Pink Perfection Cranberry Salad Food

PINK PERFECTION CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Blend softened cream cheese, mayonnaise and sugar.
• Add pineapple, cranberry sauce and nuts. Whip cream and fold into mixture.
• Pour into a mold or loaf pan that has been sprayed with vegetable spray or lined with plastic wrap.
• Freeze.
• To serve: let stand for 15 minutes, turn out on bed of lettuce and slice as needed.
• Unused portion may be returned to freezer and kept for a few weeks.

PERFECTION SALAD

Steps:

• Pour boiling water over jello in bowl.
• Stir until jello is disolved.
• Stir in vinegar, veggies, salt, and cold water.
• Pour into mold, chill until firm.
• Serve unmolded on chilled plate, topped with a generous dollop of mayonnaise (family tradition of the last 30 years or so demands that you use Best Foods mayo brand - *never* Miracle Whip).
• If preferred, use 1/2 cup celery and 1 cup grated carrot.
• You can use sugar-free jello for a diabetic/lowcarb version of Perfection Salad. Sometimes lemon jello is difficult to find - we've sometimes used lime instead.

AUNT MEDA'S CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together and chill overnight.

CRANBERRY SALAD (A.K.A. THANKSGIVING PINK STUFF)

Steps:

• The day before serving, cook cranberries in water over low heat until soft.
• Add sugar and mash.
• Add chopped nuts.
• Stir, cover and refrigerate overnight.
• About 4 hours before serving, add the fruit cocktail.
• Just before serving, whip cream, add sugar and vanilla and whip until soft peaks form.
• Add bananas to fruit mixture.
• Gently fold whipped cream into fruit mixture until well blended.
• Serve immediately.
• Note: You can use Cool Whip instead of whipping the cream, but the flavor is so much better with the real thing!

COUSCOUS, CHICKPEA & CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Bring stock to a boil in small saucepan and stir in couscous and curry powder, cover and let stand for about 5 minutes. Transfer mixture to a large bowl to let cool.
• Stir chickpeas, cranberries, green onions, bell pepper, and basil into the couscous.
• For the dressing, mix together the olive oil, orange juice, orange rind, honey and garlic.
• Pour over couscous and serve.

MOLDED CRANBERRY FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Combine reserved pineapple juice, cranberry juice cocktail and lemon juice in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil.
• Remove from heat. Add gelatin, stirring until it is completely dissolved. Break up cranberry sauce with a fork. Stir into gelatin mixture.
• Refrigerate until mixture begins to set. Stir in pineapple and celery. Pour into a 4-cup mold.
• Chill until firm.

PERFECTION SALAD

Steps:

• Pour cold water in bowl and sprinkle gelatin on top of water.
• Add sugar, salt and hot water, stir until dissolved.
• Add vinegar and limon juice, cool.
• When mixture begins to thicken, add remaining ingredients.
• Turn into mold, refrigerate until firm.