Your friends and family will go crazy when you bring this sweet blueberry lemon broccoli salad to your summer BBQ!

Your friends and family will go crazy over this sweet blueberry lemon broccoli salad.  This recipe has blueberries, dried blueberries, and lemon poppyseed dressing and is topped off with fresh lemon zest!  You will no longer struggle to get your kids to eat vegetables at family picnics and barbecues!  Just a few fresh ingredients will produce a substantial bright flavor!

Total time: 20 minutes

Once I realized that my kids would eat broccoli if I mixed it in a sweet mayo dressing and added all their favorite toppings, I started getting creative with many broccoli salad recipes.   This blueberry broccoli salad is so sweet and delicious that your kids will forget that they are eating salad.  This salad has minimal prep time and is the perfect side dish to bring to any potluck, party, picnic, or bbq.  You can easily change the toppings based on your family’s likes.

A few summers ago, I started adding lemon zest to salads, giving my favorite salads the perfect amount of depth.  You will love this bright, citrusy dish!

Ingredients 

8 cups of chopped fresh broccoli florets

1 cup blueberries

1/3 cup of dried blueberries

1/2 cup cashews

1/4 cup of chopped green onions

One tbsp of lemon zest

1 cup of Lemon Poppyseed salad dressing  store-bought or homemade

Homemade Lemon Poppyseed Salad Dressing

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/2 cup sour cream or Greek Yogurt

One tablespoon sugar

One tablespoon of lemon juice or to taste

Two tsp of poppy seeds

Optional add-ins and swaps- chopped kale, spinach,  dried cranberries, dried apricots,  feta cheese,  pecans, parsley, sunflower seeds, red onion, carrot shreds, almonds, honey, or more fresh blueberries.  Add some salt or black pepper if you like a little pop.

If you like this blueberry broccoli salad, you should try one of my other healthy broccoli salad recipes.

Strawberry Poppyseed Broccoli Salad with Avocado

Winter Broccoli Salad

Apple Cinnamon Broccoli Salad

with pumpkin seeds, pure maple syrup roasted nuts, and an apple cider vinegar dressing

Southwestern Broccoli Salad

with an avocado cilantro dressing

Greek Broccoli Salad

Instructions

1. Prepare the dressing by adding the ingredients into a small bowl and mixing with a whisk.

2. Wash broccoli and cut florets into bite-size pieces

3. Add broccoli to a large bowl and add the salad toppings.

4. Mix. Drizzle salad dressing on top and toss with the broccoli mixture.

5. Top off the salad with lemon zest.

Storage

Store your leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.   You can also make this the night before you need to serve it.  You may want to save the dressing and add it right before serving.

Nutrition

Broccoli contains fiber, vitamins c, k, and a, and protein.

You can make my five-ingredient dressing or use your favorite store-bought poppyseed dressing.  If you can’t find lemon poppyseed dressing, add a few teaspoons of lemon juice to store-bought poppyseed dressing to liven it up.

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Blueberry Lemon Poppyseed Broccoli Salad

Ingredients

• 8 cups chopped broccoli
• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• 1/3 cup dried blueberries
• 1/2 cup cashews
• 1/4 cup chopped green onions
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 1 cup Lemon Poppyseed Dressing

Lemon Poppyseed Dressing

• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons poppy seeds
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions

1. Add all the ingredients to the Lemon Poppyseed dressing together in a bowl and whisk together. Set aside. 

2. Add Broccoli, blueberries, dried blueberries, cashews, green onions and lemon zest in a bowl. 

3. Drizzle the lemon poppyseed dressing onto the broccoli salad and mix. 

4. refrigerate until you are ready to serve.  

This broccoli salad is always such a hit, and the total time for prep is short.  This is a great side dish without all the calories and carbohydrates. Did you make this Lemon Blueberry Broccoli Salad? I would love to hear how it turned out for you! Please comment below this blog post or tag me on social media and let me know how it turned out for you! You can find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest.

You won’t want to stop making it once you realize that your kids will eat broccoli salad! I have a bunch of broccoli salad recipes on my site. Check out:

12 Amazing Broccoli Salad recipes.