California Waldorf Salad

  • Minutes to Prepare:
  • Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
4 cups iceberg lettuce, chopped2 cups romaine lettuce, chopped1 cup apples, peeled and diced1 can mandarin oranges1 avocado1/4 cup celery, diced1/4 cup dried cranberries, cut fine1/4 cup walnuts, chopped fine1-2 tsps lemon juice1 Tbsp mayonnaise1 tsp sugar
Directions
Remove the mandarin oranges from the can, reserve the juice.

Prepare salad-sized pieces of lettuce in a bowl. On top of this, put celery (diced), cranberries, walnuts.

In a second bowl, put 1-2 tsps lemon juice and half of the reserved mandarin orange juice/syrup. As you cut up apples/avocado, add them to this mixture to prevent browning. Once apples/avocado are cut, carefully remove them from the liquid, again retaining the liquid.

Add remaining juice from mandarin oranges, 1 tsp sugar, and 1 tbsp mayonnaise to the liquid. Mix well, taste. It should be sweet, tangy, and a little tart. Pour overtop of all other ingredients, mix well. Let sit chilled for approx 30 minutes before serving.

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LADYPIXEL.

Servings Per Recipe: 6
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 149.1
  • Total Fat: 9.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.6 mg
  • Sodium: 25.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 16.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.0 g
  • Protein: 2.1 g

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