Yogurt and Spiced Apple Salad

Submitted by Izzy Knight

"A very easy and delicious recipe from a popular spa retreat, Rancho la Puerta. It's low in calorie and fat, but packed with flavour. It's a great alternative lunch if you've been trying to squeeze in that new bikini from last summer."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup nonfat plain yogurt
• 1⁄4 cup apple juice, unsweetened best
• 1 tablespoon raisins or 1 tablespoon currants
• 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds
• 1 teaspoon coconut flakes
• 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 golden delicious apples or 4 Red Delicious apples

directions

1. In a mixing bowl, combine the yogurt, apple juice, raisins, sunflower seeds, coconut, lime juice, vanilla and cinnamon.
2. Core the apples and cut into thin wedges or bite-size pieces.
3. Toss the apples in the yogurt mixture and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[moxie]

Yummy! I left out the sunflower seeds (didn't have any) and tossed in a tablespoon of walnuts instead. Still delicious -- but if you plan to eat this over several days, leave out the nuts until you're ready to serve it so they don't get soggy. I also added a little zest from the lime to garnish -- which gave the salad an extra kick. Thanks for the recipe, Izzy!

 

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

ATTENTION: All those on a low-cal and low-fat diet, this is one of THE BEST recipes here. Absolutely flavour packed, nutritious, good for health and AMAZINGLY great! I omitted the sunflower seeds, but besides that used everything else. I scaled it down to 1 serving(just for me) and I can't find words to tell you how much I appreciate Izzy for sharing this recipe. I would suggest everyone to try this. A real WINNER!

 

[Roxygirl in Colorado]

Delicious! I always appreciate new ways with yogurt and the coconut, vanilla, and lime juice made this a new treat for me. Roxygirl

 

[ktdid]

This didn't do that much for me, at least when made with Granny Smith apples (which is what I had on hand). That particular type of apple may be too tart and too crisp.

 

[stormylee]

I usually scale this recipe to 1/4 and call it my light lunch. I can't belive how much more there seems to be to eat in a single apple when you garnish it like this! I've done all sorts of versions of this recipe: used buttermilk instead of youghurt, other fruit juices instead of apple juice, omitted the seeds, increased the amount of coconut... and they're all good! Thank you for sharing Izzy!!