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Cranberry Fruit Salad

This salad has it all: tart, sweet, crunchy, smooth, nutritious and delicious. It has a lot of punch for a little dish!  Try modifying the salad with golden raisins, mini-marshmallows or pecans.

2 cups fresh cranberries, chopped coarsely 
¾ cup granulated sugar * 
2 clementines, peeled and chopped 
1 banana, chopped 
1 Granny Smith apple, cored and chopped 
Bibb lettuce or endive 

1. In a large bowl, add the cranberries and sugar. Stir together to make sure the cranberries are thoroughly coated with the sugar. 

2. Add the clementines, banana and apple. Stir together. 

3. Arrange lettuce on salad plates. Place the cranberry mixture on the lettuce. 

4. Can make 1 day ahead and refrigerate. 

* The sugar will seem like a lot at first, but it is necessary to offset the tartness of the cranberries. The sugar and fruit juice combination will produce a lot of liquid, so use a slotted spoon to dish out the salad.