Strawberry broccoli salad is a sweet creamy side dish that will have everyone eating their veggies happily. Loaded with crunchy broccoli and pecans and dotted with sweet strawberries, it’s an explosion of flavors you’ll love!

My boys are so picky when it comes to eating their veggies.

Well they will willingly eat anything green if it’s dressed up.

And this summer strawberry broccoli salad is dressed up with all sorts of delicious things: creamy, tangy dressing, crunchy pecans, and sweet strawberries.

It’s the perfect way to get them to eat some green with their meals.

And it’s also the perfect side dish for any barbecue, picnic, or potluck.

Ingredients

To make this you’ll need ingredients for the broccoli salad and ingredients for the dressing.

For the salad you’ll need:

Broccoli– Chopped, fresh broccoli florets
Strawberries– Hulled, chopped fresh strawberries
Pecans– Not a fan of pecans? Almond slivers are also amazing in this.
Goat cheese– Crumbled. If you aren’t a fan of goat cheese, you could substitute another saltier cheese like Parmesan.

For the dressing you’ll need:

Greek yogurt– Make sure you are using plain Greek yogurt and not vanilla or another flavor.
Maple syrup or honey– To taste
Lemon juice– Fresh is best
Poppy seeds

How to Make

To make this easy strawberry salad, start by combining the broccoli, strawberries, cheese, and pecans in a large mixing bowl.

Then mix the yogurt, maple syrup or honey, and lemon juice together in a small bowl.

Fold the dressing into the broccoli and strawberry mixture until all the fruit and veggies are evenly coated.

Stir in some salt and the poppy seeds.

Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Enjoy!

Can I make this ahead of time?

Yes!

While it’s delicious right away, it tastes even better if you make it a couple hours in advance.

If you’re wanting to plan ahead, and make as much as possible, for a party or meal the following day- prep everything, but store the dressing and salad ingredients separately.

Mix everything together within 2 hours of your desired serving time.

Storing leftovers

This is one of the few salad recipes where leftovers hold up fairly well.

Store leftovers in an airtight container the fridge for 2 days.

Tips and Tricks

Cut the broccoli fairly small and remove the stalks to keep the pieces bite
sized.
Crumbled feta will work in place of the goat cheese if you’d prefer. Alternatively, you can use walnuts in place of the pecans.
This would be really yummy with some craisins, or even dried cherries, folded into the mix as well.
If you are allergic to nuts, feel free to omit them all together.

Other Easy Salad Recipes

Sweet strawberry broccoli salad is one of our favorite summer side dishes and a fabulous recipe to get some veggies into my kids. Make it today and enjoy.

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