This easy Waldorf salad recipe is based on the classic recipe but with some added ingredients to provide more nutrients. It is packed with flavor and so easy to make! I love easy salads. They’re my go-to for busy weekday lunches but this makes a perfect side dish for nearly any meal too.
The Waldorf salad was created in the late 19th century at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. When I first began making these salads, I made them the original way with only apples, celery, and mayonnaise. It has evolved into recipes with additional ingredients in it – often adding lettuce or spinach and some adding a protein like chicken.
Easy Waldorf Salad Recipe
In this version, I have added some additional fruit, the nuts and seeds, and have changed from using mayonnaise to yogurt in order to boost the nutritional content.
Makes 6 servings.
Time to prepare: 10 minutes.
Ingredients:
Dressing:
1 1/4 cups fat free Greek style yogurt
2 T. lemon juice
1 T. honey
Salad:
1/2 cup chopped pecans (toasted lightly) – a good substitute is walnuts
2 apples cut in 8ths and thinly sliced or diced – some fresh pear as a substitute or added to the salad is lovely as well
1 cup grapes, cut in half
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/3 cup sunflower or pumpkin seeds
salt and pepper to taste
Optional additions: chopped celery, cooked chicken, hard boiled eggs, almonds, raisins
Instructions:
Like I said, this is incredibly easy to make. Simply mix all of the ingredients together. Serve on a bed of lettuce.
You will love eating this salad as is, served over some salad greens, wrapped up in a flour tortilla, or stuffed into a pita.
Easy Waldorf Salad Recipe
Ingredients
Dressing:
- 1 1/4 cups fat free Greek style yogurt
- 2 T. lemon juice
- 1 T. honey
Salad:
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans toasted lightly – a good substitute is walnuts
- 2 apples cut in 8ths and thinly sliced or diced – some fresh pear as a substitute or added to the salad is lovely as well
- 1 cup grapes cut in half
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1/3 cup sunflower or pumpkin seeds
- salt and pepper to taste
- Optional additions: chopped celery cooked chicken, hard boiled eggs, almonds, raisins
Instructions
- Simply mix all of the ingredients together. Serve on a bed of lettuce.
- This is great eaten as is, served over some salad greens, wrapped up in a flour tortilla, or stuffed into a pita.