As you all know, we went apple picking when my parents came to visit a couple of weeks ago and a good time was had by all. All together, we picked 1 1/2 bushels of apples. My parents took home a bushel and I had a half bushel here all to myself. So, what's a girl to do with all of those apples?! I made apple sauce, I ate countless apples out-of-hand for snacks, and I made delicious cinnamon apples too but I have to say that Waldorf Salad "a la Jessica" is my newest favorite way to eat apples. Something about the sweet of the apples mixed with the bitter of the celery and the richness of the almonds just speaks to me. Now, I don't like mayonnaise so I make mine a little bit differently.
3 apples, diced
2 ribs of celery, diced
1/2 c toasted, slivered almonds
1/4 c dried cranberries
~ 1/3 c of Greek yogurt
squeeze of a lemon
salt & pepper to taste
Mix it all together and enjoy! I love Greek yogurt and I have since I spent the summer in France (weird, I know, because I didn't spend the summer in Greece but the horrible cafeteria that we ate in every morning only had plain, Greek-style yogurt). It's great for any number of things but I particularly like it in this salad in place of the traditional mayonnaise. I ran out of it and the Safeway by my house doesn't carry Greek yogurt so I substituted half sour cream and half plain yogurt and that was very good as well!
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