Waldorf Chicken Salad – Not Your Grandma’s

You are witnessing a transformation. Don’t worry, I’ll always keep the jittery moniker, but I’m starting to feel like a Miss Fix-it—knowing taste by what I read in print, understanding how to configure recipes to bring out the best in them. Rest assured: You can always count on me to cut fat, sugar and salt, to select healthy ingredients and support great flavour.

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Waldorf Chicken Salad 

• 2 apples, diced, green and red
• 1/2 lemon, juiced
• 2 ribs celery, diced
• 2/3 c walnuts, lightly toasted
• 1/4 c raisins
• 1 c cooked chicken breasts (see link for grilling method), chopped into cubes
• sea salt
• freshly ground pepper

Dice the apples, then coat them with lemon juice. Reserve a few slices (1/4 of each apple) for garnish. Mix celery, apples, chicken, raisins, salt and pepper. Top with walnuts. Garnish with some lettuce leaves. Serve atop a bed of Cumin Paprika Quinoa with Cilantro Yogurt Dressing on the side.

 Cumin Paprika Quinoa 

Blend the cilantro and the garlic in a small processor, add the yogurt and blend until mixed. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Waldorf Chicken Salad Print Ready Recipe

• Thank you to my good friend, Rochelle Margles Bick, for the idea of putting celery, green apple, walnuts and lemon together in a salad, which mushroomed into my version of Waldorf Chicken Salad.
• Read Epicurious for a typical version of the Waldorf Salad.
• Thank you to Food for inspiring the Yogurt Cilantro Dressing.
• This US government site inspired the quinoa recipe.
• My horoscope yesterday said that I might give too much weight to the exotic. Do you agree? Should I aim for simpler recipes with more common ingredients?
• I take full jittery credit for pulling it all together where it makes a party in your mouth.