Jello Holiday Salad Food

HOLIDAY GELATIN SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve the gelatins in boiling water. Drain pineapple, reserving juice in a 2-cup measuring cup; add enough cold water to measure 2 cups. Stir into gelatin mixture. , Place the pineapple, cranberry sauce and orange in a food processor; cover and pulse until blended. Stir into gelatin mixture. Transfer to an 8-cup ring mold coated with cooking spray. Refrigerate until firm. , In a small bowl, combine whipped topping and sour cream. Unmold gelatin; serve with topping.

CHRISTMAS JELLO SALAD

Steps:

• In a medium-size pan, bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil and stir in lemon jello until dissolved. Reduce heat to low and add the marshmallows, cream cheese, and mayonnaise. Stir or whisk until all the ingredients are completely dissolved. Turn the heat off.
• In the same pan, add the drained pineapple and mix well. Set aside.
• In a small chilled bowl, mix the whipping cream until soft peaks are formed. Fold into the jello mixture.
• Pour into a 9x13 glass dish and refrigerate until set.
• Topping:.
• Mix cherry jello into 1 1/2 cups of boiling water and stir until dissolved. Let cool to room temperature.
• Once the lemon mixture has set, pour the room temperature cherry jello slowly on the the top and refrigerate until set.

LAYERED HOLIDAY JELLO SALAD

Steps:

• Dissolve red jello in 1 cup boiling water and stir in half the can of pineapple and all of the can of whole berry cranberry sauce.
• Spread in bottom of 9x13 glass dish and chill until partially set.
• Combine sour cream and cream cheese and spread over red jello layer.
• In a separate bowl, dissolve green jello in 1 cup boiling water and stir in the remaining half can of pineapple; chill until partially set.
• Spread over the top of the cream cheese layer.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight or several hours until completely set.

JELLO HOLIDAY SALAD

Steps:

• Mix cherry gelatin with 3/4 cup boiling water. Stir until well dissolved.
• Add cranberry sauce and pineapple. Stir. Pour mixture into a 13 by 9 pan. Chill until firm.
• Spread sour cream over the hardened gelatin.
• Mix raspberry gelatin with remaining boiling water (1 1/2 cups). Add thawed raspberries. Chill until partially set. Then pour over sour cream layer and chill until firm.

PRETZEL JELLO SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place pretzels in ziplock bag and crush into small pieces using rolling pin. Measure pretzels after crushing.
• Mix together pretzels, 3 tbsp sugar, and butter.
• Pat pretzel mixture into a 9 x 11 pan and bake for 10 minutes.
• When the crust is cool, mix cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar and Cool Whip together and spread on crust.
• Bring 2 cups water to a boil and stir in strawberry Jello. Add cold water and mix well.
• Add strawberries.
• Let mixture set until slightly thickened, then pour over cream cheese mixture.
• Refrigerate until jello is firm.

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY JELLO SALAD

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil.
• Add hot water to a med-large tempered bowl along with the orange juice and jello flavoring packets and disssolve thoroughly.
• Chill until syrupy (30-40 mins)in a 9 x 9 or 9 X 13 dish (the only slight difference will be the depth of salad).
• Chop celery finely in Food Processor, remove to a small dish and set aside.
• Peel rind close to the zest.
• Grind rind and cranberries in food processor until chopped ever so thinly (I remember when we chopped all by hand!).
• Add sugar and mix with cranberry mixture. I stir right into food processor for one less dish.
• When jello is syrupy, add cranberry mixture, nuts and finely chopped celery, mixing well in your dish.
• Or you can transfer into a mold.
• Refrigerate until firm (several hours).

JELL-O RIBBON SALAD

Steps:

• Dissolve gelatin flavors separately, using 1 C boiling water for each.
• Stir marshmallows into lemon gelatin; set aside.
• Add 3/4C cold water to lime gelatin; pour into a 13x9x2 pan.
• Chill until set, but not firm.
• Add 3/4C cold water to raspberry gelatin; set aside at room temperature.
• Add cream cheese to lemon/marshmallow mixture; beat until blended.
• Chill until slightly thickened.
• Then blend in mayonnaise, whipped cream& crushed pineapple.
• Chill until very thick; spoon gently over lime gelatin.
• Chill until set, but not firm.
• Meanwhile, chill raspberry gelatin until thickened; pour over lemon gelatin.
• Chill until firm.
• To serve, cut into squares.
• *Note:if deeper green& red layers are desired, use 6oz packages of lime& raspberry gelatins, 2C boiling water and 1-1/2C cold water for each large package.

GREEN JELLO SALAD

Steps:

• Dissolve gelatin in 2 1/4 cup boiling water.
• Drain pineapple and add 1/4 cup of the pineapple liquid to the gelatin mixture.
• Add pineapple to gelatin.
• Pour into 9 x 13 glass casserole and refrigerate until soft set.
• Mix the softened cream cheese and milk together until combined.
• Add the nuts to cheese/milk mixture.
• Mix the jello mixture and cream cheese mixture together.
• Refrigerate overnight and cut into squares to serve.