Vegan Waldorf Salad

An apple a day keeps the doctor way! We all have heard this famous saying probably a thousand times and we most likely instinctively know that apples are good for us. But how good are they really? Here are a few facts that you probably didn’t know about apples. Plus an awesome Waldorf salad recipe just in case you get inspired and want to eat more of this humble fruit.

1. Apples can improve your digestion, thanks to its high contender of insoluble and soluble fibre.

2. Apples help prevent inflammation due to its many phytochemicals, such as phenolics, flavonoids and carotenoids.

3. Apples fight heart disease due to its specific type of fiber that is found in apples. Its called pectin and is especially known to be beneficial for lowering cholesterol levels naturally.

4. Apple helps keep your allergies away. Quercetin is a flavonoid that is found in apples and is a natural antihistamine making it effective for naturally lowering the effects of season and food allergies, plus asthma and skin reactions.

Are you impressed? I know, right. Apples are so often not talk about their amazing benefits. But now you can see why this old saying An apple a day keeps there doctor away might actually have some truth to it.

And because apples are right now in season why not give this amazingly fresh salad recipe a try.

Ingredients

4 sticks of celery
2 crisp eating apple
150g grapes
handful of walnuts
1 lemon
olive oil
1 tbsp of English mustard
5 tbsp of vegan mayonnaise or dairy free yogurt
salt and pepper

Directions

1. Heat up the oven to 180 C and place the grapes on a baking tray and season with lemon juice, lemon zest, olive oil and salt. Place in the oven for 15 min.

2. In the main time chop the apples and celery sticks into small chunks and place in a large salad bowl. Use some juice from the lemon and drizzle over the apples so that they don’t go brown.

3. To make the dressing, mix the English mustard and vegan mayo together, season with salt and pepper.

4. Remove the grapes from the oven and place the walnuts on the tray and to roast in the oven for another 5 minutes.

5. Add the grapes, roasted walnuts, and dressing to the remaining salad bowl and give it a good mix.

Serve the salad as a side dish and enjoy its amazing combo of flavours.