Salads
New York chicken and apple salad
A twist on the classic New York-style Waldorf salad with chicken and a creamy, but low-calorie, garlic dressing.
Ingredients
- 2 crunchy red apples, such as Red Delicious or Cox’s, cored and cut into 1.5cm/⅝in slices
- ½ lemon, juice only
- 1 level tsp runny honey
- 150g/5½oz red and green seedless grapes, halved
- 2 celery sticks, thinly sliced
- 4 spring onions, thinly sliced
- 1 Little Gem, leaves separated, roughly torn
- 2 x 150g/5½oz cooked chicken breasts, skin removed, roughly torn
- 1–2 tbsp chopped toasted walnuts
- 3–4 sprigs fresh dill, to garnish
For the dressing
- 200g/7fl oz fat-free natural yoghurt
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 tbsp cider vinegar
- 1 level tbsp wholegrain mustard
- 2–3 tbsp chopped fresh dill
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
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Put the apples in a wide salad bowl and toss with the lemon juice and honey. Add the grapes, celery, spring onion, lettuce and chicken and toss.
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To make the dressing, whisk the yoghurt, garlic, vinegar, mustard and dill together and season. Spoon over the salad and toss well.
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Scatter with the walnuts, garnish with dill and serve.
New York chicken and apple salad