Waldorf Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
1 apple-cored and cut into 1" cubes
1 celery stick-thinly sliced
1/4 cup walnuts pieces
1/4 cup seedles grapes-halved
Dressing:
2 tbsp. mayonnaise
2 tbsp. yogurt
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. lemon rind(optional)





This classic waldorf salad recipe resembles the original one created at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City in the 1890's. <<>> That salad contained apples, celery and mayonnaise, a combination that has been the base of many different versions over the past 100 years.
I first heard of this dish while watching an old Fawlty Towers episode with John Cleese.
There are many ways to build this tasty salad, I have made a basic one with a few extra ingredients and slightly different dressing. As this is a fruit salad you can add or substitue any fruit you like and it will still be a good salad. This is quite similar to the ambrosia salad, another fruit salad with many different variations.
For this version I have added the most popular ingredients to the origional recipe: walnuts and grapes. I also mixed the mayonnaise with yogurt and a little lemon juice to mellow out the strong taste of the mayonnaise.
Cut up apple, celery, grapes and add to salad bowl. Add walnut pieces as well.
Mix dressing in a small bowl. If you are using juice from a real lemon grate some of the rind and add it to the mix. If you are using lemon juice from a bottle skip this ingredient.
Add dressing to bowl and toss salad well. Refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.