Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad with Bacon and Cashews

Does your family enjoy a cauliflower cashew salad as part of your Thanksgiving spread? There are lots of variations on the broccoli cauliflower salad with bacon out there, but this one with the sweet and tangy dressing, bacon, cashews, and red onions is not only pretty and healthy, but incredibly tasty and satisfying too! Our company always compliments our thanksgiving side dishes with this broccoli cauliflower cashew salad as their favorite! Let me share our Thanksgiving salad recipes with you!

broccoli cauliflower cashew salad

As a kid I wasn’t really excited about vegetables and tried to avoid them at all costs, expecially on holidays like Thanksgiving when there were so many other yummy side dishes and salads to try (like my favorite Snicker Apple Salad). But broccoli and cauliflower salad was my one exception – the vegetables were actually yummy with the dress-ups and sweet tangy dressing of this Thanksgiving salad.  There are lots of versions of this broccoli Cauliflowre salad recipe out there. Growing up my dad put sunflower seeds and bacon in his, but this one with bacon, red onions, and cashews is my favorite that we serve as one of our Thanksgiving side dishes is my favorite!

We have lots more yummy recipes to choose from including apple snicker salad, pumpkin roll thanksgiving desserts, family easy sweet potato casserole, classic green bean casserole fried onions, and cranberry pineapple relish recipe.

cauliflower cashew salad

Let’s start by making sure you have all the ingredients for this simple, super yummy salad!

• 1 bunch broccoli
• 1 cup cashews (or sunflower seeds if you prefer)
• 1 bunch cauliflower
• 1 and ½ cup mayo (I like the olive oil based one)
• 1/2 red onion,
• ¾ cup white sugar
• 1 lb bacon
• 3 TAB apple cider vinegar

broccoli cauliflower salad with bacon

Start by washing and chopping the broccoli and cauliflower. You can buy pre-chopped bags to save time if you prefer. You want bite size pieces, discard the stems.

broccoli cauliflower salad recipe with bacon

Slice the red onion into slivers. This not only adds a beautiful pop of color to your salad, but gives it a nice twang.

cashew broccoli salad

Mix the chopped broccoli, cauliflower, and sliced red onions together.

broccoli salad with cashews

Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat, turning as needed, until it is nice and crisp. Set aside and crumble when cooled enough to handle.

broccoli and cauliflower salad with bacon

Make the salad dressing by mixing the mayo, sugar & apple cider vinegar in a small bowl until well combined.

broccoli cauliflower and bacon salad

If you are making the dish ahead, stop here. You have a bowl of chopped veggies ready to go, salad dressing already combined, crumbled bacon, and cashews. If you combine the dressing when making it ahead the veggies will get soggy.

broccoli and cauliflower bacon salad

Just before serving toss the dressing with the veggies until it is equally distributed, using just as much dressing as you like in your salad. Add bacon and cashews and toss to combine.

recipe for broccoli cauliflower salad with bacon

Your family and friends will love this special salad recipe that is pretty, colorful, filled with good-for-you-vegetables, and so tasty too!

broccoli salad cashews

Each bite has a wonderful mix of veggies, crunch, flavorful bacon, and balancing dressing.

bacon broccoli cauliflower salad

We like to serve this for Thanksgiving along with turkey, mashed potatoes, rolls, stuffing, and sweet potato casserole. Here are our favorite recipes:

broccoli bacon cashew salad

We also make this for Christmas and Easter and eat it alongside ham and our famous twice baked potatoes!