SWEET TART WALDORF APPLE SALAD

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This salad is a combination of a fruit dip recipe I learned last week and an apple salad I saw in the grocery store. It was enough inspiration to come up with this delicious recipe for our cook-out this afternoon! I have two boys and a daycare and would recommend this recipe as super-simple to make with kids. Children love chopping apples (even littles can do this with a butter knife) and mixing the dressing. I used ¾ of my dressing and reserved the rest to use as fruit dip later.

Provided by kcruther

Time 25m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

2 red apples, diced
2 yellow apples, diced
1 tablespoon lemon juice, or more to taste
1 (3 ounce) package Neufchatel cheese, softened
¾ cup whipped cream
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups seedless green grapes, halved
3 stalks celery, thinly sliced
1 ½ cups walnut halves
1 cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)

Steps:

Toss diced apples with lemon juice in a salad bowl.
Beat Neufchatel cheese, whipped cream, brown sugar, mayonnaise, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl until dressing is smooth and creamy.
Stir grapes and celery into apples and toss lightly with dressing to coat. Top salad with walnut halves and sweetened dried cranberries.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 249 calories, Carbohydrate 25.1 g, Cholesterol 17.4 mg, Fat 16.5 g, Fiber 2.9 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 4.1 g, Sodium 67.3 mg, Sugar 20.7 g