One of my lovely colleagues at Thermomix passed on this amazing salad recipe – thanks Melinda!  I made this salad at home recently, to serve with a piece of steak & also made it at a demo, to rave reviews.   This salad is full of flavour & colour, but like so many Thermomix recipes, is so very easy.    This salad is especially delicious when you make your own Mayonnaise in your Thermomix.

This recipe is actually based on the Broccoli Salad from the Everyday Cookbook & Janine Babauskis modified the recipe as it is today.  Janine used to work for Thermomix & there is not much she doesn’t know about her Thermomix.  She also presents many of the cooking classes at the Alyce Alexandra cooking school in South Melbourne.  If you receive a Thermomix owners newsletter from me, you’ll know I’m a huge fan of Alyce Alexandra & their classes.   By going along to any class, you’ll pick up so many tips from Janine, not just about your Thermomix, but cooking in general.

Ingredients:
180g broccoli florets, roughly chopped (about 3/4 head)
1 carrot, roughly chopped
1 green apple, quartered
1/4 red onion
1 stick celery, roughly chopped
1 red capsicum, seeds removed & roughly chopped
1 handful of craisins
100g slivered almonds (toasted)

Dressing Ingredients:
100g Mayonnaise (homemade or good quality)
10-15g pomegranate syrup
1/4 tsp salt or to taste

Method:
1) Add broccoli, carrot, apple, onion, celery & capsicum to TM bowl, chop 4 seconds/speed 4.5
2) Scrape down the sides of the bowl & repeat chopping for 1 second at a time/speed 4.5, until desired consistency is reached.
3) Add craisins, almonds, mayo, syrup & salt, stir 5 seconds/reverse/speed 3, or until combined.
4) Taste & add extra syrup or salt if required.

 Notes:

 If you’re making your own mayonnaise in your Thermomix, make it first & scrape out the mayo into a jar or bowl.  You won’t need to clean the bowl, just add the salad ingredients & start the recipe.  I’ll usually have my TM spatula handy, in case I need to mix the salad through the lid.
 
 Feel free to add ingredients to your mayonnaise – the recipe in your cookbook is a basic mayo.  You can add things like garlic, parmesan or apple cider vinegar for a different flavour.