Avocado Bacon Broccoli Salad (Paleo, AIP, Whole30)
This bacon broccoli salad is an easy and delicious no-cook side dish! It’s paleo, whole30, and AIP-friendly.
Avocado Bacon Broccoli Salad
Broccoli salad is the perfect side dish for warmer weather! It’s cool, crunchy, creamy, and a great way to sneak in some extra veggies. Most broccoli salads are made with mayo, but this avocado bacon broccoli salad is made with a homemade avocado dressing instead! It’s paleo-friendly, whole30, and AIP.
How to Make This Avocado Bacon Broccoli Salad
- Combine the vegetables: In a large mixing bowl, combine the broccoli, bacon, raisins, red onion and celery. Mix well and set aside in the fridge to chill.
- Make the sauce: Using a high-speed blender, blend the avocado, avocado oil, apple cider vinegar, garlic, salt, and pepper until smooth. Add 1-2 tbsp more oil if needed. The consistency should be creamy and smooth.
- Serve and combine: Stir the avocado mixture into the broccoli salad and evenly coat. Top with green onion and serve immediately.
Can you make this salad ahead of time?
This salad is definitely best fresh since it has the avocado in it! However, if you’re planning on making it ahead of time, just make sure you don’t let it sit longer than a day for optimal freshness and it’s stored properly.
How do you store this broccoli salad?
The best way to store this broccoli salad is with as little air as possible! Keep the broccoli salad in glass and wrap tightly to avoid browning of the avocado. Another great hack is to save the pit from the avocado and place it in the salad as this is known to help prevent the avocado from browning! Of course, you just want to make sure you discard the pit before serving!
The Ingredients for this Broccoli Salad
- Raw broccoli florets
- Celery
- Raisins (you can also use cranberries)
- Red onion
- Bacon
- Avocado, avocado oil, and apple cider vinegar
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Avocado Bacon Broccoli Salad (Paleo, AIP, Whole 30)
Ingredients
- 1 head of broccoli, cored removed and finely chopped
- 3 stalks of celery, chopped
- ¼ red onion, diced
- 4 slices of bacon, cooked and chopped
- 2 tbsp rasins
- 2 small avocados, sub 1 large
- ⅓ cup avocado oil
- 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp sea salt
- ⅓ tsp black pepper, omit for AIP
- 2 tbsp green onion, chopped
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the broccoli, bacon, raisins, red onion and celery. Mix well and set aside in the fridge to chill.
- Using a high speed blender, blend the avocado, avocado oil, apple cider vinegar, garlic, salt and pepper until smooth. Add 1-2 tbsp more oil if needed. The consistency should be creamy and smooth.
- Stir the avocado mixture into the broccoli salad and evenly coat. Top with green onion and serve immediately.
Very good however next time I make it I will omit the salt in the avocado dressing. Thank you for the recipe.
Thank you!
This is a staple lunch recipe in our house. My husband is not a huge fan of avocados, and yet he enjoys this tremendously. I usually serve it over a bed of greens to soak up some of the sauce. Love it!
That sounds delicious!!
Great salad, and the dressing is a wonderful alternative to mayo! I think I will make chicken salad with this dressing too! ❤️
Is it possible to make this with frozen thawed broccoli?
I would use fresh 🙂 Frozen and thawed broccoli would be pretty mushy for a recipe like this.
Very Good! I served this with grilled bratwurst for a casual Father’s Day meal.
Great salad and easy to make. I used sweet onion instead of red and left out the green chopped onion.
YUM!
This looks so delish! I am following the AIP diet, can I use Balsamic Vinegar with it and Olive Oil?
You can 🙂
Will these keep for a couple days?
The avocado can oxidize, but you can slow that down by storing it with the avocado pit and wrapping it tightly 🙂
I hate wasting a lot of ingredients. The salt is WAY too much – nobody could eat it. Salt should be 1tsp or less. Also I used currants and they were too small – grapes sound better!
Depends on the bacon & salt you use, some bacon is too salty already. Also, Himalayan salt has a very salty taste and you can usually use half of what recipes call for.
I made this today with a few variations and just am still raving about how good it is. I have been looking for a sub for the Whole foods Broccoli Crunch salad for a long time. The avocado mix is just a perfect dressing. I used baby red grapes instead of the raisins and green onions from my garden instead of the red onion.
Thanks again!!!
Ooh, this may become a favorite
Thank you so much, Mike!!
THIS IS ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE RECIPES……ITS THE BEST!!!!! YUMMY
Vicki, thank you so, so much!! You’re so sweet and I’m so glad you like it!
This was delish!! Super easy and quick to make. Thank you!
Thank you so much, Diana!! So happy you liked it 🙂
We had this with dinner last night and loved it. Thanks!
Yay!! So happy to hear that Missy! Thank you for trying <3
I am loving all your recipes! Thanks Michelle!
Thank you so much, Emily! That’s so sweet.