Serves 6-8
Salad
- 2 1/2 cups diced apples
- 3/4 cup diced celery
- 1 cup red or green seedless grapes - quartered
- 1 cup chopped red or green peppers (I prefer using red as they give a *really* nice flavor to the rest of the salad - very yummy!)
- 1/8 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup canned mandarin oranges - drained
- 2 tbsp finely chopped pecans
Dressing
- 1/4 cup light mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup light sour cream
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1. In a serving bowl combine all salad ingredients.
2. In a separate small bowl combine all dressing ingredients and mix thoroughly.
3. Pour dressing over salad and toss.
This is best if made ahead of time and left to sit in the fridge for the flavor to ripen and for the salad to absorb some of the dressing. When ready to serve toss well to mix it all up.
It's great as either a side dish of a meal or as a dessert (kids like it too!!) - would make a nice snack too (we have a little left over and Tim insisted we take it home w/ us LOL!!).
This will keep well for 2 days in the fridge (tho it usually gets eaten well before that!)
TIP - for a change you can use a combination of peas and diced apples to make a total of the 2 1/2 cups.
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So yes I made this for our New Years Eve get-together and everyone seemed to really like it! Tim and I LOVE this salad - it has such a neat flavor to it!! It's SO easy to make - it's just the chopping up of everything that takes the longest.
Enjoy!!! 
