Water chestnuts add a nice crunchiness to this interesting and easy summer salad.

1 honeydew melon
6 cups cubed, cooked chicken
2 cups chopped celery
2 cups seedless grapes
1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts
0.5 cup sour cream
0.5 cup plain yogurt
1.5 teaspoons curry powder
Salt and pepper to taste

1. Cut melon in half and remove seeds. With a melonballer, scoop out melon balls; place in a large salad bowl.
2. Add chicken, celery and grapes to melon. Add water chestnuts.
3. In a small bowl, mix together sour cream, yogurt and curry powder. Gently stir into salad. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Serves 10.

This salad will work any time of the year by varying the fruit used. Passion fruit provides a great taste, and in the summer berries and melons do as well. In winter, use cranberries and /or apricots.
1 apple, cored and chopped
1 large orange, peeled, sectioned and cut into bite size pieces
½ cup seedless grapes
1 nectarine, pitted and chopped
¼ cup fresh orange juice
6 tablespoons plain low-fat yogurt

1. In a mixing bowl, combine the apple, orange, grapes and nectarine. If using a passion fruit, spoon out the flesh and chop.
2. Pour enough fresh juice to coat. Toss and refrigerate.
Serve with a dollop of low-fat yogurt.

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This satisfying salad is easy to make and very enjoyable. It goes well with any main dish and the tart apples offer a new and different taste range for your palette.

1 pound tart green apples, peeled, cored and diced
1 pound potatoes, cooked, peeled and diced
¼ cup olive oil
¼ cup white wine vinegar
Salt and Pepper
2 beets, cooked, peeled and sliced
2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced

1. Combine the apples and the potatoes in a bowl and whisk together thoroughly the vinegar, oil, salt and pepper.
2. Pour over the apples and potatoes and toss thoroughly.
3. Adjust seasonings and garnish with beets and sliced egg.

Serves 4

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This unusual salad is easy to make and will serve 6. The apples blended with the chicken render a wonderful taste and if you add the mayonnaise as you eat each portion, it will last about a week in the fridge.

2 cups chicken, cooked and diced
2 cups apples, unpared and diced
½ cup celery, chopped
¼ cup raisins
1 tablespoon lemon juice
½ cup mayonnaise (or salad dressing)
6 lettuce cups

Mix all ingredients except lettuce. Chill thoroughly.
Serve in lettuce cups

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