5 Minute Belgian Endive Salad with Apples and Walnuts
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Martha M. Henze, MPH, MS, RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Global Public Health Epidemiologist
Looking for an interesting winter lettuce to spruce up your evening dinner? Try a classic Belgian endive salad which is traditionally a combination of endive, apples, cheese, and walnuts. It is one of 200+ dietitian-approved recipes that will be available with the MyNetDiary Premium membership later this fall!
Belgian endive salad is a traditional mixture of endive, apples, cheese, and walnuts. Both curly endive, also known as frisee, and Belgian endive have a slightly bitter taste which adds a unique twist to a salad. Many pre-made salad mixtures contain endive because of its distinctive shape and flavor. The leaves of Belgian endive are shaped like a canoe which provide a great base for an appetizer when topped with feta cheese, cranberries and walnuts. What a perfect color combination of red, green and white for upcoming holiday parties!
In the 1960's endive used to be the premier salad green in winter. Now, I know why endive was my German father-in-law's favorite winter green. Not only did he like the flavor, but all other lettuces were out of season. Endive is a good source of vitamin K, essential to promote clotting of your blood, and vitamin A and vitamin C, which are valuable to strengthen your immune system and may help prevent winter colds.
Be creative and make it your own!
Enjoy the recipe below; however, note that there are variations you can try in terms of different types of cheese and varieties of endive for other unique flavors.
Cheese: Strong-flavored cheese, such as Gruyere or Roquefort
Lettuce: Radicchio, Escarole and Curly Endive (also known as frisee)
5 Minute Belgian Endive, Apple and Walnut Salad
Yield: 4 servings
Nutrition facts per serving
Calories: 251, 18g fat, 16g carbohydrate, 10g protein, 9.3g dietary fiber, 244 mg sodium
Ingredients
- 2 heads of endive
- 1 apple with skin, medium, about 2.5" diameter
- 3 oz. Swiss cheese
- 1/4 cup walnuts shelled (50 halves)
- 4 Tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 Tablespoons olive or extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon sugar, white
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 Tablespoon chives, fresh, chopped
Instructions
- Wash, dry and chop endive lettuce. Place in a large bowl.
- Wash and core apple. Cut into cubes and add to bowl.
- Cut cheese into cubes and add to bowl.
- In dry skillet, heat walnuts until aromatic, stirring as they heat up.
- In a small bowl, mix together vinegar, oil, sugar, salt, and pepper.
- Pour over salad.
This Belgian Endive Salad is one of 200+ dietitian-approved recipes that will be available with the Premium membership later this fall!
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Nov 13, 2019
