Skinny Waldorf Salad

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The elegant Waldorf salad was first created by Oscar Tschirky, Maitre d’ at the Waldorf Hotel on Fifth Ave in New York . This magnificent hotel still exists and is called the Waldorf Astoria. The recipe is over 100 years old. The original salad was made of apples, celery, and mayonnaise. Several years later chopped walnuts were added. This skinny recipe includes most of these plus lots of modern day beneficial ingredients. Even tossed in our skinny blue cheese dressing our Waldorf salad contains only 168 calories, 10 grams fat and 5 Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS. The full fat version is concerning at 479 calories, and a scary 43 grams of fat! You’ll be happy with 2 tablespoons of this satisfying dressing on your salad. A typical fattening salad like this will use at least 4 tablespoons per serving. That’s where the calories and fat really add up and you just don’t need that much dressing.

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Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup Skinny Blue Cheese Dressing (recipe follows)
  • 1 cup red grapes cut in half
  • 1 red apple cored and diced
  • 1 tart green apple, cored and diced
  • 2 celery stalks, sliced (~1 cup)
  • 1 small fennel bulb, trimmed, cored, and diced (anise)
  • 1/3 cup toasted walnuts, chopped
  • 12 butter head lettuce leaves, chopped (Boston lettuce)

Preparation

Step 1

1. Prepare the Skinny Blue Cheese Dressing.

2. In a large bowl, toss together ⅔ cup dressing, grapes, apples, celery, fennel, and walnuts.

3. To assemble the salads: place the chopped lettuce among 6 salad plates. Mound the salad mixture on leaves and serve at once.

Serves 6


Food Fact

Butter head lettuce, also known as Boston or Bibb, is a member of the sunflower family.

Fennel, also called anise, is a celery-like stalk rising from a bulbous base and terminating in feathery green tips. Both the stalks and the tops have a delicate licorice flavor. Fennel is believed to be native to the Mediterranean basin. Fennel is known for its tasty bulb and aromatic leaves. Bulb fennel has only been popular in America for about the past 15 years.


Weight Watchers (old points) 3
Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS 5



SKINNY FACTS: per serving including dressing
168 cal, 10g fat, 19g carbs, 4g protein, 4g fiber, 140 mg sodium, 7g sugar



FAT FACTS: Waldorf Salad including dressing
479 cal, 43g fat, 19g carbs, 7g protein, 4g fiber, 374 mg sodium, 17g sugar


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