No matter if you are eating keto or just cutting down on sugar, this low-carb broccoli salad is a perfect cold summer dish! This creamy broccoli salad is made with cucumber, onions, tomato, and mayo and is perfect to make ahead for a week’s worth of lunches or to take with you to your next summer cookout.
Keto Broccoli Salad
For quite some time, I was thriving on the keto diet. I felt amazing, I was losing weight, and honestly, I was happy with how I was eating.
Life happened though, and I “fell off the wagon”. It wasn’t hard to fall back into my unhealthy eating habits and gain a chunk of my weight back.
After realizing how terrible I was starting to feel again, I knew I had to make a change and get back to low carb, keto eating.
So what did I do first? I made a meal plan and took off to the grocery store to get all of the food I need for a week of clean, low carb eating!
I like to prep dishes so I don’t have to make something every single day, and I decided that a creamy low carb broccoli salad would be a perfect lunch option for the week! This was such an easy keto recipe to make! Simple, fresh, and delicious, keto broccoli salad is a new favorite for me!
It is a great lunch that I can eat all week… But it would also be perfect to take to a summer cookout!
How To Make A Low Carb Broccoli Salad
This is probably one of the easiest recipes I have created. It took me just a few minutes to throw everything together and can be easily customized depending on your personal tastes.
Most of the ingredients are probably already sitting in your refrigerator or pantry right now!
- 1 head of broccoli
- 1 cucumber
- 1/2 red onion
- 1-pint cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 cup shelled sunflower seeds
- 1 cup mayo
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp monk fruit sweetener
- dried dill
The only thing that is a little more obscure is the monk fruit sweetener. This is optional though. Feel free to leave it out completely if you don’t want the salad to be extra sweet. You can also use any sugar substitute that you prefer.
Creamy Broccoli Salad
To start, wash your veggies! I know, I probably shouldn’t have to say this but I feel like it needs to be said!
Once all your veggies are all clean, it is time to slice and dice! Thinly slice your cucumber, tomatoes, and onion. I used a slicer since I cannot work a knife good enough to get them all as things as I wanted.
You will want to cut up your head of broccoli as well and add it to a large bowl along with the rest of your thinly sliced veggies.
Dump in your sunflower seeds. This step is optional as it adds in extra carbs, but I really like the crunch that it gives to this dish!
Now you want to make your dressing. Take 1 cup of mayo, 2 tbsp of apple cider vinegar, and 1-2 tbsp monk fruit sweetener and mix together until well combined. Mix in dried dill to taste (optional).
Pour your dressing into the large bowl with the veggies and combine well.
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That’s all you need to do and you have a delicious low carb broccoli salad to enjoy!
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Low Carb Broccoli Salad
This creamy broccoli salad is made with cucumber, onions, tomato, and mayo and is perfect to make ahead for a week’s worth of lunches or to take with you to your next summer cookout.
Ingredients
- 1 head Broccoli
- 1 Cucumber
- 1 pint Cherry Tomatoes
- 1/2 Red Onion
- 1/2 cup Shelled Sunflower Seeds
- 1 cup Mayo
- 2 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1-2 tbsp Monk Fruit Sweetener
- 1 tbsp Dried Dill
Instructions
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Thinly slice your cucumber, tomatoes, and onion and add to a large bowl.
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Cut up the head of broccoli and add florets to the bowl.
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Mix in sunflower seeds. (optional)
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Make the dressing with Mayo, sweetener, vinegar, and dill in a bowl.
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Mix the dressing into the veggies and combine well.
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This looks so amazing! I’ll have to make it the next time I make hot dogs. It would be a great side dish.
It would be great as a side dish with hot dogs!
Wow, this broccoli salad looks really awesome! Delicious and low carb are a great combination. I would love to try this recipe!
I’m a veggie lover, and I got to love this deliciously looking broccoli salad. I hope I got to make one soon.
If you try it, let me know what you think!
I love broccoli salad. This is a recipe that I need to make like right now.
Thanks for this recipe. I love broccoli!!
We always have broccoli at home, and now I’ve got a new recipe idea, which is low carb too!
I’m allergic to sunflower seeds – are there any other seeds you would recommend to replace them
you could leave them out altogether and this would still be great. Or you can use shelled pistachios if you like those. It is also really great with dried cranberries.
This sounds SO good and refreshing!! I’m on a super low carb diet at the moment and struggle for ideas, so thank you!! Also, super interesting, never heard of monk fruit sweetener, hope to find some to try!
looks so very delicious! I would very much dig into it as well
Your keto broccoli salad looks look so delicious. The easy recipe, we have tried it today….Thanks for sharing this
I love the crunchy taste of broccoli and this salad recipe seems perfect for my evening snacking, will try this soon.
This looks delicious and so simple to make! I love anything that I can make ahead for the week. It really helps you to stick to eating healthier when you’re pressed for time, doesn’t it?
wow! That was interesting! I am actually going to try this recipe, it looks soo delicious! I don’t like broccoli but the addition of mayo, cucumber, and tomatoes makes it sound tasty! Thanks for sharing and hope my picky kids like it.
My kids ended up loving it! I am not a huge raw broccoli fan but this made it taste so good.
Looks like a decent enough recipe, but this one just doesn’t look like my cup of tea. Fantastic food photography, by the way.
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