The classic Waldorf salad is just as good made skinny. Adding chicken and lots of fruit makes it a lovely, colorful and satisfying, main course meal. The fruit taste especially good in this salad since it’s tossed in a wonderful, homemade light honey mustard dressing. Each serving has 258 calories, 5 grams of fat and 6 Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS. This has become my “go to” chicken salad. I think you’ll love making it too.
Prep Time: 20 minutes (including making the dressing)
Chill Time: for dressing at least ½ hour
Ingredients for Honey Mustard Dressing:
½ cup The BEST Skinny Ranch Dressing
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon honey
2 teaspoons mustard or spicy brown mustard (not Dijon)
Ingredients for Waldorf Salad:
3 cups cooked chicken, chopped
1 cup seedless red grapes, halved
1 cup apple, unpeeled and diced
1 cup celery, diced
Instructions
1. To Make Dressing: Make the ranch dressing. In a small bowl, add ½ cup ranch dressing. Mix in honey and mustard. Refrigerate for at least ½ hour before using. Refrigerate the remaining ranch dressing for other uses. It will keep refrigerated for a few weeks.
2. To Make Waldorf Salad: In a large bowl, add the chicken, grapes, apple and celery. Pour in honey mustard dressing and toss well. Refrigerate until ready to serve. This salad will keep in the refrigerator for a few days.
3. See serving tips below for ideas on how to serve this salad.
Makes 4 servings. Each serving about 1⅓ cups
Food Fact
The lovely 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. Today chopped walnuts, chicken or other fruits are sometime added.
Serving Tips
This recipe makes about 5½ cups. Serve 1⅓ cups scooped on a bed of mixed greens or spinach or create chicken salad lettuce wraps. To make the lettuce wraps. Use a head of butter lettuce or romaine. Line each leaf with about ½ cup Waldorf chicken salad. Makes about 11 lettuce wraps.
Weight Watchers (old points) 5
Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS 6
SKINNY FACTS: for 1⅓ cups serving
258 calories, 5g fat, 3mg chol, 32g protein, 21g carbs, 2g fiber, 329g sodium, 16g sugar
FAT FACTS: for 1 full Waldorf Chicken Salad at California Pizza Kitchen
1,230 calories, 87g fat, 43g protein, 78g carbs, 1860mg sodium, 10g fiber, 56g sugar
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Nancy Fox
Nancy Fox is no stranger to the food industry. She founded Mrs. Beasley's, a gift-basket company featuring baskets full of decadent baked goods. It became the "hot" gift to give among the Hollywood community. Nancy later opened 2 low fat restaurants called Nancy’s Healthy Kitchen. Her line of reduced-fat cookies were featured on "Oprah's Favorites" gift show. Continuing her passion for cooking and baking Nancy created a recipe website called Skinny Kitchen. Each week she shares skinny recipes, cooking and kitchen tips, food finds and the healthy benefits of many recipes. There’s also nutritional facts and Weight Watchers POINTS on each recipe.
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