Pear Waldorf Salad

This light and lively Pear Waldorf Salad makes a great lunch or snack. It is quick and easy to make and fits perfectly into my Trim Healthy Mama Lifestyle.

We love easy recipes in this house and this salad only takes about ten minutes of chopping and mixing it up. Inspired by a recipe from a Taste of Home cookbook that I inhearited from my parents, it brings healthy to the table in minutes.

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I was going through one of my Taste of Home cookbooks and ran across a version of Waldorf salad that included pears, grapes, walnuts, mayo and cottage cheese. This doesn’t work for my Trim Healthy Mama lifestyle because it tandem fuels with both S and E fuels.

So I adapted it to fit my THM lifestyle. This makes enough for 3-4 servings which gives me a good “go to” lunch or snack when needed. This is a higher carb option which makes it an E meal/snack for THM mama’s.

Some of my Favorite Ways to Enjoy Pear Waldorf Salad

I adore the Waldorf Cottage Cheese Salad recipe on page 300 of Trim Healthy Mama. It has been my go to E meal for lunch and breakfast since I first tried it. This recipe is huge, so I normally have to split it into a meal and a snack since I can’t seem to eat it all in one sitting.

Trim Healthy Mama Waldorf Cottage Cheese Salad

I love eating this as a light and energizing breakfast in the spring and summer months. It is not overly heavy and has a nice cool and crisp texture that is balanced by the crunch of the walnuts and celery.

Storing this waldorf salad in smaller containers means that I can add it to my lunch as a “side” pairing it with half of a turkey sandwhich or on top of a bed of leafy greans.

You can change it up and use greek yogurt instead of the cottage cheese or use 1/2 cottage cheese and 1/2 0% greek yogurt.

Ingredients:

2 ripe pears, diced

2 cups diced celery

2 cups 1% cottage cheese or 1 cup cottage cheese & 1 cup 0% plain greek yogurt

1/4 tsp ground ginger

1 Tbs chopped walnuts

Directions:

Add first 4 ingredients to a large bowl.

Mix with a fork, sprinkle chopped walnuts into bowl and mix again.

Serving size is aprox 1 ½ cups

*** I normally eat this in a cereal bowl or will split it into ½ – 1 cup servings for a snack. I also will sub greek yogurt for the cottage cheese and eat this as a sandwich on a pita or with on plan bread.

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Pear Waldorf Salad

Author: Judy Witherby

Recipe type: Salad

Cuisine: American

Prep time: 10 mins

Total time: 10 mins

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A light and lively salad that makes a great meal or snack.

Ingredients

2 ripe pears, diced
2 cups diced celery
2 cups 1% cottage cheese or 1 cup cottage cheese & 1 cup 0% plain greek yogurt
¼ tsp ground ginger
1 Tbs chopped walnuts

Instructions

Add first 4 ingredients to a large bowl.
Mix with a fork, sprinkle chopped walnuts into bowl and mix again.
Serving size is aprox 1 ½ cups

Pear Waldorf Salad

Some of my Favorite Ways to Enjoy Pear Waldorf Salad