You know that jello salad recipe that you make with pistachio jello mix, Cool Whip and cottage cheese?

Pistachio Salad Dessert

Ingredients:

1 small box Jell-0 Instant Pudding, Pistachio Flavored
1 regular sized can of crushed pineapple, do not drain
1 c. mini-marshmallows
1 c. chopped nuts
1 small container of Cool Whip
2 cups Chopped fresh yellow delicious apples
1 cup halved maraschino cherries

Green food coloring

Directions:

* Put undrained can of crushed pineapple into a large bowl, add dry pudding mix and combine well.

* Add marshmallows, apples, cherries and nuts.

* Fold in Cool Whip.

* Chill in fridge for several hours or overnight.

dice some celery to put into it. You can use orange jello as well or any other flavor. When I use the orange flavor I put the jello powder, cottage cheese, and pecan pieces in it.

I usually do that w/ green jello, not pudding.

Seafoam Salad

1 large can pear pieces, drain juice and save
2 (3 oz.) pkg. lime jello
1 8oz. cream cheese
4 T. milk
1 (9 oz.) carton Cool-Whip (or less)

Drain pears. Heat juice to boiling & pour over jello to dissolve. Cool until partially set. Combine cheese and milk. Beat til smooth. Stir in jello. Fold in pears and cool whip. Pour into 9×13, chill til set.

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Green Goddess Gelatin Salad

1 (28 oz.) can crushed pineapple, drained, reserve juice
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
2 envelopes lime Jello
1 pint heavy whipping cream
2 tbs. cider vinegar

Place pineapple in large bowl; set aside. In meduim bowl, add Jello powder, 2 cups boiling water and stir until dissolved. Add 1 cup cold water and 1 cup reserved pineapple juice. Add vinegar. Let pre-set in freezer for a few minutes. With electric mixer, combine cream cheese and crushed pineapple. Add Jello mixture; mix until smooth. In separate bowl, whip the cream until it holds soft peaks. Gently fold whipped cream into Jello mixture. Transfer to a pretty bowl and refrigerate at least 4 hours or until set, preferably overnight.
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