Here's a salad I made yesterday.  I put this together myself and was really tickled at how it turned out.  It was delicious!  In fact, my older daughter is not real keen on raw broccoli.  But she really liked this.  In fact, she even asked for seconds!

Broccoli Salad
1 head broccoli
1/2 lg. red onion
1 lg. tomato
1/2 bag whole almonds, chopped in food processor
1 lg. clove garlic
About 2-3 tbsp. balsamic vinegar
About 2-3 tbsp. olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

Start by chopping up all your veggies so they will be ready to go.  You want to chop the broccoli, onion, and tomato in smaller chunks - not finely diced just not huge chunks.  I only used the broccoli crowns with a little bit of stems.  However, you could probably add more of the stem and it be fine.  Put the broccoli, 1/2 of the onion, and the tomato in a large bowl. 

Put the oil in a skillet and heat to medium to low heat.  Once the skillet is hot, put the other half of the onion in it.  Chop the garlic in very small pieces and add that to the skillet as well.  Cook these until the onions are tender.

While onions and garlic are cooking, chop up the almonds in the food processor and then add them to the veggies.  You could buy sliced or slivered almonds if you prefer.  Even the type where almonds are in small chunks would work as well. 

Stir the veggies.  Once the onions are tender, put the onions and garlic in a small bowl.  Add the balsamic vinegar and stir well.  Pour this over the veggies and stir until the veggies are coated well.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  I actually used garlic-pepper instead of regular pepper.  You may like the taste of the salad without the salt and pepper.  However, I found it was much better with a little of both.

This salad is very healthy.  It only has a little oil in it but it is olive oil which is much better for you.  Of course, it's packed with fresh veggies which are excellent for your heatlh.  I read once that onions are the one veggie that can be prepared in different ways and not lose their nutrition.  If that's the case, even  cooked onions still have their nutrition.  Of course, you saute them in this recipe which means they aren't cooked very long at all.  Finally, it's a nice combination of good carbs and proteins because the nuts add the protein you need and the veggies give you the good carbs.  So go ahead - try this one and enjoy it!