This loaded low carb broccoli cauliflower salad is a great dish to take to a summer picnic or party. Easy to make and only 1.9g net carbs per serving!
You might like these other two low carb picnic salads: layered cobb salad!
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I’m sure you’ve been to a picnic and had the ever popular broccoli salad. It’s crunchy and sweet and creamy and loaded with good things like cheese, bacon and sometimes raisins. Well today I have made for you a loaded low carb broccoli cauliflower salad that will satisfy your craving for that popular broccoli salad. I so loved this dish and will be making it all summer. I especially like that it’s only 1.9g net carbs per serving!
Almost 50 low carb salads!
There are so many salad recipes on this site because as you may already know I am a big salad eater. It’s rare when I don’t have at least 1 salad a day. It’s also a great way to keep things low carb and still have great taste. Two of my other low carb favorites are my bacon blue cheese burger salad and my taco cobb salad. I have almost 50 salad recipes on this blog!
Broccoli salad ingredients
I used both broccoli and cauliflower to give this a little more contrast but you can use all broccoli if you wish or all cauliflower. The other ingredients are red onion, cheddar cheese, bacon and pecans. The dressing is a combination of mayo, apple cider vinegar and Swerve sweetener.
So this recipe is pretty straight forward. You chop up your veggies and add them to a large bowl. In a separate bowl mix mayo, apple cider vinegar and Swerve (or other sweetener). Add the rest of your ingredients and the dressing and mix well. That’s it. Refrigerate until you are ready to eat.
Low Carb Broccoli Cauliflower Salad recipe
- chop veggies (broccoli, cauliflower and onion) and add to a large bowl
- in a separate mix mayo, vinegar and sweetener.
- add the rest of the ingredients (bacon, cheddar cheese and pecans) and mix everything with mayo mixture
- refrigerate until ready to eat
NOTE: I added pecans to give this salad more crunch but you can use pumpkin seeds, almonds or just omit them if you aren’t crazy about nuts.
Loaded Low Carb Broccoli Cauliflower Salad
This is very filling and tasty. I ate it at lunch and dinner for quite a few days in a row. So I give to you yet another low carb picnic favorite (seems to be an unplanned theme this week!). The nutritional information for 1 serving is:
235 cals / 22.6g fat / 4.8g carbs / 2.9g fiber / 5.2g protein = 1.9g net carbs
Low Carb Loaded Broccoli Cauliflower Salad
Ingredients
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoons Swerve or other sweetener
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 3 cups raw broccoli
- 3 cups raw cauliflower
- 1/2 red onion chopped
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 8 oz bacon cooked and crumbled
- 1/2 cup raw pecan pieces
Instructions
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In a bowl add the mayonnaise, Swerve and apple cider vinegar. Whisk to combine.
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In a large bowl add the dressing and all the other ingredients and mix well.
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Refrigerate until ready to use.
Natalie
I absolutely love this. It look so light and so delicious. I bet my meat-lover husband will love this too. It has bacon and he loves anything with bacon. It’s actually perfect way to get him to eat more veggies. Saving this!
Sara
Yum! We went to a GOT party last Sunday, and someone had brought a keto broccoli salad that we LOVED. We aren’t on keto, so I feel like this version of a low carb salad would be super awesome for us to make! It looks so satisfying and delicious – can’t wait to make it this week!
Jo
I need more such low carb salads like these. I love broccoli and cauliflower combo and this salad is perfect. Dressing especially is mind blowing. YUM
Kallee
I love flnding low carb dishes that I like. This one looks amazing.
Analida Braeger
This is the perfect go to summer salad and sure to please at any event you take it to, or eat the whole bowl yourself ! )
Marisa F. Stewart
This is one of my favorite salads! I haven’t made it in years and now that I’ve seen your salad I’m craving it. My daughter used to make it for our gatherings. WOW!! I’m printing out your recipe and making it next week.
Anne Lawton
I am a salad fanatic too! I could eat this all by itself for lunch, thanks for sharing.
Carrie | Clean Eating Kitchen
What a beautiful looking salad, and of course I love the addition of bacon! Bookmarking to make in the coming weeks!
Leslie Kiszka
I’d have to leave out the Swerve, but the rest of this sounds delicious! Maybe I’ll try adding a little extra bacon to make up for it 😉
Denise
Hi Leslie, you can use regular sugar if you want or leave it out. Either way. Enjoy!
Amanda
This is one delicious salad! I just love how the creamy dressing contrasts with the crunchy broccoli. Thanks for sharing such a great recipe!
Jacklyn
One of my favorite salads! Made this for a dinner party the other day and everyone was asking for the recipe!
Denise
Hi Jacklyn,
So glad you liked it!
Jacklyn
Yummy! ??? The salad that you posted originally is our family’s favorite and we have it weekly. And the bacon with corn will take it to a whole different level!!! Will make this version over the weekend!
Dorene
Left out the Almonds , sweetener and used red wine vinegar. It was delicious!
Denise
So glad you liked it!
Julie
How big is a serving? 1/2 cup? Not sure.
I could eat like 2 cups of this stuff!!
Denise
Hi Julie,
A serving is roughly 1/2 cup but it’s actually a bit more. I would go with a 1/2 cup to be conservative. Glad you like it!
Diana
Made this to take to a picnic today! Had to sample and it is delicious!
Jaime Benjamin
Holy crap is this good!!!
Denise
Hi Jamime, so glad you liked it!!!
Diana
What kind of mayo are you suggesting when making this? I’d like to bring it for Easter dinner.
Denise
Hi Diana, I just use regular mayo like Hellman’s. I actually use Aldi’s regular mayonnaise … not Miracle whip. Hope that helps and that you enjoy it!
Becky
I love this recipe, made it this weekend! I do have a question, what is the serving size?
Denise
Hi Becky,
I”m so glad you liked it!
I was basing this roughly on a 1/2 cup serving.
Hope that helps!
Denise
Debbie
this looks so good!
Denise
This is one of my favorite dish Debbie!
Brandi
What type of dressing do you add? There’s no dressing listed on the ingredients. I would love to make this but am wondering if I need to add dressing & what kind.
Denise
Hi Brandi,
No you don’t have to make a dressing. The mayo, sweetener and apple cider vinegar make like a creamy, sweet and sour dressing. Hope that helps!
Lynne
Hi, I make a similar broccoli and cauliflower salad, but I use poppy seed dressing, with almond slices, and cranberries wondering if the dressing would be lower in calories. Love your site !!
Denise
Glad you like the site, Lynne. As for the poppyseed dressing being lower in calorie, it might be. This dressing was used to keep the carbs down and it has not sugar. i’m pretty sure poppyseed would have a good deal of sugar. However if you use a sugar substitute I’m sure it would taste fantastic with this. Thanks for stopping by!
Wendi
Use skinny girl poppyseed dressing 0 everything’
Denise
Thanks for the suggestion Wendi!
Bob
I also make this dressing for Cole slaw, but add celery seed to the dressing. Need to be careful about adding the cranberries. They are pretty high in carbs.