New York chicken and apple salad
A twist on the classic New York-style Waldorf salad with chicken and a creamy, but low-calorie, garlic dressing.
Each serving provides 515 kcal, 55.5g protein, 42g carbohydrates (of which 42g sugars), 12.5g fat (of which 2.5g saturates), 5.5g fibre and 0.8g salt.
With a GI of 58 this meal is high protein, low GI.
Ingredients
- 2 crunchy red apples, such as Red Delicious or Cox鈥檚, cored and cut into 1.5cm/鈪漣n slices
- 陆 lemon, juice only
- 1 level tsp runny honey
- 150g/5陆oz red and green seedless grapes, halved
- 2 celery sticks, thinly sliced
- 4 spring onions, thinly sliced
- 1 Little Gem, leaves separated, roughly torn
- 2 x 150g/5陆oz cooked chicken breasts, skin removed, roughly torn
- 1鈥2 tbsp chopped toasted walnuts
- 3鈥4 sprigs fresh dill, to garnish
For the dressing
- 200g/7fl oz fat-free natural yoghurt
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 tbsp cider vinegar
- 1 level tbsp wholegrain mustard
- 2鈥3 tbsp chopped fresh dill
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
Put the apples in a wide salad bowl and toss with the lemon juice and honey. Add the grapes, celery, spring onion, lettuce and chicken and toss.
To make the dressing, whisk the yoghurt, garlic, vinegar, mustard and dill together and season. Spoon over the salad and toss well.
Scatter with the walnuts, garnish with dill and serve.
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