Holiday cranberry fruit salad

Step 1

Rinse cranberries and place in a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Pulse a few times until coarsley chopped. 

Step 2

Transfer cranberries to a large tupperware. Add sugar and stir to combine. 

Step 3

Cover container and refrigerate overnight (or at least for 6-8 hours). Pour cranberries in a strainer and allow them to drain for 1 hour (discard leftover liquid).

Step 4

Add heavy cream to a mixing bowl and beat with electric mixers. Slowly add powdered sugar and continue to mix until very stiff peaks form.

Step 5

Fold in the vanilla Greek yogurt.

Step 6

Chop the apples into bite-size pieces and toss them in a little bit of lemon juice.

Step 7

In a large glass serving bowl or a trifle dish,  layer the red grapes, followed by green grapes, and then apples. 

Step 8

Layer the chopped cranberries over the top (I like to reserve 1 spoonful for topping on the kiwis at the end. 

Step 9

Spoon the whipped cream/yogurt mixture on top of the cranberries. Arrange the kiwis on top of the whipped cream. Place remaining spoonful of cranberries in the center.