Easy Tropical Waldorf Salad Food

SIMPLE WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• Combine apples, celery, raisins and walnuts. Add mayonnaise and yogurt; toss to coat. Refrigerate, covered, until serving.

WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spread the nuts on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool and break the nuts up into small pieces.
• Whisk the yogurt, mayonnaise, parsley, honey, and lemon zest in a large bowl and season generously with pepper.
• Halve, core, and cut the apples into 3/4-inch pieces, leaving the skin intact. Add the apples, celery and raisins to the bowl, and sprinkle with the lemon juice; then toss with the dressing. Cover and refrigerate if not serving immediately.
• When ready to serve, toss walnuts into the salad. Arrange the lettuce leaves on a large platter, or divide them among 4 salad plates. Place the salad on the lettuce and serve.

TROPICAL WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Chop 2 large unpeeled red apples into small cubes. Mix with lemon juice to keep from browning.
• 2. In a large bowl, mix together apples, macadamia nuts, pineapple tidbits, coconut, and cranberries.
• 3. In a mixing bowl, whip together cream cheese and 4 Tbsp pineapple juice.
• 4. Pour the cream cheese mixture into the fruit and stir until combined.
• 5. I like to present the Waldorf Salad in 20-25 decorative spoons but you can also use small bowls and serve 8-10 people as a side dish.

WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• Place apples, celery, and grapes in a medium bowl, and toss with juice of half the lemon. In another bowl, whisk together yogurt, mustard, honey, and juice of remaining half lemon. Pour half of the dressing over the apple mixture, tossing to combine. Serve over greens, drizzling remaining dressing over salad. Garnish the salad with chopped walnuts and snipped chives.

TROPICAL CHICKEN WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• In large saucepan, place chicken breasts and cover with cold water by 1 inch.
• Add onion, celery leaves and Kosher salt.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes, until chicken is no longer pink in the center.
• Remove from liquid and set aside; discard liquid.
• When cool enough to handle, cut chicken into bite-size pieces.
• In large bowl, mix together chicken, celery, apples, scallions, grapes and toasted macadamia nuts.
• Use sharp knife to split pineapple into sixths from top to bottom.
• Slice core off each pineapple wedge and slice off fruit, leaving tufts of leaves in tact.
• Use the extra half of pineapple for garnish.
• Cut the remaining fruit into chunks and add to chicken mixture.
• Set pineapple wedges on plates.
• In small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream and lemon juice; blend well.
• Add dressing to chicken mixture and toss thoroughly.
• Add salt and pepper.
• Spoon mixture onto pineapple wedges and serve.

FARRO WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• Cook the farro as the label directs, then spread on a baking sheet and let cool.
• Make the dressing: Whisk the mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk, vinegar, scallion and dill in a large bowl.
• Add the apples, grapes, celery, walnuts, raisins and farro to the bowl with the dressing; toss. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in the parsley and celery leaves.

SIMPLE WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise and vinegar.
• Add the apples, celery, raisins and walnuts if desired. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Mix together well and serve chilled.

WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degree F. Spread the nuts on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool and break the nuts up into small pieces. Half, core, and cut the apples into 3/4-inch pieces, leaving the skin intact. In a medium bowl, mix the apples with the lemon juice, celery, and walnuts.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, chives, sour cream, parsley, sugar, and lemon zest and season with pepper. Add the mayonnaise mixture to the apple mixture and stir to coat. Refrigerate if not using immediately. When ready to serve, arrange the lettuce leaves on a large platter, or divide them among 6 salad plates. Place the salad on the lettuce and serve.

HEALTHY TROPICAL CHICKEN WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk together the yogurt, mayonnaise, honey, ginger, lemon juice and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Add the pineapple, chicken, apples and three-fourths of both the cilantro and the cashews. Toss to combine and serve right away or refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
• Arrange the lettuce leaves on a platter and top each with a scoop of salad. Sprinkle with the remaining cilantro and cashews and top with a few grinds of pepper.

BANANA WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• Stir sour cream and sugar together until well mixed.
• Peel bananas and cut into chunks. Add to mixing bowl. Stir in diced apple, pineapple, grapes, walnut halves and raisins and sour cream mixture.
• Chill in refrigerator about an hour if possible.
• Options: I occasionally add 1/4 cup shredded coconut, 1/2 cup mandarin oranges or 1/2 cup diced celery just for something different.
• Refreshing summer side dish.

WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• Combine first six ingredients; sprinkle lemon juice on top.
• Combine gently--best to use your hands to mix.
• Mix mayonnaise with sugar and cream and stir until sugar is dissolved.
• Dress the salad with this.
• Chill before serving.
• Can be prepared several hours ahead of time if necessary.

EASY WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• Combine apples, celery and walnuts.
• Add mayonaise and mix thoroughly.

WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Toast the walnuts: Place the walnuts on a rimmed quarter sheet pan and toast them in the oven until they are fragrant and browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Roast the grapes: In a medium bowl, toss the grapes with the confectioners' sugar and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Arrange the grapes in a single layer on a rimmed sheet pan and bake until their skins start to wrinkle, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove the grapes from the oven and set them aside to cool.
• Make the dressing: To a blender, add the lemon zest and juice, vinegar, mustard and granulated sugar. Blend until smooth and, with the blender running, slowly and steadily add the remaining 5 tablespoons olive oil. Taste for seasoning, adding more vinegar or salt if needed. If the flavor is too strong or the dressing is too thick (or separates a little), blend in a splash of cool water.
• Assemble the salad: Arrange the lettuce leaves on a serving platter. Toss the apples and celery ribs with a some of the dressing in a large bowl; set aside. Scatter the chicken over the lettuce, followed by the toasted walnuts, and drizzle with some of the dressing. Scatter the roasted grapes and dressed apples and celery over the top. Drizzle with more dressing and scatter the inner celery leaves over the top.

WORLD'S BEST WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, sprinkle apples with 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
• Add celery, grapes, walnuts, and raisins.
• For dressing--------------.
• combine mayonnaise and 1/2 tsp lemon juice.
• Whip cream with sugar until fairly stiff.
• Fold whipped cream into the mayonnaise mixture.
• Mix with the apple mixture.
• Sprinkle with nutmeg.
• Chill at least one hour before serving.

CLASSIC WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• In medium bowl, combine mayonnaise, sugar, lemon juice and salt.
• Add apples and celery.
• Toss to coat.
• Cover and chill to blend flavors.
• Just before serving sprinkle with walnuts.