There seems to be a theme in my most recent blogs...I'm ridiculously busy, and yet I'm hungry, so let's mix something up! Oh, and it's most likely either snowing or raining LOL! For the last few weeks in the Pacific Northwest, we've been begging for rain. While the rest of our beautiful country is either in threat of a hurricane or flooding, we're surrounded by forest fires and air quality so bad that people are wearing masks to protect their lungs.
Well, enough of that fun...let's discuss one of my favorite 'desert' salads! This one is so fun to make and you can mix up all kinds of fruit, nuts, dried fruit...whatever! I made this particular blend for Christmas last year and it was a huge hit.
Today I was looking at our options for a desert and I am (again) on a pretty restrictive diet, so no flours of any kind. And it hit me! Waldorf Salad! I had just a few grapes left, one apple, about 2 cups of yogurt...it was perfect.
Anymore, we spray all our fruit and veggies with
Thieves Fruit & Veggie Spray. I always have one behind the sink and I even take one on trips with me (for flights, it's under the limit...score!). One of these days I'm going to post a side by side of almonds that have been soaked in plain water versus the Thieves Fruit & Veggie Spray/Soak...it's astonishing and gross what could be going in your body.
I have tried just about every Greek yogurt out there and I always come back to Fage. It's just so good! I add the yogurt first and then the drops of
orange vitality oil and mix it up...trust me, it will smell amazing!
I feel like every home needs an apple slicer. It's just so much easier! I slice it up and then dice into small pieces.
Speaking of cool kitchen tools, get one of these, too! I have no idea what it's called, and yet I use it all the time. I use it to slice up cherry tomatoes and grapes (the plate method or a knife work as well).
Here we go!
Orange twist on a Waldorf Salad:
2 cups Fage Greek yogurt (or your choice)
1/8 cup raisins
1/8 cup dried Wolfberries (get yours here: Dried Wolferries)
1/8 cup sliced almonds (walnuts are what they usually suggest...I like sliced almonds)
3-5 drops Orange Vitality (get yours here: Orange Vitality)
About a cup (or more) of sliced grapes
1 diced apple
Mix it all together, let set in the fridge for about an hour and then ENJOY!
What other twist will you put on this recipe?
