Holiday Grape Salad

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

sour cream

🥗Healthier: plain yogurt

💰Cheaper: buttermilk

Plain yogurt provides similar tanginess with fewer calories

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

White sugar is often less expensive and easily available

chopped pecans

🥗Healthier: chopped walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Sunflower seeds provide a nut-free option at a lower cost

Start with 8 ounces of cream cheese and 8 ounces of sour cream in a mixing bowl.

Add 1.5 cups of powdered sugar to the bowl.

Incorporate about 0.5 teaspoons of vanilla extract and 1.5 teaspoons of lemon juice into the mixture.

Stir until the mixture is nice and creamy, resembling cheesecake batter.

Add 2 cups of walnut pieces to the creamy mixture.

Add 2 pounds of green grapes and 2 pounds of red or black seedless grapes to the bowl.

Stir the grapes into the mixture until well combined.

Refrigerate the salad for about an hour before serving.

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