it may not look that good, but again, this is one of our family's favorite recipes!!!  My friends, the Porters brought this to a potluck and it was a HIT....of course I pilfered the recipe :) .  That tends to be my style....I find something I like and either beg, borrow or steal (really--more on that the closer it gets to the Holidays)...or if those methods don't work, i try to recreate it.  I was blessed this time...they handed it over with out too much force....just a promise for cinnamon rolls.  I made this once and now it is a regular....well, as regular as grapes on sale is.....which right now, they are plenty...so, here is the recipe:

Grape Salad

• 1 lb green grapes
• 1 lb red grapes
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 8 oz sour cream
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 Cup brown sugar--this is a perfect place to substitute sucanat.  PLUS--I never use all this.
• ¾ cup chopped and toasted pecans

Combine cream cheese, sour cream, vanilla and ¾ C. of brown sugar.  Carefully stir in grapes.  Before serving top with remaining brown sugar and pecans.