Sometimes when I spend my lunch hour shopping for groceries, I'll go ahead and get myself something to eat from the deli. When at Publix, I always get a small Cobb salad, and their "Waldorf salad". Their Waldorf is simply a bowl of sliced apple wedges, topped with walnuts and raisins. No dressing or anything.
It still tastes great, even though it's not a TRUE Waldorf salad, which is simply a salad of apples, celery & walnuts, served atop lettuce in a light mayonnaise-based dressing.
The Waldorf salad is named for the iconic Waldorf Hotel (predecessor to the Waldorf-Astoria) in NYC; created between 1893 and 1896 by Oscar Tschirky, the maître d’. Originally omitting nuts when first published, they were added between 1896 and 1928.
This version does include nuts, along with the addition of grapes. You can omit the mayonnaise and use yogurt instead (to make it vegan), but I prefer the mayonnaise. This is the perfect appetizer, or light lunch; healthy as well as filling!
Waldorf Salad
adapted from Simply Recipes
Ingredients:
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, slightly toasted
1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
1/2 cup red seedless grapes, sliced (or 1/4 cup raisins)
1 Golden Delicious apple, cored & chopped
3 Tbsp mayonnaise
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
Lettuce
Whisk together the mayonnaise & lemon juice. Add the salt & pepper; mix well.
Fold in the walnuts, celery, grapes (or raisins) and apple. Serve chilled atop lettuce.
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