Saturday, April 10, 2010

Vegan Waldorf Salad

This is Toni Fiore's recipe,so I won't take any credit for this;but I fell in love with this recipe. It's light and refreshing.A vegan take on the traditional Waldorf salad.Whether you are vegan or not; you will keep making this one.It's great for lunch-box or as a picnic food.


Serving Size: 3-4

Ingredients :
1 cup Celery  chopped in small pieces
1 small med Apple,peeled ,and cut into small pieces
1/2 cup :red onions chopped in small pieces*
3/4 cup : red or green grapes cut into two pieces
1/4 cup: dry cranberries
1/4 cup: Golden Raisins
1/4 cup: chopped walnuts or pecans

Dressing:
1/2 cup: chopped Parsley.
1/4 cup:  Chopped cilantro
1/8 cup: Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2-3 Tbsp: Lemon/Lime juice
2 Tbsp: Sugar(you can even use honey)
Salt and Pepper according to taste.


Directions:
Mix all the ingredients for the dressing,whisk well and keep aside.

Take a big bowl, add the chopped celery,Apple,onions,grapes,cranberries,raisins and walnuts.
Pour the dressing and incorporate everything.Cover the salad and keep it in the refrigerator for 1/2 hr before serving.
you can add crumbled Blue cheese


*If you find onions to strong for your taste, you can reduce it's quantity.

3 comments:

  1. Mouth watering. Very pleasant to see in the eyes. A great dish for picnic intention. I will definitely make one of this.

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  2. I like your salad recipe, looking forward for your next post.

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  3. Thanks for the recipe. This salad looks easy to prepare but it's hard to find good recipe for it.

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