Maple Walnut Salad
I don't have a photo of this salad, so think Waldorf Salad without the grapes. I first made it about ten years ago after visiting a maple syrup operation near Kamsack, Sask., at a time when I was writing a local food column for the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.
This picture captures that day ~ milk jugs collecting sap from a shelterbelt of Manitoba maples.
During the pandemic lockdown, I had a bag of walnuts in the freezer. I also had cucumber and lettuce from the farmers' market, which I ordered online. With those ingredients on hand, I rescued this salad from my recipe files. Hellloooo I missed you!
Sadly, I did not have any dried sour cherries in my pantry so I used raisins instead. Such are the compromises of troubled times...
Maple Walnut Salad
3 tbsp chopped walnuts
1 head of butter lettuce
2 apples, seeded and chopped into pieces
2 1/2 inches of English cucumber, cut in pieces to match the apple
Several fine shaves of a red onion
3 tbsp dried cherries or raisins
Dressing
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp maple syrup
1 tbsp milk
2 tsp apple cidre vinegar
Dash salt
1. Lightly toast the walnuts in a frying pan. Cool.
2. Tear the lettuce into bits. Mix it with the apple, cucumber, onion and dried cherries and/or raisins.
3. Mix the dressing ingredients. Toss the dressing with the salad. Sprinkle with walnuts and serve.
I don't have a photo of this salad, so think Waldorf Salad without the grapes. I first made it about ten years ago after visiting a maple syrup operation near Kamsack, Sask., at a time when I was writing a local food column for the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.
This picture captures that day ~ milk jugs collecting sap from a shelterbelt of Manitoba maples.
During the pandemic lockdown, I had a bag of walnuts in the freezer. I also had cucumber and lettuce from the farmers' market, which I ordered online. With those ingredients on hand, I rescued this salad from my recipe files. Hellloooo I missed you!
Sadly, I did not have any dried sour cherries in my pantry so I used raisins instead. Such are the compromises of troubled times...
Maple Walnut Salad
3 tbsp chopped walnuts
1 head of butter lettuce
2 apples, seeded and chopped into pieces
2 1/2 inches of English cucumber, cut in pieces to match the apple
Several fine shaves of a red onion
3 tbsp dried cherries or raisins
Dressing
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp maple syrup
1 tbsp milk
2 tsp apple cidre vinegar
Dash salt
1. Lightly toast the walnuts in a frying pan. Cool.
2. Tear the lettuce into bits. Mix it with the apple, cucumber, onion and dried cherries and/or raisins.
3. Mix the dressing ingredients. Toss the dressing with the salad. Sprinkle with walnuts and serve.
