Grape Salad

Are you sure you want me back

Yes, I want you back. Good for no. Say a word. Be good and pray

What are you doing? So if you're thinking like, boom, You got half of it right

This is not Daniel Boone. This is Cooper Boone. Yes, ma'am. Hi

And I'm so thrilled. Nice to see you. You know, I couldn't believe I came in here a few minutes ago

and almost jumped when I saw you, Cooper. Cooper is a friend of mine

He is a fabulous musician. He's just one of the sweetest men

And he and his partner just had twin girls. We did. So I have a little card here for you and Michael

And this is the first one off the press, because they just came in yesterday before I came

There they are. See you, Rose and Crosby. Yep. Sounds like a band, doesn't it

Thank you so much. Absolutely. Let me put this down. How do we make it today

Honey, we are going to make a salad. You know, sometimes it's hard to come up with a salad, right

to go with those Christmas meals. So that's what we're going to do

Before we start, can I? Yes. It not snowing in Savannah that for sure You want to take off your coat So listen y we going to make a grape salad Okay Y how many have had a grape salad

Oh, a lot of y'all. So I don't know how y'all do y'alls

but this is what Cooper and I are going to do ours. We're going to add a block of cream cheese

Mm-hmm. And we're going to add some sour cream. and if you wanted to you could use all this light make all this light but it's christmas y'all

it's christmas so we're here i'll help what do you need one is this forgiving there we go yeah let's just do it like that there we go

i'm gonna put about it takes a team right you guys yes there we go about a half a cup of powdered

sugar. Yep. Help her out there, Cooper. There we go. She's got it. She's good

This is a newfangled. Look at that neat little switch. I can't even see. Now I'm going to see if we can figure out

how to, oh, I bet you turn it up right there. And you'll want your cream

cheese to maybe sit out on the counter and be like room temperature

Cooper, but it's still gonna still gonna kind of be lumpy, but that's

alright. Because when it's right out of the refrigerator It's all hard and gets up in the beaters, right, ladies? Right

That's not fun. And then it goes all over. Thank God we're wearing white today. So look how simple this is

All right. We gonna use about a pound and a half of grapes Mm And I like using the different colors The first time I ever had it it was like this And we don even cut the grapes in half at our house

We just... What's that? Stir all that in. All right, we need some nuts

Yes. Oh, here they are. All right, now just pour some nuts in there

And these are walnuts? Yes. Perfect. Perfect. I like mine nutty. Cooper, don't say a word

Be good and pray. Be good and pray. Be good. I'm sorry

Anyway. Hi, I'm back. Now that's all we do. I'm so excited

I'm so excited. All right, so come over here, Cooper. Oh, my God

Can you imagine my mother raised this? I am. I'm excited. I raised two of them

I know you did. Two good ones, actually. But you know what? I think you show your excitement more than Jamie and Bobby

Oh, God. And I love that. I love people that... I'm about as transparent as they get, for better or worse

Me too. That's just kind of who I am. It's all out there. There's no guesswork. Now, you could add some maraschino cherries to this

Oh, nice. You know, for color. Bacon in this would be good, too

Bacon would be wonderful. That's what I love about cooking. You can always create and add

You know, you have such amazing recipes, and people, I always encourage people to get

creative and get gutsy. That what I love You know I always say the first time you make a recipe Cooper you know go by the recipe but the next time make it your own Absolutely Because you think outside the box

Yes. But look how simple this was. This is great. And I tell you, after that brown sugar sits in it

it, like, dissolves. And it's so good, y'all. It's like, people, the longer we sit

the better we get, right? Some of us. Some. That's not the truth

But we're doing good, right? Oh, I like that. I like the crunch

Excuse me, Mom. And the colder your grapes get, the better it is to me

Oh. Would y'all like some? Oh, we're sharing this? No. No. Really

Okay. Mmm. Mmm. That's good. All right, y'all. I'm partial to the nuts myself

I love nuts, too. Come on in. You want to grab some salad

Get in there, ladies. Hang on. Hang on. Isn't that delicious? So, so far, y'all, we're getting a thumbs up on this quick, delicious, great salad

Bubbles, I can't thank you enough for sharing this recipe with me. It's so good

It is a keeper, y'all. A winner all across the board. Ha, ha, ha

What y'all think? Woo! I could eat this for dessert