Apple Salad Cups

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 6 medium red apples
• lemon juice
• 3 medium firm ripe peaches
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
• 1/2 cup red grapes, seeded, halved
• 1/2 cup miniature marshmallow
• 1/4 cup broken walnuts
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise or 1/4 cup salad dressing
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• curly endive lettuce (or chickory)

Recipe

• 1 cut a 1/4" thick slice from stem end of each apple; set aside. core apples not quite to bottom, then hollow out insides, leaving shells 1/4" think. make deep even sawtooth cuts into apple shells all the way around;lift out cut sections. brush cut surfaces of apples lightly with lemon juice to prevent darkening.
• 2 dice enough of the unpared apple cut-outs to make 4 cups; place in a medium-size bowl. (use all remaining apple pieces to make applesauce).
• 3 peel one of the peaches, pit, and dice; add to diced apples with celery, grapes, marshmallows, and walnuts.
• 4 blend mayonnaise or salad dressing, sour cream, 1 teaspoons lemon juice, sugar, and salt in a small bowl. pour over apple mixture; toss lightly to mix.
• 5 place each apple cup on a chickory-lined salad plate; spoon salad mixture into centers.
• 6 peel remaining two peaches; pit and slice. arrange slices around base of each salad.