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McDonald's Fruit & Walnut Salad Recipe
McDonald's Fruit and Walnut Salad
By Todd Wilbur

Recipe Type: Salad
Calories: 323
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Recipe Rating: 4.9 (9 reviews)
 
McDonald's enlisted Destiny's Child, Venus Williams, and Bob Greene (Oprah's trainer) to kick off its balanced lifestyles campaign in the spring of 2005, starting with this salad and the tagline "Get a fruit buzz." Most of the recipe is no big secret: Two kinds of sliced apples, red seedless grapes, and low-fat vanilla yogurt. But this new product did inspire another way to candy walnuts. It's a quick technique that includes honey and peanut oil, along with some granulated sugar and a little vanilla. Also, you should know that McDonald's has to use a special preservative coating on the apple slices to keep them from turning brown in the ten minutes or so that it takes for sliced apples to turn brown. Copy this recipe at home and you won't have to worry about such things.
 
Nutrition Facts
Calories - 310
Total Fat - 13g
Saturated Fat - 2g
Total Carbohydrate - 44g
Protein - 5g
Candied Walnuts
1 teaspoon peanut oil
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Pandora  
Submitted on 06/16/07
Another way to keep fruit from turning is to dip it in sprite, 7up, Mountain Dew, or any off brand of the same type...this is how large grocery stores keep the bananas from turning in the fruit trays they sell.
Melissa  
Submitted on 11/26/06
Wow! This is perfect. I love the walnuts that come in McD's salad, but I hate the sickly sweet Emerald candied walnuts sold in the store. The only thing I changed, is I reserved one teaspoon of the sugar and added cinnamon to it. Then sprinkled it over the still hot walnuts.
Virginia  
Submitted on 05/30/06
This is great. If you want to keep the apples from turning brown soak them in unsweeten pineapple juice you have left from your canned pineapple. I'm sure everyone eats canned pineapple. Now you have something to do with the left over juice.
Vicky MacDonald  
Submitted on 03/07/06
Excellent! I made this in a big bowl instead of individual & used a little more yogurt. The walnuts are perfect but really watch them as they can burn fast!!
Josh Sanchez  
Submitted on 01/28/06
Just add some Texas Pete Hot Sauce and it adds some spice to the recipe!
Faye Roth  
Submitted on 01/11/06
It is great, but needs to be a meal replacement because of the 310 calories.
Wendy Hampton  
Submitted on 01/11/06
Great flavors. When I ran out of yogurt I just sweetened sour cream and used that.
Tonya  
Submitted on 01/10/06
I've tried a recipe extremely close to this one. It was great! FYI, If you want to keep apples, bananas, or any other sliced fruit from turning brown, before serving; As soon as you slice it, place it in a bowl of lemon juice for a minute or two. The lemon juice also adds a complimentary flavor to all fruits.
Alma Stank  
Submitted on 01/09/06
I love this salad. I add a little honey to the yogurt for the dip.