This simple apple, celery, and walnut salad recipe is crispy, healthy, and easy. Apple celery salad is tossed with raisins and walnuts in a light lemon juice and olive oil dressing.

Top down view of 2 small white bowls filled with diced celery, apples, walnuts, and raisins. Spoons and napkins on side.

Hello easy cold apple salad recipe. This cold salad is perfect as a side dish or for a picnic or potluck.

Easy and Fast Lemon and Olive Oil Dressing

Lemon and olive oil are a delicious, versatile, and simple salad dressing for apple, celery, and walnut salad. Simply toss the ingredients in a small jar and shake like mad. Salad dressing is done.

Bonus: fresh lemon juice keeps the diced apples from turning brown while also giving the apple and celery salad zing.

Food items on a wood cutting board: 3 celery stalks, 3 red apples, 1 lemon, mound of walnuts, mound of raisins. Red and white towel in background.

Ingredient Substitutions for Apple, Celery, Walnut Salad

This apple salad with celery and walnuts is a healthier version of the famous Waldorf Salad (made without grapes or mayonnaise).

Having said that, feel free to change up this versatile apple and celery salad and add or change your favorite ingredients. Some ideas include:

mayonnaise instead of lemon and oil salad dressing
grapes or craisins instead of raisins
almonds or pecans instead of walnuts
sliced fennel bulb
feta cheese
cooked chicken

Top view of brown bowl of diced red apples, diced celery, chopped walnuts, and raisins. Spoon sticking out and spoons and white bowls on the side.

Time Saving Tips For Easy Apple Celery Salad

In a hurry or don't want to turn the oven on? Skip toasting the walnuts and just throw them in the apple salad un toasted.

Use your favorite store bought salad dressing if you don't want to make the lemon vinaigrette included in this recipe.

If you like apples, check out my favorite apple cider and applesauce recipes.

Simple Apple, Celery, And Walnut Salad

Apple, Celery, Raisin & Walnut Salad In A Brown Dish With a Spoon

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This simple apple, celery, and walnut salad recipe is crispy, healthy, and easy. Apple celery salad is tossed with raisins and walnuts in a light lemon juice and olive oil dressing.

Author: beckie
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 5
Category: Side Dish
Method: Oven
Cuisine: International
Diet: Vegan

Ingredients

2 medium apples, diced
3 stalks celery, diced
¼ cup raisins
½ cup walnuts, toasted and chopped
2 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
½ teaspoon salt
pinch black pepper

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Toast chopped walnuts on an aluminum lined baking sheet for ~5-7 minutes or until fragrant. Walnuts are hard to tell when they’re done, so go by smell. It’s done if it’s fragrant.
Add the lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper to a jar and shake.
Mix together all ingredients in a large bowl. Add salt to taste. Happy Eating! Beckie