Apple and Celery Root Salad

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup Low-Fat Buttermilk
• 1 oz Blue Cheese (crumbled)
• 3 tbsp Chives (chopped, plus more for garnishing)
• ½ tsp Worcestershire Sauce
• 3 dashes of Hot Pepper Sauce (such as Tabasco)
• ¼ tsp Black Pepper (freshly ground)
• ½ pound Celery Root (peeled and cut into matchsticks)
• 3 tbsp fresh Lemon Juice
• 2 Apples

How to make Apple and Celery Root Salad:

• Take a large bowl and combine together buttermilk, blue cheese, chives, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce and black pepper.
• Toss the celery root in the buttermilk dressing. Allow it to stand for 15 minutes.
• Place lemon juice in a bowl.
• Trim the tops and bottoms of the apples.
• Slice the apples crosswise, removing the seeds.
• Core the apples with a round cookie cutter or pairing knife.
• Mix the apples with the lemon juice.
• Take 4 serving plates and alternately layer apple and then celery root mixture.
• Garnish with reserved chives and serve.