A few weeks ago at a family BBQ Chris' mom brought this grape salad. She had gotten the recipe from a neighbor (can you believe they've been neighbors since 1969?) This is one of those neighbors that became like family - thus she's called Auntie D. Auntie D had some descriptive words about just how good this salad is... but they wouldn't be appropriate for this G-rated blog. :)
After eating it, I can assure you all her adjectives were spot on! So I'm sharing the recipe with you. It's SUPER simple, yet is AMAZING. Seriously, you wouldn't think grapes could be the star of the BBQ, but they were. I could have eaten half of the pan!
Auntie D's Best Damn Grape Salad
4 lbs of seedless grapes (mixed red & green)
8 oz of cream cheese - softened
8 oz sour cream
1 tsp. Vanilla
Topping:
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans)
Spread grapes on bottom of a 9x13 cake pan. Mix Cream Cheese, Sour Cream & Vanilla. Spread over the top of grapes and mix in.
For the topping, mix well - brown sugar and chopped nuts. Sprinkle on top and refrigerate.
That's it... It sounds so easy because it is so easy. But it tastes just amazing. The cream cheese & sour cream blend w/ the vanilla tastes almost like caramel. This could be a dessert as well as a side salad. It just depend on when you want to eat dessert! ;)
This post is part of Meals on Mondays started by my good friend Stacy Petersen. Anybody is welcome to join us and share your links. Here's a link to Stacy's blog post where she has a super McLinky tool for everybody to share your links! http://slmpetersen.blogspot.com/2010/07/meals-on-mondays_19.html Thanks for stopping by!
