Amy's Apple Salad
Amy's homemade apple salad is a family favorite and sure to be a pleaser at your next picnic or barbecue. With less than ten ingredients and six steps, this easy fruit salad recipe can also be a make ahead recipe.
Notes
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Ingredients
- 3 celery ribs
- 2 Red Delicious apples
- 1 pear
- 1 Yellow Delicious apple
- 3/4 cup seedless grapes
- 1/2 cup pecans
- 1 lemon
- 1 orange
Instructions
- Chop celery fine and put into a bowl.
- Peel and chop apples and pears into small pieces, juice lemon and orange and pour over apples and pears to keep them from turning brown.
- Stir to coat all fruit, allow to stand for 10 minutes and then drain, saving the juice.
- While soaking, mince pecans and add chopped apples and pear to celery, grapes (or chopped dates) and half of the minced pecans.
- Toss to mix ingredients and make a dressing by combining the other half of the pecans into blender along with the juice drained from the fruit and puree into a nut butter sauce.
- Add to salad and mix to blend all flavors. Serve on a bed of leaf lettuce.