Grape Salad with Cream Cheese-Vanilla Dressing
Grape Salad with Cream Cheese Dressing is a must-have classic at summer picnics, and at many families’ holiday buffets, too. Our updated version features a lighter, healthier vanilla-cream cheese dressing (yay – no guilt here)! But it’s still every bit as refreshingly sweet and delicious!
How This Grape Salad with Cream Cheese Dressing is Even Better Than the “Classics”
Lots of “classic” Grape Salad recipes use full-fat cream cheese and full-fat sour cream to get that perfect balance of sweet and tangy flavors in the cream cheese dressing.
Here are a couple of tricks I used:
When I started testing out my new Grape Salad recipe ideas, I knew I could probably use our popular Sugared-Vanilla Yogurt Fruit Dip as a starting point. What’s extra-awesome about that dip is that it features Greek yogurt, instead of things like Cool Whip and pudding.
Ingredients
> Green seedless grapes > Red seedless grapes > Coarsely chopped pecans > Nonfat vanilla Greek yogurt > Brown sugar > Reduced-fat cream cheese > Vanilla > Kosher salt
How To Make This Grape Salad with Cream Cheese-Vanilla Dressing
Step 1: Place grapes and pecan pieces in a large bowl.
Step 2: In a medium bowl, whisk yogurt, sugar, cream cheese, vanilla, and salt until smooth.
Step 3: Pour dressing over grapes and nuts and stir until the dressing is evenly distributed.
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