tasty tuesday: green grape salad

Have you ever eaten something new and think to yourself, “Oh my word, I have to make this!” So it was several years ago when we went to a fellowship meal at our church. Shay, one of my most favorite people on earth, made this and I guess there is no other way to put it except I made a pig of myself! A little bit about Shay, because you will want to know her too. Shay is 21 and has lived in America since she was about 3 – her full name is Shay Xin. She was born in China and spent her first several years in a Chinese orphanage, until some friends of friends saw her and notified our friends in Tennessee that they had to come get this little child. The rest is history – and it is a beautiful history of grace, faithfulness, kindness, and compassion. Shay is full of the Spirit of God and I love her from the top of her head to the tips of her tiny feet! We are kindred souls, 44-years apart.

 Shay Xin’s Awesome Grape Salad

Ingredients:

• 4 lbs seedless green grapes (grapes are one of the “dirty dozen” – I highly recommend buying organic from a reliable source.)
• 1 8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened
• 1 8 oz sour cream
• 1/2 cup sugar (so many ugh’s but do the best you can)
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 4 oz pecans, chopped
• 2 T brown sugar (Sucanat would substitute!)

Directions:

1. Wash and dry grapes. IF NOT organic, please use my make-at-home veggie/fruit spray cleaner, find it here.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the cream cheese, sour cream, white sugar, and vanilla.
3. Add dry grapes and mix until evenly incorporated.
4. Sprinkle with brown sugar and pecans.
5. Refrigerate until serving.
6. 8 servings

Bon Appétit!

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. 3 John verse 2

Here’s your printable: (Note: just print the first page – ugh – this printable thing is still new to me!!!)