A Yummy Summer Dessert: Grape Walnut Salad

Summer is the season when you want your desserts refreshing and light- yogurt, ice cream, and fruit are the first things to come to mind. With this grape walnut salad, you get both the refreshing taste of fresh fruit with the sweetness of a cream cheese and sour cream dressing. Add in chopped walnuts for a crunch, and you have the perfect summer dessert. Bonus: If there's more left in the morning, you can even eat it for breakfast! My boyfriend's mother, Janeau, introduced me to this salad, and I'm completely hooked.

Grape Walnut Salad (Serves 12)

• 2 lbs red seedless grapes
• 2 lbs green seedless grapes
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sour cream

• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
• 1/2 cup brown sugar

1. Rinse grapes and pat to dry. In a large bowl, mix softened cream cheese, sour cream, white sugar, and vanilla. Add grapes to the cream cheese mixture and stir thoroughly to coat. Transfer to serving bowl.
2. Sprinkle brown sugar over grape mixture. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Right before serving sprinkle nuts on top.
3. *The longer you chill the more the flavors will meld and the brown sugar will dissolve into the sauce. You can chill it up to 24 hours.