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Low carb Broccoli Salad recipe with bacon, grapes, blue cheese, and walnuts, in a honey dijon vinaigrette. This sweet and savory salad is perfect for any occasion, any season of the year!

broccoli, bacon, red grapes, and blue cheese in white bowl

Broccoli Bacon Salad

I used to manage a gourmet deli here in Sonoma County.

One of the most fun things about my job was the ability to observe people’s behavior around food and act accordingly to give them what they wanted.

I paid close attention to things people didn’t care for, and even closer attention to the things they loved!

Broccoli salad with bacon was one of those things everyone lovvvvved!

Who doesn’t, right?

But, ours was unique, because it had red grapes in it.

This pretty much knocked it out of the park!

I mean, when you combine broccoli (strong bitter) with bacon and blue cheese (strong savory and salty), and you add red grapes (strong sweet), well, the planets pretty much align!

So, inspired by my love for all these textures and flavors, and the warmer seasons ahead, I’ve created my own spin of broccoli salad with bacon, blue cheese, and grapes.

broccoli bacon salad in white bowl

How do you make Broccoli Bacon Salad

Step 1. Cook the bacon…make it crispy!

Step 2. Chop and steam the broccoli.

Step 3. Cut onions, grapes, and walnuts.

Step 4. Whip up that gorgeous honey Dijon vinaigrette (so easy!)

Step 5. Combine all ingredients, chill, toss in dressing, and devour!

* see full recipe below

Broccoli Bacon Salad Ingredients

For the salad:

  • fresh broccoli
  • bacon
  • red grapes
  • red onion
  • blue cheese (or gorgonzola)
  • walnuts

For the broccoli salad dressing

  • extra virgin olive oil
  • apple cider vinegar
  • honey
  • Dijon mustard
  • salt and Pepper

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5 from 15 votes

Broccoli Bacon Salad

Low carb Broccoli Salad recipe with bacon, grapes, blue cheese, and walnuts, in a honey dijon vinaigrette. This sweet and savory salad is perfect for any occasion, any season of the year!
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 12 1/2-cup servings
Calories 140kcal
Author Traci Antonovich

Ingredients

For the broccoli salad

  • 4 cups Fresh Broccoli chopped
  • 6 strips Bacon
  • 1 cup Red Grapes rinsed, halved
  • 1/4 cup Red Onion
  • 1/4 cup Blue Cheese crumbled
  • 1/4 cup Walnuts chopped

Broccoli salad dressing

Instructions

Ingredient prep

  • Cook BACON according to package instructions until crispy; allow to cool, break into crumbles, and set aside.
  • Meanwhile, steam the broccoli by placing a stainless steamer basket inside large pot; fill with 1” of water; place over a medium-high flame; add BROCCOLI, cover, and steam until slightly soft (3-5 minutes); remove, allow to cool, and set aside

For the broccoli salad

  • In a mixing bowl, combine BROCCOLI, GRAPES, ONIONS, BLUE CHEESE, and WALNUTS; chill until ready to use.

Broccoli salad dressing

  • Whisk together VINEGAR, HONEY, DIJON, SALT, and PEPPER; drizzle in OLIVE OIL and whisk rapidly to form creamy dressing; chill until ready to use.
  • To serve, add BACON to salad, toss with the vinaigrette.

All salad components can be made in advance and stored separately up to two days.

    RECIPE NOTES

    Yield: 6 cups
    Serving size: 1/2 cup
    Nutrition facts are provided as a courtesy and are estimates based on unbranded ingredients acquired from a nutrition database. For accurate calculations, please refer to brand packaging information and consult your nutritionist.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Broccoli Bacon Salad
    Amount Per Serving (1 cup)
    Calories 140 Calories from Fat 99
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 11g17%
    Saturated Fat 3g19%
    Cholesterol 9mg3%
    Sodium 177mg8%
    Potassium 164mg5%
    Carbohydrates 7g2%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 4g4%
    Protein 3g6%
    Vitamin A 219IU4%
    Vitamin C 28mg34%
    Calcium 33mg3%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Comments

    1. Pam Reimer says

      5 stars
      This beautiful and delicious salad is a regular at my house. It’s super easy to prep the ingredients and just assemble whenever you are hungry. It also tastes great with a store bought strawberry vinaigrette dressing.

      Reply

    3. Karyn says

      5 stars
      What a delicious combo of ingredients. I especially love that you added broccoli..it’s my favorite veg

      Reply

    5. Veena Azmanov says

      5 stars
      Salads are my all time favorite. Love the healthy options like walnuts, broccoli, grapes and off course also love Bacon and Cheese. I am already craving for it. Love the combination of the Salad dressing too.

      Reply

    7. Wajeeha Nadeem says

      5 stars
      I love all the textures going on in this salad. I’m actually not really into healthy eating, but I absolutely love broccoli. I love the addition of red grapes, they make the salad look gorgeous too. I’ll be trying this salad very soon. Do you think slivered almonds in place of the walnuts would be a good addition? Thanks! 🙂

      Reply

      • Traci Antonovich says

        Thanks so much Wajeeha! Yep, I think slivered almonds would be excellent in this salad, and they’d hold up well too (since they’re thicker than sliced almonds). Hope you get to try it out…and LOVE it 🙂

    12. Veena Azmanov says

      5 stars
      Wow this salad looks very easy and delicious! I like that one of the ingredients is Broccoli. Because I love broccoli. I definitely want to try this salad! Thanks for the great recipe!

      Reply

    13. Rae says

      5 stars
      You’ve hit a home run with this salad, it’ll be absolutely perfect on a warm day when it’s too hot to cook.

      Reply

    15. Ginny says

      5 stars
      Love all those grapes and broccoli in that salad. Those little bits of walnut sound perfect too!

      Reply

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