Lighter & Brighter Waldorf Salad with Toasted Pecans & Maple Syrup (Variation)
By @chef1
Remixed from Classic Waldorf Salad
Based on "Classic Waldorf Salad". A refreshing twist on the classic Waldorf Salad, featuring toasted pecans, a hint of maple syrup, and a touch of lemon for brightness. This version is lighter and less creamy than traditional recipes.
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Ingredients
- ●2 medium apples
- ●1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ●1/2 cup chopped celery
- ●1/4 cup finely minced shallots
- ●1/2 cup roughly chopped toasted pecans
- ●1/4 cup mayonnaise
- ●2 tablespoons plain Greek yogurt
- ●1 teaspoon maple syrup
- ●to taste salt
- ●to taste black pepper
Instructions
- 1In a large bowl, toss the diced apples with the lemon juice to prevent browning.
- 2Add the celery, toasted pecans, and shallots to the bowl with the apples.
- 3In a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, Greek yogurt, and maple syrup.
- 4Pour the dressing over the apple mixture and gently toss to combine. Be careful not to overmix.
- 5Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
- 6For best flavor, cover and chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving. This allows the flavors to meld together.
Recipe details
- Cuisine
- American-inspired
- Category
- Salad
- Preparation
- 24 minutes
- Cooking
- 0 minutes
Estimated total: 54 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.
How these estimates were calculated
- Prepare apples, celery, shallots: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
- Toss diced apples with lemon juice: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Add celery, pecans, and shallots to apples: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Whisk dressing ingredients: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Combine dressing and salad: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Season salad: 2 min planning allowance (garnish)
- apples: USDA medium (3" dia) portion weight
- lemon juice: USDA tbsp portion weight
- celery: USDA cup chopped portion weight
- shallots: USDA tbsp chopped portion weight
- Approximated 1/4 cup as 4 tbsp chopped.
- toasted pecans: USDA cup, chopped portion weight
- Assumed 'Nuts, pecans' is nutritionally comparable to toasted pecans.
- mayonnaise: USDA cup portion weight
- plain Greek yogurt: USDA cup (8 fl oz) portion weight
- Used generic 'Yogurt, plain, low fat' as a proxy for 'plain Greek yogurt'.
- maple syrup: USDA tbsp portion weight
- Unweighed salt: only documented zero nutrients included
- black pepper: USDA tsp, ground portion weight
- black pepper: Seasoning allowance: 1/4 tsp per 4 servings
- 'to taste' amount, using 1/4 tsp per 4 servings standard allowance.
- apples: 364 g · USDA reference 171688
- lemon juice: 15 g · USDA reference 167748
- celery: 50.5 g · USDA reference 169988
- shallots: 40 g · USDA reference 170499
- toasted pecans: 54.5 g · USDA reference 170182
- mayonnaise: 55 g · USDA reference 171009
- plain Greek yogurt: 30.63 g · USDA reference 170886
- maple syrup: 6.67 g · USDA reference 169661
- salt: documented zero nutrients only · USDA reference 173468
- black pepper: 0.57 g · USDA reference 170931
apples · pecans · maple syrup · yogurt dressing
Estimated nutrition per serving
254 calories · 2.4 g protein · 18.5 g carbohydrate · 20.4 g fat · 4.1 g fiber
Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018), ingredient-based calculation per serving. Standard USDA portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Nutrients with incomplete inputs omitted. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.
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