Cauliflower Salad with Cheddar and Bacon

  4.8 – 13 reviews  • Cauliflower

Every year at our family gathering, my aunt has brought this chilly dish, and there is never any leftover.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Additional Time: 2 hrs
Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 24
Yield: 1 /2-cup servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 head cauliflower, cut into small florets
  2. 1 red onion, chopped
  3. 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  4. 8 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese
  5. 1 ½ cups cooked crumbled bacon
  6. 2 cups creamy salad dressing (such as Miracle Whip®)
  7. ½ cup white sugar

Instructions

  1. Toss cauliflower, onion, and green bell pepper together in a bowl; add Cheddar cheese and crumbled bacon. Stir salad dressing and sugar together in a separate bowl, pour into cauliflower mixture, and toss until well coated. Chill in the refrigerator until flavors blend, about 2 hours.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 184 kcal
Carbohydrate 9 g
Cholesterol 29 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 7 g
Saturated Fat 4 g
Sodium 493 mg
Sugars 8 g
Fat 13 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Christine Suarez
I made this yesterday and let it meld overnight. Yum! I “cut corners” or substituted with what I had on hand and it was still delicious! I used 2 (12-oz) bags of organic cauliflower florets (washed & trimmed), 1 organic yellow onion (chopped), 1 organic yellow bell pepper (washed & chopped), 8 oz. shredded cheddar cheese, 1 1//2 cups Hormel Real Crumbled Bacon, 2 cups mayonnaise, and a few drops of SweetLeaf liquid Stevia (vanilla creme). Even with my many alterations/substitutions this is a great and very forgiving recipe–THANK YOU! I’ll be making this many times this summer!
Ashley Ward
I added red and yellow sweet peppers, green and red onion to add color. It was not only pretty but the flavor was excellent.
Joseph Lyons
This was really, really good! Since my cauliflower was on the small side I eye-balled amounts of other ingredients. To make it keto I also used regular mayo and added artificial sweetener to taste. Also used a lot less onion. Still excellent.
Tanner Nguyen
My adult boys loved this! I did add some onions fried in almond flour/coconut flour/garlic powder/Parmesan cheese and bacon bits and popped it into the oven for a crispy topping!
Steven Robinson
Turned out really delicious! The only thing I changed was using stevia instead of sugar.
Eric Murray
I just made this for a large family dinner. Oh my goodness was it good! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe.
Roger Smith
Made it for our Christmas gathering. Used carrots, a few peas, caulifower, a little shredded cheese with bacon on top.
Oscar Sloan
Made it just as stated. Everyone devoured it. Will make it again and again. One comment: it was a home run!
Sandra Gonzalez
It was good but sweet
Stephanie Bowers
I had frozen bell pepper strips so I just thawed those and chopped them into smaller pieces. I used mayo because I had it on hand and yellow onion as well. The bacon makes it great.
Kristine Espinoza
Love this recipe, I don’t change a thing.
Thomas Owens
This was something new for me. We loved the crunch of the Cauliflower and sweetness of the sugar. I omitted the red onion because I thought it would be too overpowering.
Heather Sanchez
Really good!!! Perfect for a cookout. I used yellow onion as I didn’t have red one. I don’t like Miracle Whip so I substituted it for whipping cream.

 

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