Vegan Broccoli Salad

Have you ever tried that broccoli salad that they have at holiday

gatherings or potlucks? It usually has a mayonnaise based creamy dressing and if I remember correctly, it also has bacon in it. I thought it would be interesting when I saw a vegan recipe for this kind of salad online, so I tried it out. It was really easy to make. the most complicated part of it was that in order to make the dressing you had to soak cashews for 2 hours and then blend them with the remainder of the dressing ingredients. I had heard of using cashews before for sauces, but this was the first time I had tried it. I had purchased raw cashews for this purpose a while back and figured why not try it out. 

The dressing turned out really creamy and did have a nutty flavor, but that almost made it taste even more like the original salad. I would suggest this Vegan Broccoli Salad for holiday gatherings and potlucks with friends and family. My husband, who is not a vegan enjoyed this salad and felt that it had a good amount of flavor and he's the kind of person that tries to add spice to everything. 

You could also add apples to this salad to make it more of a waldorf type salad. It was very tasty and easy and totally worth making again sometime. 

Hope you enjoyed reading! See ya next time.