Waldorf Salad
From Lucy's recipe collection. Photographed from her binder of favorites curated over 30+ years.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup chopped, slightly toasted walnuts
- 1/2 cup celery, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup red seedless grapes, sliced (or a 1/4 cup of raisins)
- 1 sweet apple, cored and chopped
- 3 Tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- Salt
- Pepper
- Lettuce
Method
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise (or yogurt) and the lemon juice. Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of freshly ground pepper. Mix in the apple, celery, grapes, and walnuts. Serve on a bed of fresh lettuce.
- Serves 2.
Family note
"According to the American Century Cookbook, the first Waldorf Salad was made in New York City in 1893 by Oscar Tschirky, the maître d'hôtel of the Waldorf Astoria. The original recipe consisted only of diced red-skinned apples, celery, and mayonnaise. Chopped walnuts were added later to this now American classic. Some prefer their Waldorf salad made with yogurt instead of mayo. Having made this salad both ways, I fall firmly in the mayonnaise camp. But feel free to substitute yogurt for the mayo if that's your druthers."