Pinterest to Reality: Waldorf Salad

Coming to you from Pullman

I made something that I pinned.  I actually started the pin, so it's not something that I found on Pinterest, but I still think it's an accomplishment any time I actually make something that was related to Pinterest in any way, shape, or form.  Mostly because, Pinterest allows a person to pin things, keep track of them easily...and in this way, I am able to put off projects, because it's so easy to find them later.

I actually first saw this on The Chew, which is one of my new favorite shows.  I've been meaning to make Waldorf salad for a while now, ever since they had it at Subway this summer and I remembered how much I love it, and then when I saw this show it set me into action.  The recipe is here and it's really simple.

Clinton Kelly's Waldorf Salad

• 1 chicken breast (I baked mine in the oven since I didn't have any leftover chicken lying around - here is where I get all my chicken information)
• 1 red apple - cored and chopped (I used fuji of course...they say to skin it, but I didn't do that)
• 1/2 cup toasted walnuts - chopped (I used slivered almonds instead, just because I really love them)
• 1/2 cup celery - finely chopped
• 1/2 cup red grapes - halved (sometimes I quarter them too if they are really big grapes)
• 3 tbsp mayo (I used 4 because it looked a little dry - but then i tend to put in a little extra of each ingredient so that's probably why)
• 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice (yeah right, I used the regular kind of lemon juice from the bottle)
• salt and pepper to taste

It was so yummy.  I'm going to make more soon - it's so easy and so good i would like to have some around to make sandwiches with most of the time.  Plus, you get fruit, vegetables, and whole wheat in a sandwich so I'm going to say that it's healthy.  The way I made it, I ended up with 4 cups of salad and used 1 cup to make a sandwich so each serving came out to 250 calories.  This would be a great little appetizer though too...I would just have to figure out where to get those little tart shells :)