Tart N Sweet Fruit Salad Recipes

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.

Provided by kcruther

Categories Salad Waldorf Salad Recipes

Time 25m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 12

Sweet Tart Waldorf Apple Salad image

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

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®)

SWEET & TART CREAMY FRUIT SALAD

The idea for this recipe actually came from the Waldorf salad; I replaced the mayo with light sour cream blended with some fruit juice and Splenda, and I replaced the walnuts (because I'm allergic to them) with toasted almond slivers. I played with adding different fruits and juices to the recipe, and finally wound up with this version, which my boyfriend promptly declared to be "the BEST fruit salad. Ever." We eat it frequently! I toast my own almond slivers and pecan pieces; I buy the nuts raw at the store and just spread them out on a cookie sheet in the oven to toast them. You can use walnuts in place of either (or both) of the almonds or pecans. Also, the Fuji apples can be interchanged with any of your favorite crunchy, sweet apples, if you prefer. (This is definitely a recipe that can be "played with" a bit and tailored to fit your tastes... I change it up from time to time, so that we don't get bored with it).

Provided by MarissaB

Categories Apple

Time 10m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

Sweet & Tart Creamy Fruit Salad image

Steps:

In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the light sour cream, lime juice and Splenda until creamy and well-blended.
Add the crushed pineapple and the mandarin orange slices to the sour cream mixture and wisk again; the orange slices will probably break up a bit while you wisk them, which is fine.
Set the sour cream mixture in the refrigerator to chill.
Core and slice the granny smith and fuji apples into bite-sized chunks and place them in a large bowl.
Add the chilled sour cream dressing to the sliced apples and stir well, until all of the apple chunks are well-coated with dressing.
Sprinkle 1 teaspoons to 1 tablespoons of each of the toasted almonds and pecans on top of each serving immediately before eating (you can stir the nuts into the salad if you want to; I sprinkle mine on top immediately before serving so they stay extra crunchy).
This salad keeps well covered in the refrigerator for a few days; just remember to stir well right before each time you serve it.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 230.3, Fat 11.3, SaturatedFat 2.4, Cholesterol 8.9, Sodium 20.7, Carbohydrate 32.9, Fiber 5.4, Sugar 23.2, Protein 3.8

Ingredients

2/3 cup light sour cream
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon Splenda sugar substitute
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1 (8 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
2 granny smith apples
2 fuji apples
6 tablespoons slivered almonds, toasted
6 tablespoons pecan pieces, toasted