Creamy Grape Salad

This refreshing cream cheese and grape salad is as delicious as it is easy to make. Bonus factor: This fruit salad can conveniently be made 1, 2 or even 3 days in advance.

Recipe Ingredients:

2 pounds seedless red or green grapes (or a combination of both)
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sour cream
2 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons chopped toasted or candied pecans (optional)

Cooking Directions:

1. Wash, stem and dry grapes well with paper towels; set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat together the cream cheese, sour cream, sugar and vanilla until well combined and creamy.
3. Add grapes to cream cheese mixture, fold in just until grapes are fully incorporated and nicely coated.
4. If using, sprinkle with toasted or candied pecans just before serving.
5. Store salad, tightly covered, in refrigerator.

Makes 6 servings.

Nutritional information per serving (1/6 of recipe). Percent daily values based on the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for a 2000 calorie diet: Calories 233.64; Calories From Fat (41%) 95.76; Total Fat 10.85g 17%; Saturated Fat 6.73g 34%; Cholesterol 29.22mg 10%; Sodium 69.19mg 3%; Potassium 340.02mg 10%; Total Carbohydrates 34.03g 11%; Fiber 1.36g 5%; Sugar 28.81g; Protein 3.12g 6%.

Recipe and photograph by Hope Cantil; copyright © 2019; property of CooksRecipes.com. See Terms of Use.