
Servings 2 portions
Ingredients
For the salad
- 1 head broccoli small
- 1 big apple or 2 small
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries raisins or other dried fruit
- 1/3 cups roasted almonds
- 1/2 red onion
For the dressing
- 3/4 cup cashew soaked in water for 1 hour
- 1/4 cup Water
- 2 tbs apple sider vinegar
- 2 tbs maple syrup agave or honey if you use
- 1 clove garlic
- Salt by taste
- black peper by taste
Instructions
- Steam the broccoli for like 5-7 minutes. I don’t have a special appliance, so I use a big metal strainer in which I put the vegetables and put it over a pot with boiling water. I leave the broccoli to cool down.
- In a blender I put all ingredients for the dressing and mix them well until I get smooth creamy mixture.
- I peel and slice the apple and the onion, I add the blueberries, raisins or any other dried fruit or fruit I’ve chosen. Then I add the broccoli and the dressing and stir well.