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Ruby Tuesday Apple Salad Recipe
Ruby Tuesday Apple Salad
By Todd Wilbur

Recipe Type: Salad
Calories: 140
Cook Time: 3 hours
Recipe Rating: 4.9 (7 reviews)
 

Mosey on over to the salad bar at Ruby Tuesday and you'll find this sweet, creamy apple salad somewhere down at the end. It's a simple recipe to clone with just nine ingredients, and it makes a great side for any casual cookout, picnic, reunion, or mandatory boring office party. Dried cranberries rehydrate to add notes of concentrated sweetness, and the celery and chopped pecans contribute extra crunch. You'll need two kinds of apples - one green and one red. Plan ahead on this one so that you can let the salad sit for several hours before you serve it. It tastes much better after a good fridge nap. This recipe yields enough for 6 servings, but it can easily be doubled or quadrupled to fill more mouths.

Source: "Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 3" by Todd Wilbur.
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 Granny Smith apple, diced
1 gala or Fuji apple, diced
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/3 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup minced celery

1.  Combine sour cream, mayonnaise, sugar, and lemon juice in a medium bowl and whisk until sugar has dissolved.

2. Add remaining ingredients and stir. Store the salad in a sealed container in your refrigerator for 3 to 4 hours before serving.

Makes 1 quart (6 servings).
        
Apple Lady  
Submitted on 03/09/13
Quick, easy, healthy and sweet. Just what I needed
Juanita Ross  
Submitted on 08/17/12
I don't remember finding this at Ruby Tuesdays'; however, it is so simple and delicious. I recently doubled the recipe and took it to a church picnic. It was a HUGH success...nothing left in the bowl. I'll make this often.
Arizonarena  
Submitted on 07/22/12
This salad is awesome and my husband LOVES it! I use 2 Gala apples to one Granny Smith and there's plenty of dressing. Went to Ruby Tuesday a couple of weeks ago and we were both disappointed with the way their apples were brown. I make this all the time!
JoAnn  
Submitted on 02/13/09
I have used this recipe for several occasions: Thanksgiving, Christmas dinner, and even the Super-Bowl party. Everyone raved about how good it is. Even the armchair guys loved it.
Christine  
Submitted on 10/05/08
I have been trying to duplicate this recipe for years..I loved the salad bar at Ruby's for this salad, then they stopped having it. Well, now I can stop worrying. This is just like the original. Wish you were here Todd, I'd give you a hug! Thanks!
Barb  
Submitted on 09/24/08
A hit with the men as well, even a 2-year-old loved it! A keeper.
Shannon  
Submitted on 09/16/08
Taste exactly like the original! Thanks Todd!