A Twist on An Old Favorite

As previously posted I'm a big fan of broccoli salads. I posted one twist on the recipe earlier this year and now have made another! I've had this recipe for a Raw Vegetable Salad With Yogurt-Feta Dressing (again from Everybody Likes Sandwiches) bookmarked for a long while now and I finally got a chance to make it! The reason? Book club! It was easy to prepare the night before and easy to transport the night of.

Ingredients:

1 head of broccoli, torn into florets and chopped small

1 carrot, diced

1/2 red pepper, chopped (I actually used a whole very small one)

1/4 red onion, finely diced

1 Granny Smith apple, diced

3 tbsp fat free plain yogurt

3 tbsp crumbled feta cheese

juice and zest from 1/2 lemon

1 garlic clove, minced

fresh ground pepper

2 tbsp dried cranberries

3 tbsp chopped pecans

Directions:

- In a serving bowl, combine the first five ingredients (through apple).

- In a small bowl, mix together the yogurt, feta, lemon juice and zest, garlic, and pepper to create a dressing.

- Taste and adjust ingredients, if needed.

- Toss dressing over vegetables and mix in cranberries and pecans.

I read in the comments that it was better to make this the night before (which I intended to anyway) because it lets all the ingredients mesh together. The end result was great! It was definitely a new good twist on an old favorite. The above picture is pre-pecans, which I added the next day. All in all another success!