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.
Chloe Hyde
May 24, 2019 at 4:45 pmHas anyone tried making this with Ranch instead of the dressing given? I tired this recipe but wasn’t a fan of the dressing. It was ok..but not something I wanna make again. I’m thinking about trying the ranch.
Denise
May 24, 2019 at 4:56 pmHi Chloe, I love ranch dressing and I think this would be great with it! Let me know if you try it and how it came out. Maybe someone else will pipe in with ideas.
Michele King
June 3, 2019 at 4:20 pmI’ve had this salad made with ranch and it was delicious.
Denise
June 4, 2019 at 7:56 amThanks Michelle, so glad you liked it!
Jagruti Dhanecha
April 22, 2019 at 4:27 amThere are days when I just want to indulge in low carb food, that is filling and nutritious.
Kylie | Midwest Foodie
April 21, 2019 at 10:18 pmThis looks perfect for my next backyard barbeque!! I’m always looking for new side dishes and this one looks amazing. Thanks for a great recipe!
Natalie
April 21, 2019 at 5:19 pmI 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
April 21, 2019 at 11:28 amYum! 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
April 21, 2019 at 5:56 amI 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
April 20, 2019 at 9:06 pmI love flnding low carb dishes that I like. This one looks amazing.
Analida Braeger
April 20, 2019 at 8:05 pmThis 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
April 20, 2019 at 4:19 pmThis 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
April 19, 2019 at 4:10 pmI am a salad fanatic too! I could eat this all by itself for lunch, thanks for sharing.
Carrie | Clean Eating Kitchen
April 19, 2019 at 11:01 amWhat a beautiful looking salad, and of course I love the addition of bacon! Bookmarking to make in the coming weeks!
Leslie Kiszka
April 16, 2019 at 10:39 amI’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
April 16, 2019 at 1:14 pmHi Leslie, you can use regular sugar if you want or leave it out. Either way. Enjoy!
Amanda
April 15, 2019 at 8:13 pmThis is one delicious salad! I just love how the creamy dressing contrasts with the crunchy broccoli. Thanks for sharing such a great recipe!
Jacklyn
October 22, 2018 at 11:00 amOne of my favorite salads! Made this for a dinner party the other day and everyone was asking for the recipe!
Denise
October 22, 2018 at 12:46 pmHi Jacklyn,
So glad you liked it!
Jacklyn
October 22, 2018 at 10:59 amYummy! ??? 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
August 25, 2018 at 3:28 pmLeft out the Almonds , sweetener and used red wine vinegar. It was delicious!
Denise
August 25, 2018 at 3:30 pmSo glad you liked it!
Julie
July 15, 2018 at 10:23 pmHow big is a serving? 1/2 cup? Not sure.
I could eat like 2 cups of this stuff!!
Denise
July 16, 2018 at 6:52 amHi 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
May 28, 2018 at 12:43 pmMade this to take to a picnic today! Had to sample and it is delicious!
Jaime Benjamin
April 23, 2018 at 11:08 pmHoly crap is this good!!!
Denise
April 24, 2018 at 7:17 amHi Jamime, so glad you liked it!!!
Diana
March 26, 2018 at 9:31 pmWhat kind of mayo are you suggesting when making this? I’d like to bring it for Easter dinner.
Denise
March 27, 2018 at 6:11 amHi 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
March 5, 2018 at 2:33 pmI love this recipe, made it this weekend! I do have a question, what is the serving size?
Denise
March 5, 2018 at 4:37 pmHi Becky,
I”m so glad you liked it!
I was basing this roughly on a 1/2 cup serving.
Hope that helps!
Denise
Debbie
March 2, 2018 at 10:32 amthis looks so good!
Denise
March 3, 2018 at 6:49 amThis is one of my favorite dish Debbie!
Brandi
August 30, 2017 at 5:27 pmWhat 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
August 30, 2017 at 6:38 pmHi 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
May 17, 2017 at 8:19 pmHi, 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
May 18, 2017 at 6:15 amGlad 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
November 12, 2018 at 8:39 amUse skinny girl poppyseed dressing 0 everything’
Denise
November 12, 2018 at 2:52 pmThanks for the suggestion Wendi!
Bob
October 25, 2017 at 10:01 pmI 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.