Good morning everyone. Christmas is only 12 days away are you ready?
I'm not, but I'm getting closer to finishing up my Christmas shopping and my holiday baking. Today I wanted to share a recipe for my favorite Strawberry Jell-O Salad.Have you started on your Christmas Dinner Menu? I have and it includes this yummy Jell-O Salad. Down here in Texas the holidays just wouldn't be the same if you didn't have a jell-o salad on your Thanksgiving and Christmas table.
I got this recipe from my mother in law about 14 years ago and I have been making it ever since. Recently I have changed the recipe up just a bit to suit my kids taste. The original recipe called for shredded American cheese, but I chose to substitute with mini marshmallows. Now my kids gobble this up. I use anywhere between 1/2 to 3/4 cup marshmallows it all depends on how many you want. I was also thinking that you could play around with the jell-o flavor for a whole different salad.
Strawberry is still my all time favorite but lime, cranberry or even orange would be yummy.
Maybe you're still looking for another salad or side dish at your Christmas table. If so I think you will love this as much as my family does.
I have included some step by step photos but the full recipe is at the end of this post. Start by mixing the water, sugar and pineapple over low heat until the sugar is dissolved. Add the dry jello and mix to combine. Place the mixture in the refrigerator for thirty minutes or just until the mixture starts to congeal. Add the pecans and fold in the whipped whipping cream. Add the mini marshmallows and mix lightly to combine.
Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. This is always the hardest part for me. Patience is not one of my best qualities.
Strawberry Jell-O Salad
Ingredients:
1 – 3 oz pkg strawberry jell-O
1 – 8 oz can crushed pineapple, drained
1/2 - cup granulated sugar
1/2 - cup water
1/2 - 3/4 cup mini marshmallows
1 - pint (16 oz) fresh whipping cream, whipped (not cool whip)
1/2 - cup pecan pieces
Directions:
Start by mixing the water, sugar and pineapple over low heat until the sugar is dissolved. Add the dry jello and mix to combine.
Place the mixture in the refrigerator for thirty minutes or just until the mixture starts to congeal.
Add the pecans and fold in the whipped whipping cream. Add the mini marshmallows and mix lightly to combine.
Add the mini marshmallows last. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.
17 comments:
My kids would LOVE this! Thanks for hosting Potluck Sunday's as always! Have a great day!
What a great recipe! Thanks for hosting another great Pot Luck Sunday!
Pink Stuff!! My grandmother makes this every single Christmas! We also have Green Stuff- which is the lime jello version- I love them both SO much!! :)
Thanks Tina!! I am going to try this for sure!
I love jello salads like this! My fave is a pistachio one. I've never heard of CHEESE in them though *shivers*, lol.
Anyways I'll share my Minty Hot Cocoa Coookies with you!
Thanks for hosting the swap. Your recipe looks so yummy- a lot like a family favorite
pretty dish, I love the one with pistachio pudding also
Oh my goodness, its Pink Stuff (that is what my future-in-laws call it) and I had t this past Thanksgiving for the first time ever! It was soooooo good! Also, I host a food meme on Sundays called Sundays at One Food Club and would love it if you could join us. The link is: http://cocinadiary.blogspot.com/2010/12/antipasti-easy-version.html
That looks deeeelicious. My aunt always make one with lime jello. Yummy!
I love this jello recipe, but haven't made it in so long. Thanks for the reminder!
Hey Tina!
My MIL made something similar to this for Thanksgiving. Instead of the pineapple, she added a can of the Cranberry sauce (you know the one, you pop it from the can and it still has the can ring marks). It was soooo good! This was all our great-niece would eat for dinner.
Thanks for the recipe - I'll have to try this version, too.
XoXoXo
Joy
I have a cranberry version with fresh cranberries.
http://www.mommyskitchen.net/2008/12/last-minute-recipe-holiday-cranberry.html
But for some reason the recipe using canned has peaked my interest Joy.
I make a lime jell-o salad that's really good. It has cream cheese in it. I really need to make and get that one posted.
My mother in law makes a green one but it has cottage cheese and mayo in it. I am not to crazy about that one.
If it's pink -- I'll try it. Better yet, I will LOVE it, even if I don't like it --- just because it's PINK!
I usually don't like anything that's strawberry flavored (except for the real fruit) but Jell-o just did it! It's the only food I eat that's strawberry-flavored.
My daughters would LOVE this, as would I. Thanks for sharing the recipe!!
I'm so happy to see this recipe. "Pink Stuff" has been a staple in my family since I was a little girl. We make it with whipped cream, mini marshmallows, and drained canned fruit. It's easy to "lighten" it up with low sugar fruit and sugar free or fat free Cool Whip. It's even better the next day.
I make mine with just dry jello and cool whip. Mix half a package with 8 oz of cool whip until blended and put in fridge for a few hours. That's it. We call it pink fluffy stuff. We also like strawberry best but I have made it with all flavors for different holidays too.
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