Our quick and easy Apple Salad is one of our all-time favorite side salads! Made with only 4 simple ingredients that can all be adjust according to your personal taste. Enjoy with the rest of your favorite side dishes at any holiday parties or special occasions!
The Best Apple Salad Recipe
For years, we have been serving fresh salads (or green salads) at our holiday dinner table, but sometimes you just need to change things up. Enter this fresh apple salad recipe! The apple salad dressing that we use is mayo, because we are midwesterners. This great salad has similarities to a classic chicken salad, just minus the cooked chicken. Enjoy any way you want!
Looking for Another Festive Side Salad?
If you love side salad recipes as much as we do, you definitely need to try our Thanksgiving Salad or Cranberry Fluff Salad!
What You Will Need
- crisp apples – any variety of crunchy apples will work here, honey crisp apples, fuji apple, or any other favorite apple!
- chopped walnuts – love this added crunch in the mix, but toasted pecans, candied pecans, or even pumpkin seeds would also be great.
- raisins – pick-up some classic raisins, golden raisins, or even dried cranberries at your local grocery store to add just a slight touch of sweetness.
- mayonnaise – add as much or as little as you want for a little bit of creaminess that holds it all together.
How To Make Apple Salad
The first steps to making this easy recipe are to gather all of the basic ingredients.
Place all of the prepped ingredients in a large salad bowl and mix them all together.
Storage
Any leftover apple walnut salad can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 1-2 days. Unfortunately, apple brown fairly quickly so it will still be good for a few days but just looks brown in color. Option to add a small splash of lemon juice to help slow the browning.
Best Ways To Serve Apple Salad
There are a variety of different ways to serve this easy delectable apple salad. Simply enjoy this dressed salad all by itself, on leafy greens, like a bed of butter lettuce, baby spinach, or baby kale, on bread as a sandwich, or in a wrap. It really is the perfect side dish for a big Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner or enjoy as a light meal for lunch!
Recipe FAQs
- What is apple salad made of? We kept our simple with apples, walnuts, raisins, and mayo. But feel free to add or swap with red onion, green onion, creamy goat cheese, or a little sour cream or Greek yogurt for a bit of tanginess.
- What are the best apples for apple salad? Highly recommend crisp, sweet apples for this easy salad. We used honeycrisp apples, but you can also use green apples, fuji apples, pink lady apples, or any other variety of apples!
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Apple Salad Recipe
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Counter Top
- Cuisine: American
Description
Our delicious and simple Apple Salad Recipe only requires 4 simple ingredients and is perfect for a side dish or quick lunch!
Ingredients
- 4 honey crisp apples, diced
- 3/4 cup walnuts, chopped
- 3/4 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup mayo
Instructions
- Simply place all of the ingredients in a large bowl and mix to combine.
- Taste & make any adjustments, according to your personal preferences.
- Serve as an easy side dish, on some butter lettuce, or any way you want!
Notes
- Amounts: this is a super simple salad where the amounts are suggestions, feel free to adjust according to your own taste.
- Apples: highly recommend a crisp, sweet apple, like honey crisp apples, but any variety of fresh apples would work.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 cup
- Calories: 173
- Sugar: 12.7 g
- Sodium: 60.1 mg
- Fat: 11.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 17.6 g
- Protein: 1.7 g
- Cholesterol: 3.9 mg
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