Easy Waldorf Salad Recipe
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!
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.
Notes
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.
Nutrition
Calories: 221kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 6gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.003gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 42mgPotassium: 344mgFiber: 4gSugar: 25gVitamin A: 59IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 119mgIron: 1mg
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