Apple Grape Salad
Preparation for any holiday dinner should include this recipe for grape salad with apples and pecans!
Enjoying a holiday meal with family and friends is one of life’s great pleasures. And the best holiday meals need the best food!
That’s why I want to share this apple grape salad with you. It is one of my family’s favorite sides for Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinner.
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Creamy Grape Salad
This recipe for grape salad with apples has been part of my in-law’s family holiday feasts for as long as I can remember, and now it has become part of ours.
How to Make Grape Salad?
- Prepare the whipping cream (as recipe below) and set aside in the refrigerator.
- Chop apples, slice grapes and chop pecans. Add to a large mixing bowl.
- Fold the prepared whipped cream into the fruit. Serve!
Make Ahead!
Prep this recipe for grape salad with apples in the morning to ease up on all the last minute holiday dinner preparation!
Apple Grape Salad Variations
- Fruit – I love to use MacIntosh apples for this salad, however any of your favorite varieties will work. Ambrosia or Gala apples are firm and delicious used here. Also, use seedless grapes, red or green will work equally well!
- Nuts – Pecans are the nut of choice, but you can use walnuts as well. Whatever your preference!
- Whipped Cream – I purchase whipping cream and whip it myself. It is just so easy to do and the taste is second to none. Add more or less powdered sugar depending on how sweet you like it.
- Flavoring -The maple flavoring is essential to this recipe. While vanilla will work, maple flavoring is just so much better!
Recipe Tips
Dessert or Salad?
The debate over calling this recipe a salad or a dessert continues! I always serve it with dinner, and so did my mother in law, so I think of it as a salad. But it could definitely hold its own as a fruit dessert, especially at a buffet or picnic! Dessert or salad – you decide!
I just know you are going to love this recipe, and I hope it becomes a tradition in your home! Rate this recipe below if you try it!
Fruit Desserts To Try!
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Zucchini Chocolate Cake
This easy Zucchini Chocolate Cake recipe is so simple to make, with chunks of dark chocolate and a bit of espresso powder. This recipe always delivers the most moist and delicious cake. Use freshly grated zucchini or some that has been frozen, either way it works perfect in this recipe.
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Skor Cake Recipe
This easy Skor Cake Recipe starts with a doctored cake mix, then is smothered with sweetened condensed milk and caramel sauce. It’s cooled and topped with Cool Whip, dark chocolate, caramel sauce and toffee bits. It makes a delicious and decadent treat perfect made ahead of time for holiday gatherings!
Apple Grape Salad
Ingredients
- 4 cups red grapes seedless
- 2 macintosh apples
- ½ cup pecans coarsely chopped
- 1 ½ cups whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar (or icing sugar) more or less to taste.
- 2 teaspoons maple flavoring
Instructions
To Whip The Cream
- Combine the whipping cream, icing sugar and maple flavoring in a large bowl.
- Using a mixer on high speed, whip until firm.
- Store in refrigerator while prepping the fruit and nuts.
Salad Assembly
- Cut grapes in half. If they are very large, cut into quarters.
- Core apple and slice into ¼ inch pieces, leaving the skin on.
- Add apples and grapes to a large bowl. Add pecans and whipping cream. Fold gently.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutrition
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