Sweet Tart Waldorf Apple Salad

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.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 249 Calories

Ingredients

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

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Toss diced apples with lemon juice in a salad bowl.

Step 2

Beat Neufchatel cheese, whipped cream, brown sugar, mayonnaise, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl until dressing is smooth and creamy.

Step 3

Stir grapes and celery into apples and toss lightly with dressing to coat. Top salad with walnut halves and sweetened dried cranberries.