Our Most-Saved Recipe of 2025 So Far

We are more than halfway through 2025, and you, our readers, have been seeking out new recipes and cooking up a storm. So far this year, you have clicked the MyRecipes save button on our recipes more than 800,000 times! We love to see you saving and making EatingWell recipes, a testament to your dedication to healthy eating and your trust in us. While you’ve been saving a variety of recipes (nearly 5,000 different ones), there is one recipe that stands above the pack, one that you have saved more than any of the others—nearly 27,000 times, in fact—and that recipe is our Loaded Broccoli Salad.

How to Make It

This recipe takes a very basic ingredient, broccoli, and combines it with all the beloved components of a loaded baked potato (besides the potato). To make it, you cook a few slices of bacon until crispy. Then you transfer the bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate to cool and reserve a tablespoon of the bacon fat to use later. Once the bacon is cool, chop it up and set it aside. 

For the dressing, sour cream is a must. (Can you imagine a loaded baked potato without it?) Simply whisk it together with mayonnaise, rice vinegar, black pepper and the reserved bacon fat. The bacon fat ensures that you get bacon-y flavor in every bite and helps the dressing coat the broccoli.

To finish the salad, you’ll stir broccoli florets, scallions, Cheddar cheese and the crispy bacon into the dressing. Once you mix it, you should serve the salad right away, but if you want to make it ahead of time, just store the dressing separate from the rest of the salad components and toss them together when you’re ready to serve.

Why So Many People Are Saving This Recipe

Those who have made this salad call it “fantastic” and “terrific” and say they get repeat requests for it. Leaving the broccoli in the salad raw gives it a great crunchy texture. And all the add-ins evoke the comforting flavors of a baked potato. It’s delicious and it’s easy to make; plus, it’s versatile. If you want to keep it vegetarian, nuts or sunflower seeds make a good substitute for the bacon. Or you could add some almonds and dried cranberries right along with the bacon, as one of our reviewers does, to give it a little extra crunch and some sweetness. Another reviewer prefers it with raisins and sunflower seeds. You could also add olives or some seasonings or switch up the cheese. But many of our reviewers love it just the way it is. So it’s really up to you! It’s a side dish that goes with just about anything, and based on all the feedback we’ve gotten, we’re sure it’s bound to be a hit with whomever you serve it to.

What to Serve with It

While this salad can stand alone as a simple lunch, you can also serve it alongside grilled foods or even roast chicken or meatloaf. It’s the perfect companion to any dish that could use something refreshing and crunchy on the side. It also travels well, so you could bring it to your next book club meeting, potluck or barbecue.

How to Save Your Favorite Recipes

Join MyRecipes to save, search for and organize your favorite EatingWell recipes all in one place. It’s free! Start by saving this popular recipe and then search for others to add to your collection. You’ll have a whole catalog of go-to recipes in no time. 

The Bottom Line 

Our Loaded Broccoli Salad is a recipe worth saving—and making again and again. It takes just 25 minutes to prepare and is loaded with all your favorite baked potato toppings, from the shredded Cheddar cheese to the crispy bacon to the rich sour cream. And don’t forget the scallions. EatingWell readers have saved this recipe more than any other on the site so far this year. Give it a try and see if it becomes one of your favorites, too, and don’t forget to leave a review!