Cauliflower Cashew Confetti Salad

Cauliflower cashew confetti salad has vibrant color and texture - a perfect potluck recipe. Layers of flavor and crunch with a bright lemony shallot dressing.

recipe originally published May 18, 2015

 

Cauliflower Cashew Confetti Salad

While we are just about right on the edge of warmer days of summer, including all my favorite veggies showing up at the farmers market, I am already craving light and bright.

I am eating salads nearly every day. When I want salad as an entree, it needs to have some oomph or I'll be back in the kitchen making a sandwich in an hour.

Or less.

This salad brings you quinoa for satisfying protein, as it serves all the senses: crunchy texture, bright colors, vibrant flavors.

The dressing recipe is a new one too, with two new spices - a lovely shallot salt and sumac. The first word I always use to describe sumac is lemony - it is bright and tart in a mild way.

 

Want more cauliflower? See this entire cauliflower recipe collection for more menu ideas! 

 

Perfect Potluck Recipe

This recipe is not only a crowd favorite at all the parties because of the bright colors and vibrant flavors. I love to bring this to BBQs and potlucks because of the ingredient list - fresh, simple, tasty.

A salad that commands its place on the picnic table with no ingredients that have a quick and questionable expiration. 

 

 

more dairy free salad dressings:

• Vegan Thousand Island Dressing
• Easy Poppyseed Dressing
• Celery Ranch Dressing  
• Tangy Lemon Dressing
• Quick Dill Pickle Dressing
• Walnut Mustard Dressing
• Warm “Bacon” Dressing

 

These forks are from one of my dearest friends that I have known since first grade. 

 

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Yield: 4 cups / 8 servings

Cauliflower Cashew Confetti Salad

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Cauliflower Cashew Confetti Salad - vibrant cauliflower brings great color and texture to this salad. Layers of flavor and crunch with a bright lemony shallot dressing.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

• SWEET TART SHALLOT DRESSING:
• juice of 1 lemon
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 1 clove garlic, peeled and finely minced
• 1 teaspoon sumac
• 1 teaspoon shallot salt (Penzey's)
• CAULIFLOWER CASHEW CONFETTI SALAD:
• 1 head purple cauliflower, cored and chopped
• 1 head orange cauliflower, cored and chopped
• 2 Granny Smith apples, cored and chopped
• ¾ cup cooked quinoa
• ½ cup cashews, chopped

Instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together lemon juice, maple syrup, minced garlic, sumac and shallot salt. Set aside.
2. Clean and chop cauliflower and apples, chopping them into uniform small size. Chop cashews.
3. Add cauliflower, apples, quinoa and cashews to bowl with the Sweet Tart Shallot Dressing, tossing to combine.

Notes

dairy, egg, soy, oil, and gluten free, vegan

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

½ cup
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 144

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