And we are in 2017!
Happy New Year guys, and I hope your Christmas was great and magical!
However, if you feel like you have over- indulged on all of the festive food, chocolates and drinks, today’s post is for you! As it’s a super clean, beautifully crunchy, fresh broccoli salad with an incredibly smooth and creamy cashew dressing punching with great flavours! Ready? Let’s go! 🙂
As we all know, January is the month for all the new year resolutions, and it’s not a secret that a high percentage of population will be on some kind of a diet this month. I won’t be, as I do not believe in diets… Yup, I would rather cut my leg off, than go through a misery of dieting. And I love food too much, to deprive myself of eating it. But, with that said, I have overdosed on the cake last month, so I’ve decided to stick to lots of fresh veggies and cut down on sugar. Also, I did book myself into a spinning classes, which I am yet to attend… 😉
But enough about new year resolutions. Let’s talk food! Today’s recipe is a really easy, quick, and super fresh. Delicious, healthy broccoli salad with red cabbage, raisins, almonds and super creamy cashew dressing. Yum & yummo! 🙂
Broccoli is one of my favourite vegetables, and it’s packed with all essential vitamins and minerals. One cup of broccoli contains about 43 milligrams of calcium, which is a nice contribution to our daily need. And did you know that same cup of this green goodness has more vitamin C than you need in the entire day? Well, now you do! 🙂
If you remember my post about clementine cordial, where I talked about excessive amounts of clementines after festive season, you will know that I do not like to waste food. And this broccoli salad with creamy cashew dressing is another proof that you can use your leftover veggies and still have super healthy, nutritious meal, without breaking the bank. Clementines are in season now, and I love adding citrus flavours to my salads, they work great in dressings and sauces, and it’s another great way of using up any citrus fruit, that have seen a better days.
I hope you are having great start of the year so far, but if you want to make it even better, I urge you to try this salad! It’s simply too good to miss, and too easy to make, so no excuses! 😉
- 400 g fresh broccoli
- 200 g red cabbage
- 5 spring onions
- leaves fresh mint optional
- 1/2 tsp caraway seeds
- 1 tbsp golden raisins
- 1 tbsp flaked almonds
- 200 ml freshly squeezed clementine juice
- 3 tbsp cashew butter
- 1 tbsp tamari sauce
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- clove garlic
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
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Cut broccoli into small florets and place in a large bowl.
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Finely shred the red cabbage, chop the spring onions and handful of mint leaves (if using) and add to the bowl.
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Add caraway seeds, golden raisins and almonds and toss together.
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To make dressing: place all the ingredients into blender and blend for couple of minutes.
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Pour the cashew dressing over the salad, sprinkle with some more almonds and raisins.
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Enjoy!
You can use orange juice instead of clementine juice.
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This recipe was adapted from Pinch of Yum and their Super Clean Broccoli Salad.
I saw this recipe and thought it would be great for my other half. She’s a vegan but doesn’t mention it too often which is nice. It also turns out that she has a slight nut allergy which came as a shock to us both. Still, it looked and tasted amazing.
Keep it up .
Hey there! Glad you guys liked it! Hope she will find her way around! And thank you for your awesome comment.
I love this! Broccoli never tasted so good with this sauce. Thanks for giving me healthier fresh options. X
Hah! So true, this sauce just changes everything, right? 🙂 I’m over the moon to hear you love this and enjoyed the recipe! x