Try these easy, healthy apple salad recipes. The apples are crisp and cool, perfect for warm weather lunches.
- 1 head cauliflower, cut into florets
- 1 Granny Smith apple, cored and cut into 3/4" cubes
- 2 Red Delicious apples, cored and cut into 3/4" cubes
- 1 green onion, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup radicchio, julienned
- 1/2 cup parsley, chopped
- 1 Tbs pine nuts
- 3/4 cup ricotta
- 2 Tbs extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper, freshly ground
Directions
- In a large bowl gently toss together the cauliflower, apples, green onion, radicchio, and parsley.
- Add the ricotta, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and pine nuts to the bowl. Toss and serve.
Ingredients
- 1 red onion
- 2 Red Delicious apples
- 2 Granny Smith apples
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper, freshly ground
- 4 Tbs extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
Directions
- Cut the onions into thin slices. Place the onion slices in a bowl of water and let them soak for at least 10 minutes.
- Core and cut the apples into thin slices.
- Place the apple slices into a bowl and pour the lemon juice over the apple slices.
- Place the olive oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Whisk together the ingredients together.
- Place the apple and onion slices in layers in an oval serving dish.
- Pour the vinaigrette over the layers of onion and apples.
Note: Pliny the Elder, a Roman statesman, circa 23 CE, described 37 different varieties of cultivated apples in his Historia Naturalis. Unpeeled apples provide their most plentiful nutrients just under the skin. Apples are a good source of potassium, folic acid, and vitamin C.