Wake up lunchtime with the Waldorf Chicken Salad combining crisp apples, juicy grapes, and toasted walnuts with leftover chicken and a creamy dressing.

Do you ever find yourself in a lunchtime rut, eating the same boring sandwich day after day? Well, it's time to shake things up with a unique twist on a classic favorite: the Waldorf Chicken Salad Sandwich. This delectable dish is packed with flavor, texture, and wholesome ingredients that will have your taste buds dancing.

Say goodbye to boring lunches and hello to a flavorful journey. Let's dig in!

Waldorf chicken salad sandwich on a croissant.

Everything old is new again. The Waldorf Salad was originally popular in the 90's... 1890's that is. It has had a few resurgences over the years, including the 1930's thanks to a line in Cole Porter's "You're the Top" and in the 1970's when I was growing up.

Here's to hoping this lovely concoction is ready for another bout of popularity.

How to Serve Waldorf Chicken Salad

This can be served as a salad, wraps or a sandwich. I love it with croissants or ciabatta rolls (if you shop at Costco you know the ones I mean). But, then again, I like any sandwich on those.

For lettuce wraps, use butter, bibb or romaine lettuce. You could also use tortillas, naan, pitas, lavash or other flatbread if you don't mind some carbs.

Or serve it on a bed of lettuce as a salad.

Ingredients for Waldorf Chicken Salad

The original Waldorf Salad only had 4 ingredients: celery, apples, mayonnaise and lettuce. This recipe adds a few more, but all are easy to find and may already be in your kitchen:

cooked chicken, great use for leftovers
celery
apples, any variety you like
grapes, any seedless variety you prefer
walnuts, or other nuts
mayonnaise, regular or vegan, vegetarian, low fat, etc.
plain yogurt, Greek, no fat, low fat, regular, etc.
lemon juice
honey, or other liquid sweetener (sugar is okay, but it could be gritty if it doesn't dissolve completely.
salt and pepper to taste

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Recipe

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Ingredients

Dressing

½ cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoon plain yogurt
1 tablespoon lemon juice (more or less to taste)
1 teaspoon honey
salt and pepper (to taste)

Chicken Salad

1 cup cooked chicken (diced)
1 medium apple (diced)
1 medium celery rib (sliced)
1 cup red seedless grapes
¾ cup coarsely chopped toasted walnuts
lettuce, bread or rolls (for serving)

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, combine dressing ingredient.
½ cup mayonnaise, 2 tablespoon plain yogurt, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon honey, salt and pepper
Mix chicken, apple, celery, grapes, and nuts in the bowl with the dressing.
1 cup cooked chicken, 1 medium apple, 1 medium celery rib, 1 cup red seedless grapes, ¾ cup coarsely chopped toasted walnuts
Serve with lettuce as a salad or lettuce wraps, or on bread or rolls as a sandwich.

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Until next time, happy eating!
~Audrey