Broccoli Salad (GF)

BROCCOLI SALAD

I love the addition of sunflower seeds.  I didn't actually use sunflower seeds in the salad in the pic as I didn't have any.  I didn't have red onion either, so I used regular and added some chopped orange sweet pepper for color.  It was great!  Kent Altena has a nice broccoli salad in Low-Carbing Among Friends which uses bacon.  It received rave reviews on lowcarbfriends.com

3 cups broccoli florets, chopped (750 mL)

¹/₂ cup salted sunflower seeds (125 mL)

¹/₄ cup chopped red onion (50 mL)

¹/₄ cup grated Cheddar cheese, (50 mL)

  (optional)

Mayonnaise Dressing:

¹/₂ cup mayonnaise (125 mL)

¹/₄ cup sour cream (50 mL)

1 tbsp SPLENDA^® Granular (15 mL)

1 tbsp lemon juice (15 mL)

Lightly steam broccoli florets about 3 minutes.  Transfer broccoli to medium bowl and refrigerate, while preparing dressing.

Mayonnaise Dressing:  In small bowl, combine mayonnaise, sour cream, SPLENDA^® Granular and lemon juice.

Assembly:  In large casserole dish, combine broccoli, sunflower seeds, red onion and Cheddar cheese, if using.  Stir in Dressing.  Serve.

Helpful Hints:  To further reduce the carbs, omit sunflower seeds and red onion, if desired.

This salad makes a wonderful addition to a summer picnic.

Yield:  6 servings

1 serving

227.7 calories

4.0 g protein

21.6 g fat

4.4 g carbs