Wow your family and friends with this simple yet spectacular fruit salad featuring apples, cherries and toasted pecans.

 Yield: Makes 10 cups (15 servings of ⅔ cup each)



Difficulty Rating: Easy

Nutritional Highlights: Apple skin contains a considerable amount of the apple’s phytonutrients and fiber, so try not to peel apples before cooking or eating.

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Recipe From: My Indiana Home

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Ingredients

  • 6 heaping cups chopped apples (cut into ½-inch chunks from 4 to 5 apples)
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1¼ cups dried tart cherries
  • 1 cup thinly sliced celery
  • ½ cup finely chopped red onion
  • ½ cup light, reduced-fat mayonnaise
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped, toasted pecans
 
 

Tips & Notes

Crisp, sweet apple varieties work best in salads – try Jonagold, Jonathan, Gala, Fuji, Honeycrisp or Braeburn. Toasting pecans enhances their natural flavors.

 
 

Instructions

  1. To toast pecans, place chopped nuts in a single layer on a large-rimmed baking sheet. Place on middle rack in a 350° oven for 10-15 minutes, stirring once during cooking time.
  2. Meanwhile, in a large bowl toss chopped apples with lemon zest and juice.Stir in cherries, celery and red onion.
  3. Lightly mix in mayonnaise.
  4. If serving immediately, stir in toasted pecans. Otherwise, refrigerate and stir in pecans right before serving.
Recipe From: Farm Flavor - www.farmflavor.com
http://farmflavor.com/apple-pecan-cherry-salad/

POSTED IN: Fall, Fruit, Good for a Group, Healthy, Perfect for a Picnic, Salads

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