Salad with broccoli tomatoes and cheese

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a bright salad with broccoli tomatoes and cheese? Very simple! First, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. Broccoli can be used fresh or frozen. Cherry tomatoes can be replaced with ordinary dense ripe tomatoes. In addition to these spices, you can use your own to taste, for example, a mixture of Provencal or Italian herbs. You can take the seeds salted or unsalted.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash, dry and cut cherry tomatoes in half. Choose juicy tomatoes, but dense. Soft fruits do not keep their shape well, in the process of slicing and cooking they will spread into a shapeless mass and spoil the appearance of the dish.

3. Step 3:

   

   Wash the broccoli, disassemble it into inflorescences. If you use frozen cabbage, you do not need to defrost it beforehand.

4. Step 4:

   

   Boil the cabbage in boiling salted water for about 10 minutes until tender. The exact time depends on the size of the inflorescences and the degree of heating.

5. Step 5:

   

   Put the cabbage in a colander and let the water drain.

6. Step 6:

   

   Now prepare all the ingredients for the dressing. You can replace cheese with any soft cheese: feta, sirtaki, Adyghe, cottage cheese, melted cream, etc . Sour cream can be replaced with Greek yogurt without additives. The fat content of sour cream does not matter. I have 15%.

8. Step 7:

   

   Grate the cheese on a medium or fine grater or crumble with your hands, if the consistency of the cheese allows it.

9. Step 8:

   

   Pass the garlic through a press or finely chop it with a knife.

10. Step 9:

    

    Combine sour cream, cheese and garlic in a bowl. Mix everything thoroughly until smooth.

11. Step 10:

    

    Put the boiled broccoli and cherry tomatoes on the dish. If necessary, add salt to the salad. But since my cheese is quite salty and I took the seeds too salty, I didn't need to salt the salad additionally.

12. Step 11:

    

    Pour sour cream cheese sauce over the salad and sprinkle with sunflower seeds. Bon appetit!