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!

The Waldorf salad was created in the late 19th century at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.  Originally it was made only of 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.

This is great eaten as is, served over some salad greens, wrapped up in a flour tortilla, or stuffed into a pita.

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Waldorf Salad Recipe

This recipe is based on a classic Waldorf salad recipe but with some added ingredients to provide more nutrients.  It is packed with flavor and so easy to make!

Course Salad

Cuisine American/Canadian

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 6

Calories 234 kcal

Ingredients

Dressing:

• 1 1/4 cups fat free Greek style yogurt
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp 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

Instructions

1. Like I said, this is incredibly easy to make. I like to stir the dressing ingredients together first. Then, add in the remaining ingredients.
2. Serve on a bed of lettuce.

Recipe Notes

You can add chicken meat to this or some hard boiled egg to add some additional protein to it. 

This is great eaten as is, served over some salad greens, wrapped up in a flour tortilla, or stuffed into a pita.

Nutrition Facts

Waldorf Salad Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 234 Calories from Fat 108

% Daily Value*

Fat 12g18%

Saturated Fat 1g6%

Polyunsaturated Fat 4g

Monounsaturated Fat 5g

Cholesterol 3mg1%

Sodium 22mg1%

Potassium 210mg6%

Carbohydrates 29g10%

Fiber 4g17%

Sugar 23g26%

Protein 7g14%

Vitamin A 86IU2%

Vitamin C 6mg7%

Calcium 75mg8%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.