nana's fruit salad

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 (15.25 ounce) can , juice reserved
• 2 (11 ounce) cans mandarin oranges, drained
• 3 apples, cored and diced with peel
• 2 bartlett pears, cored and diced
• 2 bananas
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice

Recipe

• in a large bowl combine , mandarin oranges, apples, pears, and pecans.
• in a small mixing bowl, mix cream cheese and lemon juice. add enough juice to achieve a smooth and creamy consistency.
• fold the cream cheese mixture into the fruit mixture and toss. cover and chill for 1 hour before serving. prior to serving slice bananas, add to fruit salad and toss again.