Sunshine Salad
Jello is always a favorite, whether you serve it in pretty long stem glasses, a beautiful mold or just a plain paper cup at a picnic.
This is a great recipe to keep for those hot summer days and it goes well with spicy things like barbecue.
1 pkg. (3 oz.) lemon Jello
1 cup boiling water
1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple
1/3 cup orange juice concentrate
1 can (11 oz.) mandarin oranges
Dissolve Jello in boiling water. Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Set pineapple aside. Add enough water to reserved juice to make 1 cup and stir into Jello. Add orange juice. Chill until partially set. Then add pineapple and oranges.
-Jill
photo by: schmollmolch
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Oh that sounds so good! What a great light dessert for summer, thanks!
I have made this salad for years but I substitute shredded carrot (about 1 cup) for the mandarin oranges. I don’t use orange juice concentrate..just 3/4cup of cold water. It sets up very well and adds a vegetable to the salad.
That is the way my Granny used to make her Jello salad. She would put the hot water and the jello in a bowl and let me mix it with a hand crank egg beater while she shredded the carrots. Lots of fun for a 4 year old.
Can’t believe my old favorite wasn’t mentioned: Green Goop!!!!! 1 small package of
pistachio instant pudding mixed with about two cups of crushed pineapple. Do not drain
Pineapple–use juice pack or heavy syrup kind. Fold in a medium size kool whip.
You can throw in some coconut or chopped nuts. Sometimes I add a can (with juice) of
Fruit cocktail. My kids always loved this. Great and FAST for putlucks. Tommie