Nana's Fruit Salad

Fresh apples, pears and bananas are combined with fruit cocktail, mandarin oranges and chopped pecans in a dressing of cream cheese thinned with lemon juice and a bit of the syrup from the fruit cocktail.

• Calories: 731 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 2 (11 ounce) cans mandarin oranges, drained
• 2 bananas
• 1 (15.25 ounce) can fruit cocktail, juice reserved
• 3 apples, cored and diced with peel
• 2 Bartlett pears, cored and diced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

In a large bowl combine fruit cocktail, mandarin oranges, apples, pears, and pecans.

Step 2

In a small mixing bowl, mix cream cheese and lemon juice. Add enough fruit cocktail juice to achieve a smooth and creamy consistency.

Step 3

Fold the cream cheese mixture into the fruit mixture and toss. Cover and chill for 1 hour before serving. Prior to serving slice bananas, add to fruit salad and toss again.