Disclosure: This post, Broccoli Salad and Kabobs with Heluva Good! Cheese: A Perfect Summer Meal, was sponsored by Heluva Good! Cheese as part of an Influence Central campaign and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.
When it is hot, the last thing you want to do is cook a meal in the oven. It’s hot enough without that added heat. I’ve got a couple of easy recipes for you that don’t require you to even turn on the oven. They both use mouthwatering Heluva Good!® Block Cheese. Of course, you could just go for plain old cheese and crackers…and I do on occasion…but this broccoli salad and these kabobs are super easy and super yummy!
Broccoli Salad with Heluva Good! Colby Jack Cheese
I am pretty sure that this broccoli salad is one of my favorite foods on earth. It’s got cheese, sour cream, mayo, bacon, sugar…what could be better? Plus, it has broccoli and cauliflower, so they’ve got to cancel out any fat, right? Broccoli salad is a staple at our family reunions, and it makes a great side for a summer meal.
I’m not sure why this isn’t called cauliflower salad since it has just as much cauliflower as broccoli…one of life’s mysteries. Chop up one head of broccoli and one head of cauliflower into small pieces.
I love colby-jack cheese, so I chose to use Heluva Good Colby-Jack from Walmart for my broccoli salad. You can experiment with whatever cheese flavor you like best. Cheddar works well in this too. Cut an 8 oz block of Heluva Good Cheese into tiny chunks and mix it in with the broccoli and cauliflower.
This dressing is the bomb! My mom gave me the recipe from an Amish cookbook she has, and it’s become my favorite way to make broccoli salad. This dressing would be awesome on 7-layer salad or pea salad too. It takes sour cream, mayonnaise, sugar and salt. That’s it! Then just add this to your broccoli, cauliflower and cheese and mix well. Finally top the salad with 6 oz. of “real” bacon pieces. I use the kind that comes in a bag, but you can fry up your own too if you want to. I just didn’t want to have to use the stove at all.
See how easy that is? Granted, I could just eat this broccoli salad as a meal, but I don’t think my kids would appreciate that. We’ve already established that Heluva Good Cheese is delicious, but it is versatile too. You can use it in so many recipes and in so many ways. To appease my kids, I made meat and cheese kabobs to go along with the broccoli salad.
Kabobs with Trail Bologna and Heluva Good! Cheeses
I know some of you may have no clue what trail bologna is. I think you probably have it where you live, but you probably call it something other than trail bologna. Maybe ring bologna. All I know is that it is really good with cheese! We have trail bologna and cheese with a variety of olives and pickles every New Year’s Eve and Super Bowl. It’s a tradition. I figured I’d take those ingredients and make them into kabobs. If your kids are old enough, they’ll love making their own with whatever ingredients you provide.
If you’re entertaining guests for a picnic, you could cut up the trail bologna (or other meats), a variety of Heluva Good Cheese blocks, pickles, olives, jarred peppers…whatever ingredients you want…and put this out on trays with skewers for your guests to create their own kabobs. They are good and really easy. No oven required.
My daughter made a baby quinoa and fruit salad, and this, along with kabobs and broccoli salad, made the perfect summer meal. For the baby quinoa salad, she cooked the grain according to the box, and added sliced strawberries and blueberries after it had cooled a bit. She added chopped mint leaves and the juice and zest of half a lemon. It was really refreshing.
Heluva Good! Cheese
Heluva Good Cheese is gluten-free and made with milk. It has zero trans-fats, and it is a good source of protein and an excellent source of calcium. You can feel good about serving it to your family! You can find Heluva Good Cheese in the dairy aisle in your neighborhood Walmart in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Florida, Virginia, Maryland and Washington D. C.
Right now, you can take advantage of this limited quantity Heluva Good Cheese at Walmart Ibotta offer too. The offer has no expiration date, but it is only available until all rebates have been used.
Broccoli Salad Recipe
Broccoli Salad
Ingredients
- Head of broccoli
- Head of cauliflower
- 8 oz. Heluva Good Colby-Jack Cheese
- 6 oz. crumbled cooked bacon or bagged bacon pieces
- 1 c. mayonnaise
- 1 c. sour cream
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/2 t. salt
Instructions
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Chop broccoli and cauliflower into small pieces
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Chop cheese into small cubes
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Mix above ingredients
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Mix mayo, sour cream, sugar, and salt in a separate bowl
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Mix this dressing in with the broccoli, cauliflower, and cheese
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Cook bacon to crisp if not using bagged pieces
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Top salad with bacon
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Chill and serve
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This looks really good. I actually have broccoli in the house so I have to do is get some cauliflower and makes this! My mouth is watering thinking about it LOL.
It is SO good! I am thinking of making a layer salad just so I can use the cheese, dressing, and bacon again too lol.
Omg that broccoli salad sounds amazing!!! I have never had anything like that, but need to get the ingredients or make it asap!
It is amazing. I am sure it is a midwest “ish” thing because my mom gets a lot of recipes out of Amish cookbooks.
Colby jack cheese is one of my favorites, it’s so good! Hubby would enjoy that salad, he’d really like that you added bacon.
Everything is better with bacon!
We love the Heluva Good brand! This idea looks amazing! My kids will love this, they love broccoli and cheese!
They’d love this then!
I love colby jack, and adding to the salad is a great idea. I eat more veggie when there is cheese involved, I’m sure the kids will enjoy it.
Me too!
Colby Jack is one of my favorite cheeses. I bet it adds a great pop of flavor to this broccoli salad for sure.
It is so good!
This is one of our favorite brands for cheese products in general. They have a ton of good options that ALWAYS taste delish!
They do!
Cheese and bacon! Well, you’ve got all my food groups covered. Can’t wait to try this for a potluck I’m heading to this weekend. Thanks for sharing. Besos Sarah.
I’m sure it will be a hit!
This looks like a really tasty salad – perfectly refreshing for summer. I’ve never tried Heluva cheese before so I will definitely pick some up at the store!
Yes, if they’ve got it in your area, you’ve got to try it! It’s so good!
I have had a salad like this, but it didn’t have any cauliflower in it. This version sounds really taste too!
It’s really good! I like the different textures.
I just bought some broccoli yesterday and was wondering what I would prepare this time with it. Reading this, I am sure going to try your recipe with cheese. It is easy to make and am sure tastes good too. Great to know there is an offer on Heluva good cheese at Walmart.
Yes! Now you can make some!
I haven’t tried to try this broccoli salad before! It looks really fantastic and must make this at home!
You need to try it!
Okay, you got me at cheese and bacon. I can only imagine how good this would taste! I have a head of broccoli in my fridge, I will just have to get some more cauliflower and that Heluva Good! cheese. Yum. Can’t wait to have this on my plate.
It’s amazing!
I love the combination of broccoli and cheese! I usually bake them together and I’m definitely open to other ways to serve it for the kids to enjoy too. I think this is a must try! Salads are perfect for the summer after all!
Not having to cook is a huge perk!
These looks so good! I have never tried making broccoli and cauliflower salad like that. My kids would love that!
It’s very good!!
My son loves broccoli and we are looking for ways to make it differently. THis would be a perfect recipe to try. Sounds delicious and very simple too! Thank you so much!
It’s so good!
What a yummy side dish for a bbq. We love to make kabobs all summer long and my kids just love eating things off sticks. Thanks for the new recipes!
It’s great eating off sticks lol.
I love the name of the brand. I would buy it just because of the catchy name
It is great branding.
This sounds absolutely amazing! I actually really like broccoli, my kids think I am completely insane!
LOL they might like it this way!
Broccoli Salad is a favorite at my house during the summer and for family reunions and potlucks. Your recipe is different from mine and I need to try it ASAP. It looks amazing.
It is soooo good!
I keep looking for the Heluva Good brick cheeses but have yet to find them. I can’t wait to try this recipe, we love broccoli in our house.
Hopefully they’ll expand their market soon!
I love broccoli salad. It’s a church and work potluck staple that’s simple to make and everyone likes it. Oh and the bacon top – DELICIOUS ADDITION – I usually stir the bacon inside but I like how you opted to top it with bacon crumbles.
I think you get more bacon that way lol.
Oh my gosh, broccoli has been my favorite food since I was a kid (totally serious) and this sounds amazing! Also, I love that the dressing came from an Amish cook book. Some of my favorite recipes have been Amish recipes!
Those Amish ladies know what they’re doing!
Oh my bacon topped! I’m sure I would love this broccoli salad. It really looks delicious!
It is really good!
I hear ya. We haven’t been using the oven much this summer. This salad looks so good! Heluva good 🙂
If you can avoid it, avoid it lol. It is!
I love broccoli salads. I have never tried this one, but it sure sounds good.
You’ll have to try this one! It is really good!
I hardly eat broccoli and so I have not ever had a salad like this one, but this really could change my mind. I love healthy and tasty food.
You would like this! It’s got enough unhealthy ingredients to make it tastier lol.
I could make a whole meal just out of the broccoli salad. I know we would enjoy the kabobs as well. Perfect summer meal when it is so hot out.
Me too! I really could eat an entire bowl in one sitting lol.
My husband would love that salad…his sister makes a similar one. Sounds yummy for a BBQ.
It’s so good! You’ll have to treat him with it.
I have never tried this brand of cheese. They only have the chip dip in our local grocery – which is our favorite – but my kids call it “heavenly good” because they are not allowed to say any sort of cuss words. I wish my grocer would add their other products to their shelves.
That’s cute! You should ask them why they don’t carry the cheese too!
Your broccoli salad looks helluva good. I’ve never heard of it before, but broccoli is my favorite veggie. Then add bacon and I’m sold.
Thanks! It is great!
That broccoli salad looks delicious. I’m sure even my picky eaters would love it! I had not heard of this brand of cheese but will have to try it.
It’s really good!
This looks like an amazing quick and easy summer recipe. As well as a great appetizer for a party.
It is so yummy!