Here’s a super simple and refreshing celery salad with crispy apples and crunchy walnuts. A healthier take on the classic Waldorf salad.
My inspiration for this salad came when I last made Spaghetti Bolognese. As you all know, you only require a stick of celery for most sauces, and I was left with almost an entire bunch of celery trying to figure out how to best take advantage of these crunchy sticks.
Then I figured, tasty salads are pretty much always a hit, right? Thus, this incredibly tasty and super easy recipe was „born”.
Here’s the recipe:
(please scroll down to find additional tips and more detailed information)
Ingredients
Salad
- 2 celery stalks
- 2 small apples
- ¾ cup walnuts
- 1 bunch of scallions
Dressing
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 tbsp water
- salt, black pepper
Instructions
- Chop celery sticks and apples into small, bite-sized pieces.
- Coarsely chop the walnuts and slice scallions into rings.
- Combine the remaining ingredients to create your dressing using a fork or whisk.
- Transfer all ingredients into a bowl, incorporate well, and adjust seasoning if needed.
Nutrition
Ingredients and Alternatives
You only need 4 basic ingredients for this healthy celery apple salad:
Listed below are a few tips and pointers to help you along the way:
- Celery stalk: When picking up produce, make sure it is as fresh and crisp-looking as possible.
- Apples: I’d suggest selecting a firmer and crunchier apple with a sweeter flavor profile.
- Walnuts: You might as well pick up chopped walnuts from the store since that will eliminate another processing step, and I’m all about saving time in the kitchen. 😉
- Scallions: Alternatively, you may substitute chives for scallions. For me, I prefer scallions, as these are more intensely flavorful.
Further Tips for Preparation
Even though the celery salad recipe with apples is super easy in terms of preparation, here are a few more pointers:
- The recipe is deliberately kept as simple as possible. It can be tailored to suit your preferences and taste by adding, adjusting, and sprucing it up as you please.
- To achieve a well-balanced flavor, please follow the measurements specified in my recipe for the apples, walnuts, and scallions. It might seem like a lot, but trust the process. 😉 Also, please don’t be stingy when adding lemon juice and seasoning. You’ll thank me later 🙂
- The celery walnut apple salad makes a great light side dish or starter salad.
- This is a great way to use up leftover celery sticks when making Bolognese.
- If the celery sticks are particularly thick, they can be cut lengthwise before being chopped into bite-sized chunks. Otherwise, simply chop them into pieces or half moons.
- In need of a vegan version of the celery and apple salad with walnuts? Swap the honey required for the dressing for agave syrup or something similar.
- This salad is best enjoyed freshly made or having rested for only a short while.
- Any leftovers may be stored in the fridge for up to 2 days. Keep in mind that the salad might start to water down a bit after some time. I would therefore recommend preparing this recipe as close to serving time as possible. Of course, leftovers may still be stored as indicated above.
I gave a 5 star because it was really good, so easy and fast to make and I was in a hurry! And the perfect side dish to a quiche.
Glad you liked it, thanks a lot! 🙂
Thank you for this recipe! It’s delicious, nutritious, easy, cheap, and quick!
Thank you so much!